Atellica UAS 800 LIS Interface Guide

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Contents
1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................5
Purpose ......................................................................................................................................................................5
Intended Use of the Atellica 800 UAS Analyzer .........................................................................................................5
Scope .........................................................................................................................................................................5
Interface Summary ....................................................................................................................................................6
Physical interfaces .................................................................................................................................................6
RS-232 interface settings .......................................................................................................................................6
Ethernet .................................................................................................................................................................6
2 ASTM Low Level Interface .....................................................................................................................................7
Frame structure: ........................................................................................................................................................7
3 ASTM High Level Interface .....................................................................................................................................9
Characters and encoding ...........................................................................................................................................9
Delimiters ..................................................................................................................................................................9
Message Types...........................................................................................................................................................9
Sample Measurement Message ..........................................................................................................................10
QC Measurement Message .....................................................................................................................................15
4 HL7 Low Level Interface .......................................................................................................................................29
Data frame elements ...............................................................................................................................................29
5 HL7 High Level Interface ......................................................................................................................................31
Characters and encoding .........................................................................................................................................31
Message types .........................................................................................................................................................32
Control segments.....................................................................................................................................................37
Data segments .........................................................................................................................................................38
OBX - Observation/Result Segment .....................................................................................................................41
6 Definitions and Acronyms....................................................................................................................................47

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1 Introduction
Purpose
The purpose of this document is to describe the interfaces that enable programming between the
Atellica™ UAS 800 analyzer and a Laboratory Information System (LIS). This guide is intended for use by
software engineers and programmers who will program the LIS to use data generated by the
Atellica UAS 800 analyzer.

Intended Use of the Atellica 800 UAS Analyzer

The Atellica™ UAS 800 is an automated urine sediment analyzer intended to measure the following particles in
human urine samples:
 Quantitative: Red Blood Cell (RBC); White Blood Cell (WBC)
 Semi-quantitative: Hyaline Cast (HYA); Squamous Epithelial Cell (EPI); Non-Squamous Epithelial Cell (NEC);
Bacteria (BAC); Rod Bacteria (BACr); Coccus Bacteria (BACc); Crystal (CRY)
 Qualitative: WBC Clump (WBCc); Pathological Cast (PAT); Yeast (YEA); Mucus (MUC); Sperm (SPRM)
A competent human operator can set criteria for auto-reporting and flagging specimens for review.
All instrument analyte image decisions may be reviewed and overridden by a trained technologist.
The Atellica™ UAS 800 is intended for professional in vitro diagnostic use in clinical laboratories.

Scope
This interface description applies only to the Atellica UAS 800 software.
The chapters in this book provide information for the following protocol configurations:
ASTM and HL7 V2.5.

The final chapter identifies definitions and acronyms used in this book.

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Interface Summary
This section describes the different physical connections that are used to implement the interface between the
Atellica UAS 800 analyzer and the LIS (when referring to the connection between an
Atellica UAS 800 analyzer and a specific LIS device, the LIS device is referred to as the “host”).

Physical interfaces
Name Description
Serial connects to host via RS-232 port
Ethernet connects to host via LAN

RS-232 interface settings

The following configuration of the RS-232 serial communication protocol settings are present in the user software:
 Baud rate:
o 9600
o 14400
o 19200
o 38400
o 57600
o 115200

Non-configurable settings in the user software:

 Length:
o 8
 Parity check:
o N (no)
 Stopbits:
o 1

Ethernet
If the Ethernet is used, the following LAN configuration settings of the host device must be provided in order to
open the communication channel:
 IP address
 Port

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2 ASTM Low Level Interface

Frame structure:
[STX] {FN} Data content of Message [ETX] {CHS} [CR] [LF]

The following legend defines the colors used to signify the fields in a high level protocol frame:
Mandatory fields
Common fields
Data field

Mandatory fields
The ASTM standard imposes constraints on some fields, which are indicated as mandatory fields in the legend.
Mandatory fields cannot be changed, and retain the same static content over the entire communication sequence
in all frames.

Common fields
The content of these fields changes during the communication sequence. The content is generated by the protocol
according to rules which apply to all frames.

Data field
Data content varies for each type of record. The details for each type of record are described in this document.
Abbreviation FN
Short explanation Frame Number
A single digit from 0 to 7
The frame number begins at 1 with the first frame of the transfer phase. The frame number
Description
is incremented by 1 for every new frame transmitted. After 7, the frame number rolls over to
0 and continues in this fashion.
Example 1

Abbreviation CHS
Short explanation Checksum
The checksum enables the receiver to detect a defective frame. The checksum is encoded as
two characters, which are sent after the <ETB> or <ETX> characters. The checksum is
computed by adding the binary values of the characters, and keeping the least significant
eight bits of the result. The checksum is initialized to zero with the <STX> character. The first
character used in computing the checksum is the frame number. Each character in the
Description message text is added to the checksum (modulo 256).The computation for the checksum
does not include <STX>, the checksum characters, or trailing <CF>and<LF>.

The checksum is an integer represented by eight bits (two 4 group bits).

The 4 x 4 bits are converted to the ASCII character in a hexadecimal format.
Example A0

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3 ASTM High Level Interface

The high level layer of the data exchange is described in the LIS2-A2 standard.

Characters and encoding

The Atellica UAS 800 analyzer sends and receives strings in ASCII character encoding.

Delimiters
For the purpose of providing examples, the following delimiters are used in this description:
Delimiter type Name of the character Sign of the character ASCII code of the character
Field delimiter vertical bar | 124
Repeat delimiter backslash \ 92
Component delimiter caret ^ 94
Escape delimiter ampersand & 38

Message Types
The following message types exist in the LIS2-A2 implementation of the Atellica UAS 800 analyzer:
 Measurement messages: (initiated only by the Atellica UAS 800)
o Sample Measurement Message
o QC Measurement Message
 Request message (sent from host to the Atellica UAS 800 analyzer):
o Worklist Entry Message

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Sample Measurement Message

The Sample Measurement message contains the data for a single Atellica UAS 800 measurement.
The Sample Measurement message send operation is always initiated by the Atellica UAS 800 analyzer.

General structure:
 Header
1

2
o Patient #1 (general information about the first patient)

3
Comment #1 (optional; related to patient #1)

4
Order #1(information about the first test order, which relates to patient #1)

3
Comment #1 (optional; related to order #1)

5
Result #1 (result information related to order #1)
o Comment #1(optional; related to result #1)
o Comment #2(optional; related to result #1)
...
 Result #2 (result information related to order #1)
...

5
Result #n (result information related to order #1)
 Order #2 (information about the second test order, which relates to patient #1)
 Result #1 (result information related to order #2)
 Result #2 (result information related to order #2)
...
 Order #n (information about the last test order; it relates to patient #1)
 Result #1 (result information relates to order #n)
...
o Patient #2 (all of the structures repeats)
...
o Patient #n
 Message Terminator Record6

1
see also Message Header Record (H)
2
see also Patient Identifying Record (P)
3
see also Comment Record (C)
4
see also Test Order Record (O)
5
see also Result Record (R)
6
see also Message Terminator Record (L)
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 Message Header
o Patient (general information about the patient)
o Comment (general comment for sample)
 Order (information about the test order)
 Result #1 (result related to order #1)
 Comment #1 (related to result #1)
 Result #2 (result related to order #1)
 Comment #2 (related to result #2)
 ......
 Result #n (result information relates to order #1)
 Comment #n (related to result #n)
 Message Terminator
Number of result (R) records: The Atellica UAS 800 analyzer sends the sediment results for every parameter in the
appropriate unit of measurement:
 p/μl
 p/HPF
 p/LPF
 Category

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Example 1: Sample Measurement Message transfer

Note: In the following code,”UAS” refers to the Atellica UAS 800 analyzer.

UAS [ENQ]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1H|\^&|||Atellica·UAS·800^Atellica·UAS·800^4.0.73^1^H100011|||||||P|LIS2-
A2|20170329164427[CR][ETB]A1[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2P|1||||--[CR][ETB]9D[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3O|1|8123|1^7^test^SAMPLE|S|R||||||N|||20170329162041|||||||||||F[CR][ETB]C4[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]4R|1|46419-8^^^RBC|<0.91|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]3A[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]5R|2|^^^RBC|<14.55|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]08[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]6R|3|798-9^^^RBC|<4|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]4E[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]7R|4|53292-9^^^RBC|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]EA[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]0R|5|46702-7^^^WBC|<0.68|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]3D[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1R|6|^^^WBC|<10.91|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]09[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2R|7|51487-7^^^WBC|<3|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]B1[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3R|8|53316-6^^^WBC|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]E9[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]4R|9|50233-6^^^.WBCc|0|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]F7[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]5R|10|^^^.WBCc|0|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]C4[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]6R|11|33768-3^^^.WBCc|0|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]30[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]7R|12|53317-4^^^.WBCc|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]A8[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]0R|13|53307-5^^^CRY|0|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]A3[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1R|14|^^^CRY|0|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]45[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2R|15|53297-8^^^CRY|0|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]B5[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3R|16|53334-9^^^CRY|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]2D[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]4R|17|33223-9^^^HYA|0|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]9E[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]5R|18|^^^HYA|0|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]41[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]6R|19|51484-4^^^HYA|0|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]A9[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]7R|20|50231-0^^^HYA|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]10[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]0R|21|^^^PAT|0|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]35[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1R|22|^^^PAT|0|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]3B[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2R|23|^^^PAT|0|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]3C[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3R|24|72224-9^^^PAT|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]22[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]4R|25|53294-5^^^NEC|0|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]97[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]5R|26|^^^NEC|0|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]34[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]6R|27|51485-1^^^NEC|0|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]9A[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]7R|28|50225-2^^^NEC|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]11[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]

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UAS [STX]0R|29|33219-7^^^EPI|0|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]9C[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1R|30|^^^EPI|0|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]33[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2R|31|51486-9^^^EPI|0|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]A2[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3R|32|53318-2^^^EPI|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]16[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]4R|33|^^^YEA|0|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]36[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]5R|34|^^^YEA|0|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]3C[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]6R|35|51481-0^^^YEA|0|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]9D[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]7R|36|72223-1^^^YEA|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]1A[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]0R|37|33218-9^^^BAC|5.6|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]ED[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1R|38|^^^BAC|89.6|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]C8[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2R|39|51480-2^^^BAC|24.64|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]53[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3R|40|50221-1^^^BAC|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]F2[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]4R|41|^^^.BACr|0.7|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]21[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]5R|42|^^^.BACr|11.2|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]54[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]6R|43|^^^.BACr|3.08|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]5C[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]7R|44|^^^.BACr|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]42[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]0R|45|^^^.BACc|4.9|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]18[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1R|46|^^^.BACc|78.4|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]54[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2R|47|^^^.BACc|21.56|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]80[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3R|48|^^^.BACc|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]33[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]4R|49|50235-1^^^MUC|5.1|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]04[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]5R|50|^^^MUC|81.6|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]DD[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]6R|51|51478-6^^^MUC|22.44|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]77[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]7R|52|53321-6^^^MUC|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]21[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]0R|53|53324-0^^^SPRM|0|p/HPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]F5[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1R|54|^^^SPRM|0|p/LPF||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]9D[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2R|55|51479-4^^^SPRM|0|p/ul||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]09[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3R|56|33232-0^^^SPRM|-|||N||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]77[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]4L|1|N[CR][ETX]07[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [EOT]
UAS [ENQ]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1H|\^&|||Atellica·UAS·800^Atellica·UAS·800^4.0.73^1^H100011|||||||P|LIS2-
A2|20170329164427[CR][ETB]A1[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2P|1||||--[CR][ETB]9D[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3O|1|8123|1^7^test^SAMPLE|C|R||||||N|||20170329162041|||||||||||F[CR][ETB]B4[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]4R|1|^^^BIL|Negative|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]EC[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]

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UAS [STX]5R|2|^^^BLO|Small|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]BA[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]6R|3|^^^CLA|Clear|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]9D[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]7R|4|^^^COL|Yellow|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]42[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]0R|5|^^^GLU|Negative|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]FD[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1R|6|^^^KET|Negative|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]FB[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2R|7|^^^LEU|Negative|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]FF[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3R|8|^^^NIT|Negative|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]06[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]4R|9|^^^pH|7.5|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]3C[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]5R|10|^^^PRO|Negative|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]37[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]6R|11|^^^SG|<=1.005|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]1C[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]7R|12|^^^URO|0.2·E.U./dL|E.U./dL||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]67[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]0R|13|^^^SG|0.00|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]69[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1R|14|^^^Color|Other|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]14[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2R|15|^^^Turbidity|No·parameter|||N||F||-|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]73[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3L|1|N[CR][ETX]06[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [EOT]

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QC Measurement Message
The QC Measurement message has the same message structure as the Sample Measurement message, except that
the “sample type” component of the “Analyzer Specimen ID” (ISID) field of the test order record contains
“CONTROL” instead of “SAMPLE.”

The QC Measurement message send operation is always initiated by the Atellica UAS 800 analyzer.

The QC Measurement message only contains result records for RBC and WBC parameters.

Example 2: QC Measurement Message transfer

Note: In the following code,”UAS” refers to the Atellica UAS 800 analyzer.

UAS [ENQ]
HOST [ACK]
UAS
[STX]1H|\^&|||Atellica·UAS·800^Atellica·UAS·800^4.0.64^1^123454321|||||||P|LIS2
-A2|20161209085707[CR][ETB]FF[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2P|1||||QC_HIGH[CR][ETB]56[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3C|1|L|Test·failed!|G[CR][ETB]94[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS
[STX]4O|1|120908552152|2^2^dani^CONTROL|S|R||||||Q|||20161209085521|||||||||||F
[CR][ETB]9D[CR]
[LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]5R|1|46419-
8^^^RBC|344,4|p/HPF||A||F||dani|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]01[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]6C|1|I|A|I[CR][ETB]91[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]7R|2|^^^RBC|5510,4|p/LPF||A||F||dani|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]CB[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]0C|2|I|A|I[CR][ETB]8C[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1R|3|798-
9^^^RBC|1515,36|p/ul||A||F||dani|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]09[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]2C|3|I|A|I[CR][ETB]8F[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]3R|4|53292-
9^^^RBC|Failed|||A||F||dani|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]CD[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]4C|4|I|A|I[CR][ETB]92[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]5R|5|46702-
7^^^WBC|0,9|p/HPF||N||F||dani|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]AB[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]

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UAS [STX]6R|6|^^^WBC|14,4|p/LPF||N||F||dani|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]7A[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]

UAS [STX]7R|7|51487-
7^^^WBC|3,96|p/ul||N||F||dani|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]F1[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]0R|8|53316-
6^^^WBC|Passed|||N||F||dani|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]F5[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [STX]1L|1|N[CR][ETX]04[CR][LF]
HOST [ACK]
UAS [EOT]

Result Query Message (load list)

With this message the host is able to query the available results within a date interval. The interval must be
defined with the Q record.

Example:
H|\^&|||LIS^123^1.0.3|||||||P||20160825132734
Q|1|||||20160203|20160528
L|1|N

Worklist Entry Message

This message adds a worklist entry from the host side to the Atellica UAS 800.

Example (without a comment and without a dilution factor; the default dilution factor is 1):
H|\^&|||LIS^123^1.0.3|||||||P||20160825132734
P|1||||T Pal
O|1|98765|1^1|S
L|1|N

Example (with dilution factor 3 and with a comment):

H|\^&|||LIS^123^1.0.3|||||||P||20160825132734
P|1||||Smith
C|1||The comment itself|G
O|1|12345|3^4|S^3
L|1|N

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Data Record Types

Common fields for data records
Abbreviation RSN
Short explanation Record Sequence Number
This field is used in record types that may occur multiple times within a single message. The
number used defines the i’th occurrence of the associated record type at a particular
hierarchical level and is reset to 1 whenever a record of a greater hierarchical significance
(lower number) is transmitted or if the same record is used at a different hierarchical level
(e.g., comment records)
Hierarchical levels have been described in the message structures section of each
message type in chapter 3.

Request information record

0 1 2 3..6 7 8 16
[STX] {FN} Q {RSN} {SD} {ED} [CR] [ETX] {CHS} [CR] [LF]

Explanation of the fields:

Abbreviation SD
Short
Description Start Date
explanation
Description Start date of the requested results
Example 20160203

Explanation of the fields:

Abbreviation ED
Short
End Date
explanation
Description End date of the requested results
Example 20160528

Example:
Q|1|||||20160203|20160528

Example 1

Abbreviation DT
Short explanation Date Time codes
Date code should be in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
Variations for this field:
 Date/Time of the Message (DTM)

Description  Date/Time Specimen Received (DTSR)

 Date/Time Test Started (DTTS)
 Date/Time Test Completed (DTTC)
 Expire Date/Time of Operator’s information (DTOE)
Example 20170205120130

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Message Header Record (H)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
[STX] {FN} H {DEL} {SEN} {TT} {PVN} {DTM} [CR] [ETX] {CHS} [CR] [LF]

Note: All used fields from 3…15, including empty fields, start with a field separator
(a vertical line character: ”|” ASCII124).
Legend: Mandatory fields
Common data fields
Unique record fields
Empty fields
Not used fields
Frame elements

Example:
[STX]1H|\^&|||Atellica·UAS·800^Atellica·UAS·800^0.0.0^1^123454321|||||||P|LIS
2-A2|20160817152934[CR] [ETX]AE[CR][LF]

Explanation of the fields:

Abbreviation DEL
Short explanation Delimiters of the protocol
Any four ASCII characters can be used except for restricted characters. It is important to use
delimiters consistently in the protocol. The order of the delimiter is: field, repeat,
Description
component, escape. For the Atellica UAS 800 analyzer, the content is always constant and
static.
Example |\^&

Abbreviation SEN
Short
Sender name or ID
explanation
When the Atellica UAS 800 sends this field it contains several components:
{Instrument name}^{Software Vendor Organization}^{SW
version}^{SW ID}^{Serial Number}
 {Instrument name} - Atellica UAS 800 or CLINITEK Novus
Description  {Serial Number} – serial number of the UAS 800 or CLINITEK Novus
 {SW version} – version of the sw
 {SW ID} – 1
 { Rack Type } – Chemistry Result: CONN, else field is empty.
Atellica·UAS·800^Atellica·UAS·800^0.0.0^1^123454321
Example
CLINITEK Novus^S12456^1.2.0^1^CONN

Abbreviation TT
Short
Test Type
explanation
For CLINITEK Novus Results:
 P: Patient Results
 Q: Calibration Results and QC Results
Description
For Atellica UAS 800 Sediment Results:
 P: Patient Results
 Q: QC Results

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Abbreviation PVN
Short
(protocol) Version Number
explanation
It displays the version of the current communication protocol. In this case it should be
Description
“LIS2-A2”.
Example LIS2-A2

Remarks:
 Frame Number (FN) in headers is always 1, as this is always the first record in a message.
 Date/Time of the Message (DTM) represents the date and time when the message has been sent.

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Patient Identifying Record (P)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
[STX] {FN} P {RSN} {PID} [CR] [ETX] {CHS} [CR] [LF]

Note: All used fields from 2…15 start with a vertical line character field separator (“|”; ASCII124).
Legend: Mandatory fields
Common data fields
Unique record fields
Empty fields
Not used fields
Frame elements

Example 1:
[STX]2P|1||||Patient Field[CR][ETX]10[CR][LF]
Example 2 (no patient is set):
[STX]2P|1||||--[CR][ETX]3F[CR][LF]

Explanation of the fields:

Abbreviation PID
Short explanation Patient Name
The Name of the patient will be transmitted.
Description
In the case of a QC measurement, QC_HIGH or QC_LOW is sent
Example Patient Field, QC_LOW

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Test Order Record (O)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7..14 15 16..25 26 27
[STX] {FN} O {RSN} {SID} {ISID} {UTI} R {DTTS} {RT} [CR] [ETX] {CHS} [CR] [LF]

Note: All used fields between 2…15 start with a vertical line character field separator (“|”; ASCII124).
Legend: Mandatory fields
Common data fields
Unique record fields
Empty fields
Not used fields
Frame elements

Examples:

Sediment (sample measurement):

[STX]3O|1|081315493912|1^1^dani^SAMPLE|S|R||||||N|||20160813154939|||||||||||
F[CR][ETX]34[CR][LF]
Sediment (QC measurement):
[STX]3O|1|2768|1^1^dani^CONTROL|S|R||||||Q|||20160916151836|||||||||||F[CR][E
TX]34[CR][LF]

Chemistry (sample measurement):

[STX]4O|1|0014000^2^4^^201705^|0-00014|CLINITEK·Novus·PRO·12^__^R304096^
20250101120000^sn12345|R|||||||||20101203153820|||||||||||F[CR][ETB][CHS][CR]
[LF]

Chemistry (QC measurement):

[STX]4O|1|^1^1^calLot1^201705^CONTROL·-|C-00001|CLINITEK·Novus·PRO·12^__^
R304096^20250101120000^sn12345|R|||||||||20110305000000|||||||||||F[CR][ETB][
CHS][CR][LF]

Chemistry Error (sample measurement):

[STX]4O|1|8165^1^3^^201705^|0-00284|^__^^20170511163456^|R||||
|||||20170511163456|||||||||||X[CR][ETB][CHS][CR][LF]

Explanation of the fields:

Abbreviation SID
Short explanation Specimen ID
For chemistry results:
Specimen ID of the sample with rack and tube location information
{SampleID}^{Rack number}^{Tube Number}^{LotNumber}^{ExpirationDate}^{Level}
 {SampleID} – is the Sample ID of the specimen. For patient result the {SampleId}
contains the Specimen ID. Control and calibration order records this component is
empty. When field 26 is “X” this component is empty.
Description  {Rack number} – the number of the rack maintained by the analyzer
 {Tube number} – tube position in the rack
 {LotNumber} - contains the lot number. For calibration result order record this
component contains the calibrator lot number. For control result order record this
component contains the control sample lot number. For patient result order record
this component is empty. When field 26 is “X” this component is empty.
 {ExpirationDate} - contain expiration date in the format of “YYYYMM”. For

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calibration result order record this component contains the calibrator expiration
date. For control result order record this component contains the control sample
expiration date.
 {Level} - For control result order record this component contains the control level
(system default name or user defined name) of the control sample. For patient and
calibration result order record this component is empty. When field 26 is “X” this
component is empty.

For sediment results:

The unique ID of the sample.
Patient Result: 076978054012^7^1^^^
Chemistry
Calibration Result: ^1^3^4564BM^201104^
Examples
Control Result: ^1^3^456455^201104^Level 1
Sediment Example 081315493912

Abbreviation ISID
Short explanation Instrument Specimen ID
For chemistry results:
This field contains the sequence number assigned to the specimen in the format of “x-xxxxx”

For routine sample the 1st character = 0 - 9

For Stat sample the 1st character = “S”
For control sample the 1st character = “C”
For calibration the 1st character = “K”

Description For sediment results:

{Rack number}^{Tube number}^{User}^{Sample Type}
 {Rack number} – the number of the rack maintained by the analyzer
 {Tube number} – tube position in the rack
 {User} – User name, who is sending the result
 {Sample Type} – “SAMPLE” / “CONTROL”
o “SAMPLE” – marking samples
o “CONTROL “ – for QC measurements
0-12345
Chemistry S-00001
Example C-10213
K-00234
1^1^dani^SAMPLE
Sediment Example
1^2^dani^CONTROL

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Abbreviation UTI
Short explanation Universal Test ID
For Chemistry Results
{ReagentName}^{YZ}^{ReagentLotNumber}^{ReagentExpirationDate}^{CassetteSerialNumber}
 {ReagentName} contains the name of the reagent used (ie: “CLINITEK Novus 10” or
“CLINITEK Novus PRO 12”).

 {YZ} indicates Color and Clarity manual entry indicators.

o “Y” contains “C” if color was manually entered for this result else it is an
underscore (does not matter if color result is being sent or not)
o “Z” contains “C” if clarity was manually entered for this result else it is an
underscore (does not matter if clarity result is being sent or not)
Description
 {ReagentLotNumber} contains the reagent lot number.

 {ReagentExpirationDate} contains the reagent Use life expiration date in format of

YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.

 {CassetteSerialNumber} contains the serial number of the reagent cassette.

For Sediment Results

 S
Chemistry CLINITEK Novus PRO 12^__^345533^201004^2334
Example
Sediment
S
Example

Abbreviation RT
Short explanation Report type
{RT}
 F – Final result (successful measurement)

Description  C – Correction (only supported for chemical results)

 X – order cannot be done, error occurred
 U – Unknown (indication of unknown report type)
#1 Example F
Remarks: Date/Time Test Started (DTTS) represents the date and time when the test has been started
(see also Common Data Fields).

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Result Record (R)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
[STX] {FN} R {RSN} {UTID} {DMV} {UNIT} {RAF} F {OpID} {AN} [CR] [ETX] {CHS} [CR] [LF]

Note: All used fields from 2…15 start with a vertical line character field separator (“|”; ASCII124).
Legend: Mandatory fields
Common data fields
Unique record fields
Empty fields
Not used fields
Frame elements

Example:

Sediment:
[STX]0R|7|51487-7^^^WBC|485.10|p/ul||A||F||dani|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR]
[ETX]2B[CR][LF]

Chemistry:
[STX]R|1|^^^BIL|Negative|||N||F||John Smith|||CLINITEK
Novus[ETX][CHS][CR][LF]

Explanation of the fields:

Abbreviation UTID
Short explanation Universal Test ID
For Chemistry Results:
{NU}^{NU}^{NU}^{Analyte}
 {NU} – Not used (reserved for internal use}
 {Analyte} - contains the 2 or 3 letter analyte abbreviation. The analyte
abbreviations are dependent upon the result unit system configured for the
instrument.
Description
For Sediment Results:
{Test code}^{NU}^{NU}^{Test Name}
 {Test code} – Test code (LOINC code)
 {NU} – Not used (reserved for internal use)
 {Test Name} – name of the tested parameter
Chemistry
^^^LEU
Example
Sediment Example 51487-7^^^WBC

Abbreviation DMV
Short explanation Data or Measurement Value
For Chemistry Results:
This field contains the numerical value of the test result. If the test result is a qualitative
result (such as Positive, Negative, Normal, Clear, Yellow) this qualitative result is positioned
in this Data Value field. The value is dependent upon the result unit system configured for
Description
the instrument.

For Sediment Results:

The value (or category) of the measured test
Chemistry 100
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Example Positive
-
Sediment
+++
Examples 485.10

Abbreviation UNIT
Short explanation Unit
For Chemistry Results:
This field contains the unit of measure used for the test result Data Value. For qualitative
results (such as Positive, Negative, Normal, Clear, Yellow) this field is empty. The unit is
dependent upon the result unit system configured for the instrument.
Description
For Sediment Results:
Unit of the result data (in the DMV field). It is always transmitted regardless of the value of
the measurement. In case of an arbitrary unit, for example “++”, this field is empty.
Chemistry mg/dL
Example E.U./dL
p/ul
Sediment Example
p/HPF

Abbreviation RAF
Short explanation Result Abnormal Flags
If the result was normal: N
Description
If the result was abnormal: A
Example A

Abbreviation OpID
Short explanation Operator Identification / Operator’s ID
Description The ID of the operator that was given when the test was performed.
Example dani

Abbreviation AN
Short explanation Analyzer Name
Description Name of the analyzer, static content.
CLINITEK Novus
Example
Atellica·UAS·800

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Comment Record (C)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
[STX] {FN} C {RSN} {CTP} {CTX} {CTY} [CR] [ETX] {CHS} [CR] [LF]

Note: All used fields from 2…15 start with a vertical line character field separator (“|”; ASCII124) .
Legend: Mandatory fields
Common data fields
Unique record fields
Empty fields
Not used fields
Frame elements

Example: result record, followed by a system comment for particle:

[STX]4R|33|33218-9^^^BAC|38,2|p/HPF||A||F||test|||Atellica·UAS·800[CR][ETB]10[CR][LF]
[STX]5C|33|I|A|I[CR][ETB]C5[CR][LF]

Example for user edited comment:

[STX]3C|1|L|this·is·a·sedi·comment|G[CR][ETB]5B[CR][LF]

Example for particle comment:

[STX]4C|1|L|Review|I[CR][ETB]C3[CR][LF]

Explanation of the fields:

Abbreviation CTP
Short explanation Comment Place
System comment and Sediment comment: L
Description
Particle comment: I
Example L

Abbreviation CTX
Short explanation Comment Text
System comment and Sediment comment: Dynamic text, the comment itself
Description Particle comment (only for Abnormal particles): A

Example This is a comment

Abbreviation CTY
Short explanation Comment Type
Sediment or chemical user entered comment: G
Description
System comment (either for sample or particle): I
Example I

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Message Terminator Record (L)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
[STX] {FN} L {RSN} {TC} [CR] [ETX] {CHS} [CR] [LF]

Note: All used fields between 2…15 start with a vertical line character field separator (“|”; ASCII124).
Legend: Mandatory fields
Common data fields
Unique record fields
Empty fields
Not used fields
Frame elements

Example:
[STX]0L|1|N[CR][ETX]03[CR][LF]

Explanation of the fields:

Abbreviation TC
Short explanation Termination Code
In Atellica UAS 800 only one content entry is possible in this field:
Description
N = normal termination
Example N

Remarks:
Record sequence number (RSN) in terminator record is always 1 as this is always the first of this type of
record in a message.

Request Information record

0 1 2 3..6 7 8 16
[STX] {FN} Q {RSN} {SD} {ED} [CR] [ETX] {CHS} [CR] [LF]

Explanation of the fields:

Abbreviation SD
Short explanation Start Date
Description Start date of the requested results
Example 20160203

Explanation of the fields:

Abbreviation ED
Short explanation End Date
Description End date of the requested results
Example 20160528

Example:
Q|1|||||20160203|20160528

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4 HL7 Low Level Interface

The HL7 communication interface is unidirectional.
The physical layer of the data exchange is the same as described in TCP/IP protocol standard.

Data frame elements

This protocol applies the MLLP (Minimum Lower Layer Protocol) over the TCP/IP protocol.
Frame structure:
{SB} Data content of Message {EB} [CR]

Element Description
{SB} Start Block character
Value: ASCII 0x0B (vertical tab, [VT])
This should not be confused with ASCII characters SOH, STX
{EB} End Block character
Value: 0x1C (file separator, [FS])
This should not be confused with ASCII characters EOT, ETX

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5 HL7 High Level Interface

Characters and encoding

The Atellica UAS 800 analyzer sends and receives strings in ASCII character encoding.

Restricted characters
The following characters are restricted:
 The start block and end block character.
 Separators cannot be part of the data of the fields and components. Separators will be rejected.

For the purpose of providing examples, the following delimiters are used in this description:

Delimiter type Name of the character Sign of the character ASCII code of the character
Segment terminator carriage return [CR] 13
Field separator vertical bar | 124
Repeat separator tilde ~ 126
Component separator caret ^ 94
Escape separator backslash \ 92
Subcomponent ampersand & 38
separator.

Example:
MSH|^~\&|^Atellica·UAS·800.1^L||||20170329164729||OUL^R22^OUL_R22|20170329164
729991|P|2.5|||NE|AL||ASCII[CR]
The following escape sequences are defined:

\H\ start highlighting

\N\ normal text (end highlighting)
\F\ field separator
\S\ component separator
\T\ subcomponent separator
\R\ repetition separator
\E\ escape character
\Xdddd...\ hexadecimal data
\Zdddd...\ locally defined escape sequence

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Message types
The following message types exist in the HL7 implementation of the Atellica UAS 800 analyzer:
 Measurement messages (sent from the Atellica UAS 800 to the host):
o Sample Measurement Message
o QC Measurement Message

 Request message (sent from the host to the Atellica UAS 800):
o Worklist Entry Message

Sample Measurement Message

The measurement message contains the data for a single measurement performed by the Atellica UAS 800
analyzer. The measurement message send operation is always initiated by the Atellica UAS 800 analyzer.

The measurement message can be followed by a single measurement result, measured by the Novus.

The Atellica UAS 800 analyzer uses only the following message segments:
MSH-9: “OUL^R22^OUL_R22”

Segments Description
MSH Message Header

SFT - Software segment Software Segment

PID Patient Identification

{ --- SPECIMEN begin

SPM - Specimen Segment Specimen information

SAC Container information

{ --- ORDER begin

OBR Observation request

ORC Common Order

NTE Notes and Comments

[OBX] Observation Result(s)

} --- ORDER end

} --- SPECIMEN end

Chemistry Example:
[VT]
MSH|^~\&|^CLINITEK
Novus||||20170512142824||OUL^R22^OUL_R22|20170512142824841|P|2.5||||||ASCII[CR]
SFT|CLINITEK Novus|1.2.0.9|CLINITEK Novus|1.2.0.9[CR]
PID|1||-|-[CR]
SPM|1|0014000||UR^Urine^HL70487|||||||P^Patient^HL70369[CR]
SAC||||||||||2|4[CR]
INV|CLINITEK Novus PRO 12|OK||||||||||20250101120000||||R304096[CR]
OBR|1|0-00014||CLINITEK Novus PRO 12|||||||||||||||||||||F[CR]
NTE|1||ResultComment Comment 4 value54 4[CR]
OBX|0|ST|^ALB^LN|1|10|mg/L||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|1|ST|^BIL^LN|2|Negative|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]

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OBX|2|ST|^BLO^LN|3|Negative|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|3|ST|^CLA^LN|4|Clear|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|4|ST|^COL^LN|5|Dark Yellow|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|5|ST|^CRE^LN|6|10|mg/dL||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|6|ST|^GLU^LN|7|Negative|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|7|ST|^KET^LN|8|Negative|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|8|ST|^LEU^LN|9|Negative|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|9|ST|^NIT^LN|10|Negative|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|10|ST|^pH^LN|11|5.5|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|11|ST|^PRO^LN|12|Negative|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|12|ST|^SG^LN|13|1.005|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|13|ST|^URO^LN|14|>=8.0|E.U./dL||A|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|14|ST|^A:C^LN|15|Normal|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
OBX|15|ST|^P:C^LN|16|Normal|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20101203153820[CR]
[FS][CR]

Sediment Example:
[VT]
MSH|^~\&|^Atellica·UAS·800.1^L||||20170329164729||OUL^R22^OUL_R22|20170329164729991|P|2.5|||NE|AL||ASCII[CR]
SFT|Atellica·UAS·800|4.0.73.4885|Atellica·UAS·800|0.0.0.0[CR]
PID|1||||--[CR]
SPM|1|8123||UR^Urine^HL70487|||||||P^Patient^HL70369[CR]
SAC||||||||||1|7[CR]
OBR|1|||UrineSedimentResult[CR]
ORC|RE||8123^^^L||CM|||||test|Automatic·validated[CR]
OBX|1|ST|46419-8^RBC^LN|1|<0.91|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|2|ST|^RBC^LN|1|<14.55|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|3|ST|798-9^RBC^LN|1|<4|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|4|ST|53292-9^RBC^LN|1|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|5|ST|46702-7^WBC^LN|2|<0.68|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|6|ST|^WBC^LN|2|<10.91|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|7|ST|51487-7^WBC^LN|2|<3|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|8|ST|53316-6^WBC^LN|2|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|9|ST|50233-6^.WBCc^LN|3|0|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|10|ST|^.WBCc^LN|3|0|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|11|ST|33768-3^.WBCc^LN|3|0|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|12|ST|53317-4^.WBCc^LN|3|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|13|ST|53307-5^CRY^LN|4|0|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|14|ST|^CRY^LN|4|0|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|15|ST|53297-8^CRY^LN|4|0|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|16|ST|53334-9^CRY^LN|4|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|17|ST|33223-9^HYA^LN|5|0|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|18|ST|^HYA^LN|5|0|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|19|ST|51484-4^HYA^LN|5|0|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|20|ST|50231-0^HYA^LN|5|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|21|ST|^PAT^LN|6|0|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|22|ST|^PAT^LN|6|0|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|23|ST|^PAT^LN|6|0|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|24|ST|72224-9^PAT^LN|6|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|25|ST|53294-5^NEC^LN|7|0|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|26|ST|^NEC^LN|7|0|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|27|ST|51485-1^NEC^LN|7|0|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|28|ST|50225-2^NEC^LN|7|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|29|ST|33219-7^EPI^LN|8|0|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|30|ST|^EPI^LN|8|0|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|31|ST|51486-9^EPI^LN|8|0|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|32|ST|53318-2^EPI^LN|8|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|33|ST|^YEA^LN|9|0|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|34|ST|^YEA^LN|9|0|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|35|ST|51481-0^YEA^LN|9|0|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|36|ST|72223-1^YEA^LN|9|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|37|ST|33218-9^BAC^LN|10|5.6|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|38|ST|^BAC^LN|10|89.6|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|39|ST|51480-2^BAC^LN|10|24.64|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|40|ST|50221-1^BAC^LN|10|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|41|ST|^.BACr^LN|11|0.7|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|42|ST|^.BACr^LN|11|11.2|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|43|ST|^.BACr^LN|11|3.08|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|44|ST|^.BACr^LN|11|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|45|ST|^.BACc^LN|12|4.9|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|46|ST|^.BACc^LN|12|78.4|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|47|ST|^.BACc^LN|12|21.56|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|48|ST|^.BACc^LN|12|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|49|ST|50235-1^MUC^LN|13|5.1|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|50|ST|^MUC^LN|13|81.6|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|51|ST|51478-6^MUC^LN|13|22.44|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|52|ST|53321-6^MUC^LN|13|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]

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OBX|53|ST|53324-0^SPRM^LN|14|0|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|54|ST|^SPRM^LN|14|0|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|55|ST|51479-4^SPRM^LN|14|0|p/ul||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|56|ST|33232-0^SPRM^LN|14|-|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
[FS][CR]

ACK: ExCID = 20170329164729991

[VT]
MSH|^~\&|HL7SIM^7.8||cobas·8000||20170329174559||ACK|10001||2.5||||NE||UNICODE·UTF-8|[CR]
MSA|AA|20170329164729991||[CR]
[FS][CR]

[VT]
MSH|^~\&|^Atellica·UAS·800.1^L||||20170329164730||OUL^R22^OUL_R22|20170329164730100|P|2.5|||NE|AL||ASCII[CR]
SFT|Atellica·UAS·800|4.0.73.4885|Atellica·UAS·800|0.0.0.0[CR]
PID|1||||--[CR]
SPM|1|8123||UR^Urine^HL70487|||||||P^Patient^HL70369[CR]
SAC||||||||||1|7[CR]
OBR|1|||UrineStripResult[CR]
ORC|RE||8123^^^L||CM|||||-|Automatic·validated[CR]
OBX|0|ST|^BIL^LN|1|Negative|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|1|ST|^BLO^LN|2|Small|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|2|ST|^CLA^LN|3|Clear|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|3|ST|^COL^LN|4|Yellow|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|4|ST|^GLU^LN|5|Negative|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|5|ST|^KET^LN|6|Negative|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|6|ST|^LEU^LN|7|Negative|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|7|ST|^NIT^LN|8|Negative|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|8|ST|^pH^LN|9|7.5|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|9|ST|^PRO^LN|10|Negative|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|10|ST|^SG^LN|11|<=1.005|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|11|ST|^URO^LN|12|0.2·E.U./dL|E.U./dL||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|12|ST|^SG^LN|13|0.00|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|13|ST|^Color^LN|14|Other|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
OBX|14|ST|^Turbidity^LN|15|No·parameter|||N|||F|||||||H100011|20170329162041[CR]
[FS][CR]

ACK: ExCID = 20170329164730100

[VT]
MSH|^~\&|HL7SIM^7.8||cobas·8000||20170329174600||ACK|10002||2.5||||NE||UNICODE·UTF-8|[CR]
MSA|AA|20170329164730100||[CR]
[FS][CR]

QC Measurement Message
The QC Measurement message contains the data for a single QC measurement from the
Atellica UAS 800 analyzer. The QC measurement message send operation is always initiated
by the Atellica UAS 800 analyzer.

The Atellica UAS 800 uses only the following message segments:
MSH-9: “OUL^R22^OUL_R22”

Segments Description
MSH Message Header

SFT - Software segment Software Segment

PID

{ --- SPECIMEN begin

SPM Specimen information

SAC Container information

{ --- ORDER begin

OBR Observation Order

ORC Common Order

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NTE Notes and Comments

[OBX] Observation Result(s)

} --- ORDER end

} --- SPECIMEN end

Chemistry Example:
[VT]
MSH|^~\&|^CLINITEK·Novus||||20170512144632||OUL^R22^OUL_R22|20170512144632818|P|2.5||||||ASCII[CR
]
SFT|CLINITEK·Novus|1.2.0.9|CLINITEK·Novus|1.2.0.9[CR]
PID|1||-|-[CR]
SPM|1|||UR^Urine^HL70487|||||||Q^Control·specimen^HL70369[CR]
SAC||||||||||1|1[CR]
INV|CLINITEK·Novus·PRO·12|OK||||||||||20250101120000||||R304096[CR]
OBR|1|C-00001||CLINITEK·Novus·PRO·12|||||||||||||||||||||F[CR]
NTE|1||ResultComment·Comment·2·value1d·2[CR]
OBX|0|ST|^ALB^LN|1|150|mg/L||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|1|ST|^BIL^LN|2|3+|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|2|ST|^BLO^LN|3|3+|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|3|ST|^CLA^LN|4|Sl.·Cloudy|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|4|ST|^COL^LN|5|Green|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|5|ST|^CRE^LN|6|>=300|mg/dL||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|6|ST|^GLU^LN|7|3+|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|7|ST|^KET^LN|8|4+|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|8|ST|^LEU^LN|9|3+|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|9|ST|^NIT^LN|10|Negative|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|10|ST|^pH^LN|11|>=9.0|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|11|ST|^PRO^LN|12|4+|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|12|ST|^SG^LN|13|1.030|||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
OBX|13|ST|^URO^LN|14|>=8.0|E.U./dL||N|||F|||||||E200017|20110305000000[CR]
[FS][CR]

Sediment Example:
[VT]
MSH|^~\&|^Atellica·UAS·800.1^L||||20170404200133||OUL^R22^OUL_R22|20170404200133105|P|2.5|||NE|AL
||ASCII[CR]
SFT|Atellica·UAS·800|4.0.74.0|Atellica·UAS·800|0.0.0.0[CR]
PID|1||||QC_LOW[CR]
SPM|1|||UR^Urine^HL70487|||||||Q^Control·specimen^HL70369[CR]
SAC||||||||||1|1[CR]
OBR|1|||UrineSedimentResult[CR]
ORC|RE||^^^L||CM|||||dani|Automatic·validated[CR]
NTE|1||Test·passed![CR]
OBX|1|ST|46419-8^RBC^LN|1|3|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||123454321|20170404200017[CR]
OBX|2|ST|^RBC^LN|1|48|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||123454321|20170404200017[CR]
OBX|3|ST|798-9^RBC^LN|1|13,2|p/ul||N|||F|||||||123454321|20170404200017[CR]
OBX|4|ST|53292-9^RBC^LN|1|Passed|||N|||F|||||||123454321|20170404200017[CR]
OBX|5|ST|46702-7^WBC^LN|2|110,25|p/HPF||N|||F|||||||123454321|20170404200017[CR]
OBX|6|ST|^WBC^LN|2|1764|p/LPF||N|||F|||||||123454321|20170404200017[CR]
OBX|7|ST|51487-7^WBC^LN|2|485,1|p/ul||N|||F|||||||123454321|20170404200017[CR]
OBX|8|ST|53316-6^WBC^LN|2|Passed|||N|||F|||||||123454321|20170404200017[CR]
[FS][CR]

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Worklist Entry Message

This message serves to add a worklist entry, received from the host side, to the Atellica UAS 800.

Example (with dilution factor 1.5):

<SB>
MSH|^~\&|||||20161028152244||OML^O33^OML_O33|P|2.5
PID|1||||John Smith
NTE|1|L|Comment for patient|G
SPM||BAR1122||UR|||||||P
ORC|1|NW
OBR|1
NTE|1|L|CS^1.5|G
<EB>

Example (without dilution factor, dilution factor is the default 1):

<SB>
MSH|^~\&|||||20161028152255||OML^O33^OML_O33|P|2.5
PID|1||||Isaac Newton
NTE|1|L|Comment for Newton|G
SPM||B3344||UR|||||||P
SAC||||||||||567|3
ORC|1|NW
OBR|1
NTE|1|L|S|G
<EB>

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Control segments
MSH - Message Header Segment
The Atellica UAS 800 uses only the following fields:
MSH-1: |
MSH-2: ^~\&
MSH-3: ^Atellica·UAS·800.1^L
MSH-7: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
MSH-9: OUL^R22^OUL_R22
MSH-10: YYYYMMDDHHMMSSmmm
MSH-11: P
MSH-12: 2.5
MSH-15: NE
MSH-16: NE
MSH-18: ASCII

SEQ ELEMENT NAME Local application/ implementation

1 Field Separator |
2 Encoding Characters ^~\&
3 Sending Application {SW short name} (e.g. ^ Atellica·UAS·800,
CLINITEK Novus)
7 Date/Time of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS (e.g
Message 20151012111727)
YYYY: Year
MM: Month
DD: Days
HH: Hours
MM: Minutes
SS: Seconds
9 Message Type OUL^R22
10 Message Control ID {uniqueID} (uniquely identifies the
message)
11 Processing ID “P”
12 Version ID “2.5”
15 Accept “NE”
Acknowledgment
Type
16 Application “ALE”
Acknowledgment
Type
18 Character Set “ASCII”

Chemistry Example:
MSH|^~\&|^CLINITEK·Novus||||20170512144632||OUL^R22^OUL_R22|20170512144632818
|P|2.5||||||ASCII[CR]

Sediment Example:
MSH|^~\&|^Atellica·UAS·800.1^L||||20161021103742||OUL^R22^OUL_R22|20161021103
742352|P|2.5|||NE|NE||ASCII[CR]

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SFT - Software segment

The Atellica UAS 800 uses only the following fields:

SFT-1: Atellica·UAS·800 or CLINITEK Novus

SFT-2: X.X.X.X
SFT-3: Atellica·UAS·800 or CLINITEK Novus
SFT-4: 0.0.0.0 or X.X.X.X

SEQ ELEMENT NAME Sediment Results Chemistry Results

1 Software Vendor Atellica·UAS·800 CLINITEK Novus
Organization
2 Software Certified Version or 4.0.56.3914 1.3.0.0
Release Number
3 Software Product Name Atellica·UAS·800 CLINITEK Novus
4 Software Binary ID 0.0.0.0 1.3.0.0

Chemistry Example:
SFT|CLINITEK Novus|1.3.0.0|CLINITEK Novus|1.3.0.0[CR]

Sediment Example:
SFT|Atellica·UAS·800|4.0.56.3914|Atellica·UAS·800|0.0.0.0[CR]

Data segments
PID - Patient Identifying Segment
The Atellica UAS 800 uses only the following fields:

SEQ ELEMENT NAME Local application/ implementation

1 Set ID - PID 1
5 Patient Name Patient Name

Example:
PID|1||||Jasmine[CR]
Example QC (For QC results, the LOT type is displayed):
PID|1||||QC_HIGH[CR]

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SPM - Specimen Segment

The Atellica UAS 800 uses only the following fields:

SEQ ELEMENT NAME Local application/ implementation

1 Set ID - SPM 1
2 Specimen ID Sample ID
4 Specimen Type UR^Urine^HL70487
11 Specimen Role Sample: P^Patient^HL70369
QC: Q^Control·specimen^HL70369

Example:
SPM|1|8185||UR^Urine^HL70487|||||||P^Patient^HL70369[CR]
Example QC:
SPM|1|8218||UR^Urine^HL70487|||||||Q^Control·specimen^HL70369[CR]

INV – Inventory Detail Segment

This segment is provided when a chemical result is transmitted.

SEQ ELEMENT NAME Local application/ implementation

1 Substance Identifier CLINITEK Novus 10
CLINITEK Novus PRO 12
2 Substance Status OK
12 Expiration Date/Time “YYYYMMDDHHMMSS”
16 Manufacturer Lot Number RG6789

SAC - Container information Segment

The Atellica UAS 800 uses only the following fields:

SEQ ELEMENT NAME Local application/ implementation

10 Carrier Identifier Rack number
11 Position in Carrier Tube position

Example:
SAC||||||||||1|2[CR]

OBR - Observation request segment

This segment is provided when a chemistry result is transmitted:

SEQ ELEMENT NAME Local application/ implementation

1 Set ID – OBR 1
2 Placer Order Number Specimen ID or sequence number. For a
patient result this field contains the
Specimen ID if available, else it contains
the sample sequence number (format x-

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xxxxx). For a Control result this field

contains the sequence number of the
control sample. For a calibration result
this field contains the sequence number
used for Calibrator 1
4 Universal Service Identifier – CLINITEK Novus 10
Reagent Type CLINITEK Novus PRO 12

Example:
OBR|1|||CLINITEK Novus PRO 12|||||||||||||||||||||F[CR]

NTE - notes and comments segment

The Atellica UAS 800 uses only the following fields:

SEQ ELEMENT NAME Local application/ implementation

1 Set ID - NTE Comment sequence
3 Comment Comment text
4 Comment Type “RE” (remark) for system comment
messages.
Not used for user entered comment

Example (2 notes if the dilution factor does not equal 1):

NTE|1||Proba[CR]
NTE|2||Dilution factor: 3.00[CR]

Example (2 notes if result status is “Review”):

NTE|1||This·is·a·comment[CR]
NTE|2||Review|RE[CR]

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OBX - Observation/Result Segment

The Atellica UAS 800 uses only the following fields:

SEQ ELEMENT NAME Local application/ implementation

1 Set ID – OBX Sequence number, starting with 1
2 Value Type “ST”
7
3 Observation Identifier LOINC number(value)^
Description^
LN
4 Observation Sub-ID Parameter sequence number
5 Observation Value Result value
6 Units Result unit
8 Interpretation Codes N: Normal
A: Abnormal
11 Observation Result Status “F”
18 Equipment Instance Serial number
Identifier
19 Date/Time of the Measurement DateTime
Observation YYYYMMDDHHMMSS

Example QC result- Failed

OBX|5|ST|46702-7^WBC^LN|2|0|p/HPF||A|||F|||||||H100009|20161021095732[CR]
OBX|6|ST|^WBC^LN|2|0|p/LPF||A|||F|||||||H100009|20161021095732[CR]
OBX|7|ST|51487-7^WBC^LN|2|0|p/ul||A|||F|||||||H100009|20161021095732[CR]
OBX|8|ST|53316-6^WBC^LN|2|Failed|||A|||F|||||||H100009|20161021095732[CR]

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See table on following page for LOINC particle terminology.
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LOINC (Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes) Terminology for Particles
LOINC provides a universal standard for identifying medical laboratory observations, which helps facilitate the
exchange of healthcare records information.

The following table provides LOINC terminology for particles:

Class particle results LOINC#
category 53292-9
RBC p/HPF 46419-8
Red blood cells
p/uL 798-9
category 53316-6
WBC p/HPF 46702-7
p/uL 51487-7
White blood cells
category 53317-4
WBCc p/HPF 50233-6
p/uL 33768-3

category 53318-2
Squamous Epithelial Cells EPI
p/HPF 33219-7
p/uL 51486-9

category 50225-2
NEC
p/HPF 53294-5
p/uL 51485-1
category -
s-TRA p/HPF -
Non Squamous Epithelial Cells p/uL -
category -
d-TRA p/HPF -
p/uL -
category 53271-3
REN p/HPF 33221-3
p/uL 53274-7
category -
LIP p/HPF -
p/uL -
REN-L category 50228-6
p/HPF 53354-7
Lipids
p/uL 53352-1
category -
LDR p/HPF -
p/uL -
category 50223-7
p/HPF 55367-7

CHOL
p/uL -

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Class particle results LOINC#

category 50231-0

Hyaline casts HYA

p/HPF 33223-9
51484-4
p/uL

category 72224-9
PAT p/HPF -
p/uL -
category -
C-HGR p/HPF -
p/uL -
category 50230-2
C-GRA p/HPF 33341-9
p/uL 53282-0
category 50224-5
C-NEC p/HPF 53291-1
p/uL 53287-9
category 53278-8
C-RBC p/HPF 33229-6
p/uL 53285-3
category 53279-6
C-WBC p/HPF 33228-8
p/uL 53286-1
category -
Pathological casts
C-CRY p/HPF -
p/uL -
category -
C-MIC p/HPF -
p/uL -
category 50229-4
C-FAT p/HPF 33231-2
p/uL 53288-7
category 41190-0
C-WAX p/HPF 33230-4
p/uL 41868-1
category 50234-4
p/HPF 53289-5

C-MIX p/uL
53283-8

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Class particle results LOINC#

category -
CRY p/HPF -
p/uL -
category 33234-6
CaOx p/HPF 53306-7
p/uL 53296-0
category -
CaOxm p/HPF -
p/uL -
category -
CaOxd p/HPF -
p/uL -
category -
TRI p/HPF -
p/uL -
category -
URI p/HPF -
p/uL -
category 33235-3
cApH p/HPF 53309-1
p/uL 53299-4
Crystals category 50239-3
U-AMO p/HPF -
p/uL -
category 50236-9
P-AMO p/HPF 55378-4
p/uL -
category 33240-3
CYS p/HPF 53313-3
p/uL 53303-4
category 50232-8
LEU p/HPF 53310-9
p/uL 53300-0
category 50238-5
TYR p/HPF 53314-1
p/uL 53304-2
category 53329-9
p/HPF 53332-3
p/uL 53331-5
category -
ATY
p/HPF -

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p/uL

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Class particle results LOINC#

category 72223-1
Yeast YEA p/HPF 78742-4
p/uL 51481-0
category 50221-1
BAC p/HPF 33218-9
p/uL 51480-2
category -
Bacteria BACr p/HPF -
p/uL -
category -
BACc p/HPF -
p/uL -
category 53321-6
Mucus MUC p/HPF 50235-1
p/uL 51478-6
category 33232-0
Spermatozoa SPRM p/HPF 53324-0
p/uL 51479-4
category 50237-7
Trichomonas TRV p/HPF 53357-0
p/uL 53355-4
category -
Parasites SCH p/HPF -
p/uL -
category -
Artifacts ART p/HPF -
p/uL -

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6 Definitions and Acronyms

Term Definition
LIS Laboratory Information System
Host In this document it refers to the laboratory information system. It communicates with the
Atellica UAS 800 and with other network elements.
LAN Local Area Network
RS-232 Serial connection standard EIA RS-232
USB Universal Serial Bus
Ethernet IEEE 802.3 standard connection
Atellica UAS 800 Urine analyzer refers to the laboratory analyzer. It communicates with the HOST.
Message A series of records of the same type.
Record One line of transmission closed with [CR][LF].
Field This is the sub-element of the record separated by field separator character.
Component This is the sub-element of the field separated by the component separator character.

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