labXpert Software

Communication Protocol
 Table of Contents
Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................... 1
Revision History ...................................................................................................................... 4
Chapter 1 Connection Control ............................................................................................... 6
1.1 labXpert as TCP Server ...................................................................................... 6
1.2 labXpert as TCP Client ....................................................................................... 6
1.3 HL7 Communication between Network Interfaces ............................................. 6
1.4 ASTM Communication ........................................................................................ 6
1.4.1 Sending Message........................................................................................ 7
1.4.2 Resending Message ................................................................................... 8
1.4.3 Bi-Directional LIS/HIS ................................................................................. 8
1.5 Communication with Windows Shared Folders .................................................. 9
Chapter 2 HL7 Communication Protocol ............................................................................ 15
2.1 Overview ........................................................................................................... 15
2.2 Low-Level Transmission Protocol ..................................................................... 15
2.3 HL7 Message Level Protocol ............................................................................ 15
2.3.1 HL7 Protocol Overview ............................................................................. 15
2.3.2 HL7 Low-Level Message Protocol ............................................................ 15
2.4 Duplex Communication ..................................................................................... 16
2.4.1 Mostly used messages: ............................................................................. 16
2.5 HL7 Segment Definitions .................................................................................. 18
2.5.1 MSH .......................................................................................................... 18
2.5.2 MSA ........................................................................................................... 19
2.5.3 PID ............................................................................................................ 20
2.5.4 PV1 ............................................................................................................ 21
2.5.5 OBR ........................................................................................................... 22
2.5.6 OBX ........................................................................................................... 23
2.5.7 ORC .......................................................................................................... 25
2.6 Complete Message Examples .......................................................................... 26
2.6.1 Sample Message....................................................................................... 26
2.6.2 Sample Response Message ..................................................................... 37
2.6.3 QC Message ............................................................................................. 37
2.6.4 QC Response Message ............................................................................ 39
2.6.5 LJ QC Message in the Format of Common Samples ............................... 39
2.6.6 Bidirectional LIS/HIS Request Message ................................................... 41
2.6.7 Bidirectional LIS/HIS Request Response Message .................................. 42

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Chapter 3 ASTM Communication Protocol ......................................................................... 44
3.1 ASTM Protocol Overview .................................................................................. 44
3.2 Protocol Layers ................................................................................................. 44
3.3 Frame Structure ................................................................................................ 44
3.3.1 Frame Description ..................................................................................... 44
3.3.2 Control Character ...................................................................................... 45
3.3.3 Middle Frame ............................................................................................ 45
3.3.4 End Frame................................................................................................. 45
3.3.5 Check and Calculation .............................................................................. 45
3.4 Message Structure ............................................................................................ 46
3.4.1 Message Description ................................................................................. 46
3.4.2 Message Coding ....................................................................................... 46
3.4.3 Delimiters .................................................................................................. 47
3.4.4 Escape Character...................................................................................... 47
3.4.5 Record Type .............................................................................................. 48
3.4.6 Special Notice............................................................................................ 48
3.5 Message Records ............................................................................................. 49
3.5.1 Message Header and terminator Records ................................................ 49
3.5.2 Patient Information Record ....................................................................... 50
3.5.3 Test Order Record ..................................................................................... 51
3.5.4 Analysis Result record .............................................................................. 52
3.5.5 Request Searching Record ....................................................................... 54
3.6 Message for Communication ............................................................................ 54
3.6.1 Sample Analysis Result Message ............................................................. 54
3.6.2 QC Message ............................................................................................. 70
3.6.3 Bi-Directional LIS/HIS Request Message ................................................. 80
3.6.4 Bi-Directional LIS/HIS Response Message .............................................. 81
Chapter 4 labXpert Communication Protocol ..................................................................... 86
Appendix A HL7 Protocol Overview .................................................................................. 105
A.1 Grammar ......................................................................................................... 105
A.1.1 Message Constructing Principles ............................................................ 105
A.1.2 Principles of Escape Character Conversion ........................................... 105
Appendix B HL7 Data Type Definition ............................................................................... 107
Appendix C Message Coding Definition ........................................................................... 109
Appendix D Base64 Encoding Process............................................................................. 125
Appendix E Communication Log ....................................................................................... 127
Appendix F Enable the Guest Account ............................................................................. 128

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Appendix G JSON Standard ............................................................................................... 132
Appendix H Figures and Tables ......................................................................................... 133

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 Revision History

Ver. ECR Position Revision Description Revised by

1.0 / / Initial release Mao
The communication protocol for the labXpert Rongrong
software is compatible with the BC-6800/6600
communication protocol and is therefore
prepared on the basis of the BC-6800
communication protocol
(H-046-004436-00-9.0 BC-6800_BC-6600 通
信协议（英文）, 9.0 version).
The new information added to the
BC-6800/6600 protocol include:
 Communication protocols for the CRP
parameters and CRP parameter-related
flags
 Support for the CRP analysis mode in
the Bidirectional LIS/HIS Request
Response
 New mark for reviewed samples.

2.0 EIV006 Appendix C, Added the following information: Mao

Table 19, Table Communication protocols for new Rongrong
21 parameters, flags, and the WNB scattergram
in BC-6800Plus series analyzers
In the Request Response Message, added
the support for SMST mode.

3.0 EIV008 Appendix C, Added the following items in the Appendix C, Mao
table 19 Data type and coding system: Rongrong
“Review results” (code 09999), “aspiration
abnormal” (code 12105)

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4.0 EJ319 Appendix C Added the following based on the previous Mao
table 29, table version: Rongrong
31 1. Modify the code
Chapter 1, 12227-5(WBC_CORRECT), change its
section 1.5 name to 12227-5(WBC_CORRECT)
Chapter 2,3, 4 2. Add new modes: CR/PLT-8X,
Appendix A CDR/PLT-8X
Appendix F 3. Added the information of the new
Appendix G parameters and scattergrams for
BC-6800Plus
4. Add the code for genders
5. Add a new section 1.5
6. Add Appendix F Enabling Guest Account
7. Add new Chapter 4: simplified
communication protocol for labXpert
8. Add Appendix G JSON standard
9. Update figure, table, and TOC lists.
5.0 EJ340 Appendix C, 1. Added “Validation Rule details” in table Li Jinqiang
table 27, table 27; Xu Baozhong
28 2. In table 28, change the parameter unit Mao
“um3” to “um\S\3” Rongrong
6.0 EJ362 Appendix C, Add the new flag information, delete the Xu Baozhong
table 27 useless flag information, modify the wrong Zhou Xinbiao
Chapter 2 flag information, to make them be consistent Chao Xuebin
Chapter 3 with the software interface. Mao
Chapter 4 Rongrong
New version protocol 6.0:
1. “Table 27 Data Type and Coding System”:
analyzer corrects FR-CRP by default, LIS,
LIS tests ID
2. Support LIS requests sample skipped for
analysis.
3. Differentiate the transmission mode for
Chinese patient names from that for the
non-Chinese names

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 Chapter 1 Connection Control

1.1 labXpert as TCP Server

The TCP server starts monitoring after the labXpert is started up or the communication setup is
modified. It can accept one LIS/HIS connection which sustains until message transmission
fails, the communication setup is modified or the labXpert is closed.

1.2 labXpert as TCP Client

After the labXpert starts up or communication setup is modified, the system will try to
reconnect to LIS/HIS once. If the connection is not established in 10s, it is regarded as failed.
But the connection failing is not reported as an error on the software screen, and the system
will not try to reconnect unless the user initiate a communication call.
If the connection is not built up, the TCP client will try to reconnect when there is a
communication call. If the connection is not established in 10s, a communication error will be
reported and the communication will be canceled.
If the connection is established successfully, it will sustain until the communication setup is
modified or the labXpert is closed.

1.3 HL7 Communication between Network Interfaces

As for one-way LIS/HIS communication messages like the analysis results of blood or control
samples, you can select synchronous response in HL7 protocol, which means after the
labXpert sends a message, it will send the next message after receiving the response from
LIS/HIS or after response time-out. The 15ID protocol does not support synchronous
response.
While saving worklist, or run a count without worklist, the labXpert initiates a LIS/HIS search
request, and LIS/HIS responds to the request in 10s. If the response is received successfully,
the labXpert will save the information or run the count in the mode acquired from LIS/HIS.

1.4 ASTM Communication

ASTM is different from the other two protocols as it defines an independent communication
control protocol based on TCP/IP and serial interface communication. In the ASTM protocol,
the data transmission process has two layers: message and data frame. See Chapter 3 for
details. All the messages need to be transmitted in the form of data frame, so the smallest unit
of the communication control defined in this section is frame.
Note: in communication between network interfaces, there are more one-byte control
characters (like ENQ, ACK, NAK, EOT, etc.). To reduce the responding time, it is suggest
disable the “NoDelay” function.

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1.4.1 Sending Message

labXpert ENQ LIS/HIS

ACK (wait for 4s at most)

labXpert
If ACK is not received after sending ENQ, the
communication is regarded as failed and the
subsequential data will not be sent.

labXpert Middle frame

LIS/HIS
ACK

labXpert
Middle frame
LIS/HIS
ACK

labXpert End frame

LIS/HIS
ACK

labXpert EOT
LIS/HIS

Figure 1 Sending a message from labXpert to LIS/HIS

Before data transmission, the sender needs to send ENQ to the receiver asking for
establishing a connection. The receiver will send back ACK if it is ready to receive data;
otherwise it will send NAK. When the sender receives ACK, it will get ready to send data since
the connection is successfully established; otherwise, it will end the data transmission. Figure
6 shows the complete process of message transmission from labXpert to LIS/HIS.
When labXpert receives ACK, it starts sending data frames as the connection is established; if
the response is NAK, it means the connection is not established and the communication is
failed.
After the connection between labXpert and LIS/HIS is established successfully, the labXpert
starts sending data frames to LIS/HIS, and LIS/HIS responds with ACK if it is ready to receive
data, or with NAK if it wants labXpert to resend the data. The EOT control character will be
sent after the communication is finished.

For transmission from LIS/HIS to labXpert, the roles of the sender and receiver reverse.
LIS/HIS sends ENQ asking for establishing a connection, sends data frames after receiving
ACK response, and then waits for the ACK message for successful transmission.
A transmission refers to the transmission of one message (see Chapter 3 for message
definitions). The data frames of a message consist of the middle frame(s) and ending frame.
The ending frame refers to the last frame of the message; while the middle frame refers to
other data frame(s) except the ending frame.

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The response waiting time is 4 seconds. If there is no response within 4s, the connection
establishing is regarded as failed, and the communication ends.

1.4.2 Resending Message

DMU ENQ LIS/HIS

ACK (wait for 4s at
most)

DMU Middle frame

(1)
LIS/HIS
ACK

DMU Middle frame

(n) LIS/HIS
NAK

DMU Middle frame

(n)
LIS/HIS
NAK

DMU EOT
LIS/HIS
Frame n is sent twice and ACK is not receved, so its transmission
ends.

Figure 2 Resending data

In the process of data transmission, if LIS/HIS requires a data resending since there is error in
the received data frames or for other reasons, it will respond with NAK; if the sender still
receives NAK after resending the same data frame, the transmission will be regarded as failed
and it will end.

1.4.3 Bi-Directional LIS/HIS

DMU
Request
message
LIS/HIS
Request
response
DMU

If the response of the request is not

received in 4s, the request is regarded
as failed
Figure 3 Bi-directional LIS/HIS communication from labXpert to LIS/HIS

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First, the labXpert send a request message to LIS/HIS which is the same as that in the
“sending message” process; and then it waits the LIS/HIS to respond (See Chapter 3 for
message definitions) for 4s. The LIS/HIS responding process is the same as that in the
“sending message” process.

1.5 Communication with Windows Shared Folders

1. The Mindray labXpert exchanges files with the LIS through Windows shared folders.
The shared folders are located on a PC that serves as the labXpert server or on a PC that
does not serve as the labXpert server. Two folders are used respectively to send results
and receive work orders. The communication setting interface is as follows:

If the folders are located on a PC that serves as the labXpert server, the folders are set as
follows:
Folder Name Remarks
Cal2Lis 1. Used to store the result files sent from the CAL8000 to the
LIS.
2. The path for the LIS to read results is \\IP address of the PC
installed with labXpert server\Cal2Lis
Lis2Cal 1. Used to store the sample reception work orders related to
the labXpert only.
2. The path for the LIS to write the work orders is \\IP address
of the PC installed with labXpert server end\Cal2Lis
Here, the folder names Cal2Lis and LisCal serve as examples only. You can name folders
as desired.

If the folders are located on a PC that does not serve as the labXpert server, the folders
are set as follows:

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 Folder Name Remarks
\\IPaddress\Cal2Lis Used to store the result files sent from the CAL8000 to the LIS.
\\IPaddress\Lis2Cal Used to store the sample reception work orders related to the
labXpert only.
The IP address here refers to the IP address of the PC where the shared folders are
located, and can also be set to the host name.

2. File format and interaction process

1) The labXpert sends the sample/QC results to the LIS.
 File writing: The labXpert writes files into the result folder, and ensures that all file
names are unique.
File naming convention: YYYYMMDDHHMMSSfff_Barcode (or sample
number).dat
 File reading: After a new file is written, the LIS reads the file within 3s, and deletes
the file after successfully reading the file.
 Specific interaction process:

CAL8000 LIS

Write into File A

Shared folder
Cal2Lis

Read File A

Process results

Shared folder
Lis2Cal Delete File A

 Demo file example of a sample result:

 MSH|^~\&|LabXpert|Mindray|||20160729112109||ORU^R01|1|P|2.3.1||||||UNICO
DE
PID|1||^^^^MR
PV1|1
OBR|1||14030406305|00001^Automated
Count^99MRC|||20140304181721|||||||||||||||20160729112109||HM|Validated|||adm
in||||admin
OBX|1|IS|08001^Take Mode^99MRC||A||||||F
OBX|2|IS|08002^Blood Mode^99MRC||W||||||F
OBX|3|IS|08003^Test Mode^99MRC||CBC+DIFF||||||F
OBX|4|IS|01002^Ref Group^99MRC||通用||||||F
OBX|5|IS|05007^Project Type^99MRC||BL||||||F
OBX|6|ST|01012^Shelf No^99MRC||46||||||F

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OBX|7|ST|01013^Tube No^99MRC||10||||||F
OBX|8|NM|6690-2^WBC^LN||4.21|10*9/L|4.00-10.00|N|||F
OBX|9|NM|704-7^BAS#^LN||0.02|10*9/L|0.00-0.10|N|||F
OBX|10|NM|706-2^BAS%^LN||0.4|%|0.0-1.0|N|||F
OBX|11|NM|751-8^NEU#^LN||2.54|10*9/L|2.00-7.00|N|||F
OBX|12|NM|770-8^NEU%^LN||60.3|%|50.0-70.0|N|||F
OBX|13|NM|711-2^EOS#^LN||0.19|10*9/L|0.02-0.50|N|||F
OBX|14|NM|713-8^EOS%^LN||4.6|%|0.5-5.0|N|||F
OBX|15|NM|731-0^LYM#^LN||1.19|10*9/L|0.80-4.00|N|||F
OBX|16|NM|736-9^LYM%^LN||28.3|%|20.0-40.0|N|||F
OBX|17|NM|742-7^MON#^LN||0.27|10*9/L|0.12-1.20|N|||F
OBX|18|NM|5905-5^MON%^LN||6.4|%|3.0-12.0|N|||F
OBX|19|NM|789-8^RBC^LN||5.55|10*12/L|3.50-5.50|H~N|||F
OBX|20|NM|718-7^HGB^LN||160|g/L|110-160|N|||F
OBX|21|NM|787-2^MCV^LN||87.4|fL|80.0-100.0|N|||F
OBX|22|NM|785-6^MCH^LN||28.7|pg|27.0-34.0|N|||F
OBX|23|NM|786-4^MCHC^LN||329|g/L|320-360|N|||F
OBX|24|NM|788-0^RDW-CV^LN||13.6|%|11.0-16.0|N|||F
OBX|25|NM|21000-5^RDW-SD^LN||41.9|fL|35.0-56.0|N|||F
OBX|26|NM|4544-3^HCT^LN||48.6|%|37.0-54.0|N|||F
OBX|27|NM|777-3^PLT^LN||161|10*9/L|100-300|N|||F
OBX|28|NM|32623-1^MPV^LN||10.4|fL|6.5-12.0|N|||F
OBX|29|NM|32207-3^PDW^LN||16.7||15.0-17.0|N|||F
OBX|30|NM|10002^PCT^99MRC||0.168|%|0.108-0.282|N|||F
OBX|31|NM|10014^PLCR^99MRC||31.3|%|11.0-45.0|N|||F
OBX|32|NM|10013^PLCC^99MRC||50|10*9/L|30-90|N|||F
OBX|33|NM|51584-1^IMG#^LN||0.00|10*9/L||N|||F
OBX|34|NM|38518-7^IMG%^LN||0.1|%||N|||F
OBX|35|NM|10020^HFC#^99MRC||0.01|10*9/L||N|||F
OBX|36|NM|10021^HFC%^99MRC||0.2|%||N|||F
OBX|37|NM|10022^PLT-I^99MRC||161|10*9/L||N|||F
OBX|38|NM|10024^WBC-D^99MRC||4.23|10*9/L||N|||F
OBX|39|NM|10025^WBC-B^99MRC||4.21|10*9/L||N|||F
OBX|40|NM|12227-5^WBC^LN||4.21|10*9/L|4.00-10.00|N|||F
OBX|41|NM|15203^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Meta len^99MRC||1||||||F
OBX|42|NM|15205^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|43|NM|15206^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|44|NM|15207^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|45|NM|15208^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FSC-LOG
dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|46|NM|15253^Baso Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F
OBX|47|NM|15255^Baso Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|48|NM|15256^Baso Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|49|NM|15257^Baso Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|50|NM|15258^Baso Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F

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 OBX|51|NM|15307^RET Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F
OBX|52|NM|15303^RET Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|53|NM|15304^RET Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|54|NM|15305^RET Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|55|NM|15308^RET Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|56|NM|15355^NRBC Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F
OBX|57|NM|15351^NRBC Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|58|NM|15352^NRBC Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|59|NM|15353^NRBC Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F
OBX|60|NM|15356^NRBC Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F

 Demo file example of a QC result:

 MSH|^~\&|LabXpert|Mindray|||20160729112955||ORU^R01|3|Q|2.3.1||||||UNICO
DE
PID|1||MB014L||||20140310000000
OBR|1||1|00003^LJ QCR^99MRC|||20140301161246|||||||||||||||||HM||||||||admin
OBX|1|IS|05001^Qc Level^99MRC||L||||||F
OBX|2|IS|08001^Take Mode^99MRC||A||||||F
OBX|3|IS|08002^Blood Mode^99MRC||W||||||F
OBX|4|IS|08003^Test Mode^99MRC||CBC+DIFF||||||F
OBX|5|NM|6690-2^WBC^LN||3.66|10*9/L|2.79-4.39|N|||F
OBX|6|NM|704-7^BAS#^LN||0.05|10*9/L|0.00-0.14|N|||F
OBX|7|NM|706-2^BAS%^LN||1.4|%|0.2-2.2|N|||F
OBX|8|NM|751-8^NEU#^LN||2.04|10*9/L|1.52-2.52|N|||F
OBX|9|NM|770-8^NEU%^LN||55.8|%|44.0-68.0|N|||F
OBX|10|NM|711-2^EOS#^LN||0.91|10*9/L|0.59-1.19|N|||F
OBX|11|NM|713-8^EOS%^LN||24.9|%|17.9-31.9|N|||F
OBX|12|NM|731-0^LYM#^LN||0.55|10*9/L|0.14-0.94|N|||F
OBX|13|NM|736-9^LYM%^LN||15.0|%|5.5-24.5|N|||F
OBX|14|NM|742-7^MON#^LN||0.11|10*9/L|0.00-0.22|N|||F
OBX|15|NM|5905-5^MON%^LN||2.9|%|0.0-5.9|N|||F
OBX|16|NM|789-8^RBC^LN||2.49|10*12/L|2.28-2.64|N|||F
OBX|17|NM|718-7^HGB^LN||60|g/L|56-64|N|||F
OBX|18|NM|787-2^MCV^LN||80.7|fL|73.8-83.8|N|||F
OBX|19|NM|785-6^MCH^LN||23.9|pg|21.9-26.9|N|||F
OBX|20|NM|786-4^MCHC^LN||297|g/L|280-340|N|||F
OBX|21|NM|788-0^RDW-CV^LN||15.8|%|11.0-21.0|N|||F
OBX|22|NM|21000-5^RDW-SD^LN||44.1|fL|34.4-54.4|N|||F
OBX|23|NM|4544-3^HCT^LN||20.1|%|17.4-21.4|N|||F
OBX|24|NM|777-3^PLT^LN||64|10*9/L|40-80|N|||F
OBX|25|NM|32623-1^MPV^LN||9.8|fL|6.5-12.5|N|||F
OBX|26|NM|32207-3^PDW^LN||16.3||10.9-20.9|N|||F
OBX|27|NM|10002^PCT^99MRC||0.062|%|0.007-0.107|N|||F
OBX|28|NM|10014^PLCR^99MRC||27.2|%|15.6-35.6|N|||F
OBX|29|NM|10013^PLCC^99MRC||17|10*9/L|7-23|N|||F

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 OBX|30|NM|51584-1^IMG#^LN||0.12|10*9/L||N|||F
OBX|31|NM|38518-7^IMG%^LN||3.2|%||N|||F
OBX|32|NM|10020^HFC#^99MRC||0.00|10*9/L||N|||F
OBX|33|NM|10021^HFC%^99MRC||0.0|%||N|||F
OBX|34|NM|10022^PLT-I^99MRC||64|10*9/L||N|||F
OBX|35|NM|10024^WBC-D^99MRC||3.74|10*9/L||N|||F
OBX|36|NM|10025^WBC-B^99MRC||3.66|10*9/L||N|||F
OBX|37|NM|12227-5^WBC^LN||3.66|10*9/L|2.79-4.39|N|||F
2) The LIS pushes the work orders.
 File writing: Upon receipt of samples, the LIS immediately writes the file into the
Lis2Cal folder. The file is named "Date&Time_Sample barcode.dat", where
Date&Time is in the format of "YYYYMMDDhhmmss".
Example: "20160729150913_30521678.dat"
 If sample information changes after receipt, the work order file must be re-written.
 File reading: The CAL8000 must read the file within 3s, and delete the file after
reading the file.
 Specific interaction process:
CAL80
LIS
Shared folder 00
Cal2Lis

Accept sample B

Write order file B

Shared folder

Lis2Cal

Read file B

Delte file B

 Demo file example of a work order result:

 MSH|^~\&|||||20160729134313||ORR^O02|14|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE
MSA|AA|14
PID|1||ChartNo^^^^MR||LastName^FirstName|||Gender
PV1|1|PatientType|Department^^BedNo|||||||||||||||||ChargeType
ORC|AF||order1
OBR|1|order1||00001^Automated Count^99MRC||||||Sender|||Diagnose|||||||||||HM
OBX|1|IS|08001^Take Mode^99MRC||A||||||F
OBX|2|IS|08002^Blood Mode^99MRC||W||||||F
OBX|3|IS|08003^Test Mode^99MRC||CBC+DIFF||||||F
OBX|4|IS|01002^Ref Group^99MRC||||||||F
OBX|5|NM|30525-0^Age^LN||2|yr|||||F
OBX|6|ST|01001^Remark^99MRC||Remark||||||F

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 OBX|7|IS|01007^Sample Type^99MRC||SampleType||||||F
OBX|8|IS|05007^Project Type^99MRC||BL||||||F
OBX|9|IS|01008^Patient Area^99MRC||PatientArea||||||F
OBX|10|ST|01009^Custom patient info 1^99MRC||||||||F
OBX|11|ST|01010^Custom patient info 2^99MRC||||||||F
OBX|12|ST|01011^Custom patient info 3^99MRC||||||||F
OBX|13|ST|01014^Report Time^99MRC||||||||F

3. Technical requirements on file reading/writing

 File writing
 Write mode: Write a file in exclusive mode to prevent that the peer end reads the
file before the file is completely written.
 File permission: All users can have full control over files.
 On the PC where the shared folders are located, the Guest account must be
activated, and the password of the Guest account must be set to null. For
details about the configuration method, see the Appendix "Method for Activating
the Guest Account".

 File reading
If a file cannot be read, the peer end is still writing the file. In this case, read the file
later.
4. About the labXpert-LIS connection status indicator
In this file transfer mode, if shared folders exist, the indicator is on; otherwise, the indicator
is off.
If an LIS communication error occurs, support from the LIS side is needed.

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 Chapter 2 HL7 Communication Protocol

2.1 Overview
The LIS/HIS communication function of the labXpert enabled the communication between the
analyzer and the PC in laboratory through Ethernet, including sending analysis results to and
receiving worklist from lab PC.
This communication protocol is defined based on the HL7 Standards. HL7 is a series of
electronic data exchange standards for healthcare industry, which is originally defined by the
US and is now adopted worldwide. This protocol is defined based on HL7 v2.3.1. For details of
HL7 standards, see HL7 Interface Standards Version 2.3.1.

2.2 Low-Level Transmission Protocol

The labXpert communicates through TCP or serial port. See Chapter 1 for details.

2.3 HL7 Message Level Protocol

2.3.1 HL7 Protocol Overview

See Appendix A .

2.3.2 HL7 Low-Level Message Protocol

HL7 of high-level protocol is based on messages. The function of terminating the message is
not provided. In order to determine the message boundary, the MLLP low-level protocol is
used (see HL7 Interface Standards Version 2.3.1).
Communication Level
Messages are transmitted in the following format:
<SB> ddddd <EB><CR>
among which:

<SB> = Start Block character (1 byte)

ASCII <VT>, i.e. <0x0B>. Do not confuse with the SOH or STX character in ASCII.

ddddd = Data (variable number of bytes)

ddddd is the effective data of HL7 message and expressed in the form of string. For the
strings used in the HL7 interface messages of the labXpert, the UTF-8 code is used.

<EB> = End Block character (1 byte)

ASCII <FS>, i.e. <0x1C>. Do not confuse with the ETX or EOT character in ASCII.

<CR> = Carriage Return (1 byte)

ASCII carriage return character, i.e. <0x0D>.

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2.4 Duplex Communication
1. The labXpert directly sends the analysis results (or QC data) to LIS/HIS, as shown in
Figure 4.

R01 event: the DMU

sends the analysis
results to LIS.
Both sample analysis
results and QC
results can be sent in
this way.
ORU^R01

DMU LIS
ACK^R01

Figure 4 Analysis results (QC data) communication process

2. Worklist information searching

Worklist belongs to the Order message. Thus, the corresponding HL7 messages: ORM
(General Order Message), ORR (General Order Response Message) can be used. The
communication process is shown in Figure 5.

ORM^O01

DMU LIS
ORR^O02

Figure 5 Worklist searching communication process

2.4.1 Mostly used messages:

ORU^R01 message: it is mostly used for the transmission of the analysis results and
QC data.
ORU Observational Results (Unsolicited) Description

MSH Message Header, mandatory, including the communication information like

message No., sending time, message delimiter and coding method, etc.
{
PID Patient demographic information, including patient name, gender,
patient ID, date of birth, etc.

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 [PV1] Patient visit information, including patient type, department, bed No. and
payer, etc.
{
OBR sample information, including sample No., operator and time of
analysis, etc.
{[OBX]} analysis data, including analysis results and mode of
analysis, etc.
}
}

ACK^R01 message: it confirms the receival of ORU^R01 message.

ACK Acknowledgment
Description

MSH Message header

MSA message acknowledgment, describing whether it has received the
transmitted message

ORM^O01 message: Common order message, all the actions related to order basically use
the message of this type. For example, create a new order or cancel an order. Here, the
labXpert requests LIS/HIS to re-fill the order message.
ORM General Order Message Description

MSH Message header

{ORC} Common message of Order, including the ID information of the sample
searched

ORR^O02 Message: acknowledgement of the ORM^O01 message. Here, returning the

completed information of order (i.e. worklist).
ORR^O02 General Order Response Message
Description

MSH Message header

MSA Message acknowledgment
[PID patient information
[PV1]] patient visit information
{
ORC Common message of Order, including the sample ID
[
OBR Sample information
{[OBX]} Data of other sample information, including analysis mode, etc.
]
}

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2.5 HL7 Segment Definitions
The tables in this section provide detailed definitions of the fields in all the message segments.
Each row provides the information of one field, and the content of each column is described as
follows:
1. No.: the HL7 message begins with the segment name of 3 characters followed by the
fields which are separated by delimiters. “No.” refers to the order of the field in the
HL7 message segment.
E.g.

PID |1 | |7393670^^^^MR||^Liu||19950804000000|F
↑ ↑ ↑
Segment name Field 1 Field 3

Message example 2-1 Example of HL7 segment No.

Note: for MSH segment, the field delimiter subsequential to the segment name is considered
to be the first field, used to define the field delimiter values of the whole message.
2. Field name: the logic sense of the field.
3. Data type: the data type based on HL7 standards. See Appendix A for details;
4. Recommended max length: the recommended max length based on HL7 standards.
But during the communication process, the data length may be longer than
recommended, in which case the fields shall be identified by delimiters while
analyzing the message segment.
5. Description: description to the value of the field.
6. Example: example of the fields.

2.5.1 MSH
MSH (Message Header) segment contains basic information of HL7 messages, including
delimiter value, message type and coding method etc. It is the first field of every HL7 message.
Message example:
MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20101012092538||ORU^R01|1|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE
See Table 1 for definition of each field in MSH segment.

Table 1 MSH Field Definitions

No. Field/delimit Data Recomm Description Example

er Name Type ended
Max
Length
1 Field ST 1 Includes the delimiter of the first field |
Delimiter after the segment name; used to
determine the delimiter values of the
rest part of the message.
2 Encoding ST 4 Includes component delimiters, ^~\&

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 Characters repetition delimiters, escape
delimiters and subcomponent
delimiters.
3 Sending EI 180 Application of sending terminal. BC-6800
application
4 Sending EI 180 Device of sending terminal. Value: Mindray
Facility Mindray (in Chinese and English
version)
7 Date/Time Of TS 26 Time of creating the message (in the 201010120
Message format of 92538
YYYY[MM[DD[HH[MM[SS]]]]]), using
the system time
9 Message CM 7 Message type, in the format of ORU^R01
Type “message type^event type”.
10 Message ST 20 Message control ID, used as the 1
Control ID unique identifier of a message.
11 Processing PT 3 Message processing ID. Value: P
ID “P”: sample and worklist searching
message;
“Q”: QC analysis result message;
In Ack messages, it is consistent with
the previously received message.
12 Version ID VID 60 HL7 version number. Value: “2.3.1”. 2.3.1
18 Character ID 10 Character set. UNICODE
Set Value: “UNICODE”, which means the
message in communication is
expressed in UTF-8 strings.

2.5.2 MSA
The MSA (Message Acknowledgement) segment contains message acknowledge information.
Message example:
MSA|AA|1
See Table 2 for field definitions in use.

Table 2 MSA Field Definitions

No. Field/delimit Data Recomm Description Example

er Name Type ended
Max
Length
1 Acknowledg ID 2 Acknowledgement code: “A”- AA
ment Code received; “AE” – error; “AR”- rejected,
“AS”-skipped
2 Message ST 20 Message control ID, consistent with 1
Control ID the MSH-10 of the received message

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 6 Error CE 100 Error condition (status code), can be
Condition selected to transmit, and contains
error condition descriptions; seeTable
11 for the values.

Table 3 Error Codes of MSA-6 Field

Status Code (MSA-6) Status Text (MSA-3) Description/Remark

Succeeded: AA
0 Message accepted Succeeded
Error status code: AE
100 Segment sequence Segment sequence in the message is wrong,
error required segment missing
101 Required field missing Required field in a segment missing
102 Data type error Segment data type error, e.g. data type is
character instead of numeric
103 Table value not found Table value not found; not used temporarily
Rejected status code: AR
200 Unsupported message Message type not supported
type
201 Unsupported event Event code not supported
code
202 Unsupported Processing ID not supported
processing id
203 Unsupported version Version ID not supported
id
204 Unknown key identifier Unknown key identifier, e.g. transmitting a
nonexistent patient information
205 Duplicate key identifier Repeated key words existed
206 Application record Issues can not be executed in the application
locked saving level, e.g. database is locked
207 Application internal Other unknown error of the application
error
Skipped AS

2.5.3 PID
The PID (Patient Identification) segment contains the patient demographic information.
Message example:
An example message for a Chinese patient
PID|1||C1^^^^MR||^张三||20101005084346|Male
PID|1||C1^^^^MR|| Jordan^Michael ||20101005084346|Male

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An example message for a non-Chinese patient
PID|1||C1^^^^MR|| Jordan^Michael ||20101005084346|Male

See Table 4 for field definitions in use.

Table 4 PID Field Definitions

No. Field/delimit Data Recomme Description Example

er Name Type nded Max
Length
1 Set ID - PID SI 4 Serial No., used to identify 1
different PID segments in a
message
3 Patient CX 20 Used as patient ID in the sample C1^^^^MR
Identifier List analysis result messages, in the
form of “patient ID^^^^MR”.
Used as batch No. of control in
QC messages.
5 Patient Name XPN 48 Patient name (consists of FirstN Chinese
ame and LastName), in the for name: ^张三
m of “LastName^FirstName” Non-Chinese
When the patient is a Chinese name:
patient, only the “FirstName” fiel Jordan^Mich
d is used. The “LastName” field ael
is left empty
7 Date/Time of TS 26 Used as time of birth in sample 20101005084
Birth information messages. 346
In the form of YYYY[MM[DD[HH
[MM[SS]]]]].
Used as expiration date of the
control in QC messages.

8 Sex IS 1 Gender, string. Same with the Male.

strings displayed on the screen.

2.5.4 PV1
The PV1 (Patient Visit) segment contains the patient visit information.
Message example:
PV1|1|Outpatient|Medicine^^BN1|||||||||||||||||MedicalInsurance
See Table 5 for field definitions in use.

Table 5 PV1 Field Definitions

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 No. Field/delimit Data Recomme Description Example
er Name Type nded Max
Length
1 Set ID - PV1 SI 4 Serial No., used to identify 1
different PV1 segments in a
message.
2 Patient Class IS 1 Patient type, string, content not Outpatient
defined. Same with the strings
displayed on the screen.

3 Assigned PL 80 Patient location information, in the Medicine^^B

Patient form of “Department^ ^ Bed No.” N1
Location
20 Financial FC 50 Payer, string, content not defined. MedicalInsur
Class ance

2.5.5 OBR
The OBR (Observation Request) segment contains the test report information.
Message example:
OBR|1||TestSampleID1|00001^Automated
Count^99MRC||20101006084439|20101009091515|||Li|||Cold|20101007084458||||||||||HM
||||||||admin

See Table 6 for field definitions in use.

Table 6 OBR Field Definitions

No. Field/delimit Data Recomme Description Example

er Name Type nded Max
Length
1 Set SI 4 Serial No., used to identify 1
ID - OBR different OBR segments in a
message
2 Placer Order EI 22 Used as sample ID in the worklist
Number searching response messages
(i.e. ORR^O02 messages).。
3 Filler Order EI 22 Used as sample ID in sample TestSampleI
Number + analysis result messages. D1
Used as QC file No. in QC
messages.
4 Universal CE 200 Universal service ID, used to 00001^Auto
Service ID identify different types of analysis mated
results. See Appendix C for its Count^99MR

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 value definitions. C
6 Requested TS 26 Draw time. 20101006084
Date/time Used as the time when the blood 439
sample is drawn.
7 Observation TS 26 Time of analysis. 20101009091
Date/Time # 515
10 Collector XCN 60 Analysis orderer Li
Identifier * Here indicates the person who
orders the analysis.
13 Relevant ST 300 Relevant clinical information. Cold
Clinical Info. Can be used as the clinical
diagnostic information of patient
information.
14 Specimen TS 26 Time when the sample is 20101007084
Received received. 458
Date/Time * Used as the time when the
analysis is ordered.
15 Specimen CM 300 Source of the sample.
Source * Reserved field in labXpert.
22 Results TS 26 Result report/Status change - Tie.
Rpt/Status Used as the time of validation.
Chng -
Date/Time +
24 Diagnostic ID 10 Diagnosis maker ID; value: “HM” HM
Serv Sect ID (means Hematology)
25 Result Status XCN 150 Result stauts Validated
+ Indicating sample validation
status
Validated: sample validated
Not Validated: sample not
validated
28 Result XCN 150 Copy the result to.
Copies To Used as the person who validate
the sample results.
32 Principal CM 200 Principal result interpreter. admin
Result Used as the operator of the
Interpreter + sample analysis in sample
messages.
Used as the operator of the QC
count in QC messages.

2.5.6 OBX
The OBX (Observation/Result) segment contains the parameter information of each test result.
In a complete sample/QC/bidirectional request message, there may be more than one OBX

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segment. These OBX segments are different according to the content for transmission. See
Table 26 OBR-4 and ASTM Message Type Codes in Appendix C for detailed definitions.
Message example:
OBX|8|NM|6690-2^WBC^LN||2.20|10*9/L|4.00-10.00|L~A|||F
See for field definitions in use.

Table 7 OBX Field Definitions

No. Field/delimiter D a ta Recomme Description Example

Name Ty p nded Max
e Length
1 Set ID - OBX SI 10 Serial No., used to identify diff 8
erent OBX segments in a mes
sage.
2 Value Type ID 3 Data type of the analysis resul NM
t. Value: “ST”, “NM”, “ED”, “I
S”, etc. See Appendix B for
details.
3 Observation Id CE 590 Sample type identifier. 6690-2^WBC^
entifier In the form of “ID^Name^Enco LN
deSys”, where ID is the identifi
er of the sample type; Name i
s the description of the item;
EncodeSys is the coding syste
m of the item.
See the configuration files and
Appendix C for the values of
the codes for different items.
Note: ID and EncodeSys are u
sed to identify different analysi
s parameters, while Name is f
or description purpose rather t
han identification.
5 Observation V * 65535 Analysis result data, which can 2.20
alue be numeric, string, enumeratio
n value, binary data, etc. See
Appendix C for detailed value
definitions (Binary data like hi
stogram or scattergram are co
nverted to codes using the Ba
se64 coding method. See App
endix D for the coding metho
d).
6 Units CE 60 Unit of sample types. Use the 10*9/L
standard units defined in HL7.

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 No. Field/delimiter D a ta Recomme Description Example
Name Ty p nded Max
e Length
See Appendix C for units use
d in communication.
7 References R ST 60 Reference range of analysis re 4.00-10.00
ange sults, in the form of “lower limi
t-higher limit”, “<upper limit” or
“>lower limit”.
8 Abnormal Flag ID 5 Analysis result flags. Value defi L~A
s nitions:
“N”: normal
“A”: abnormal
“H”: higher than upper limit
“L”: lower than lower limit
Note: The flag for normal or a
bnormal and that for high or lo
w result may appear in this fie
ld at the same time. In this ca
se, the two types of flags are
connected by a “~”, e.g. “H~A”
11 Observ Result ID 1 Status of the analysis result. F
Status “F”: final result.
13 User Defined ST 20 User-defined. For flags of reag
Access Check ent expiration or modification,
s etc. In the form of “Flag1~Flag
2”.
There are 6 types of flags in
all:
O – reagent expiration
E – result edited
e – result calculated from resu
lt edited
C – result corrected
V – result out of linearity rang
e
T – temperature error

2.5.7 ORC
The ORC (Common Order) segment contains the common information of order.
Message example:
ORC|RF||SampleID||BL
See Table 8 for field definitions.

Table 8 ORC Field Definitions

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 No. Field/delimit Data Recomme Description Example
er Name Type nded Max
Length
1 Order Control ID 2 Order control. RF
In ORM message, the value is
“RF”, which means “re-fill order
request”
In ORR message, the value is
“AF”, which means
“acknowledge order re-filling”
2 Placer Order EI 22 Code for order placer.
Number
3 Filler EI 22 Code for order receiver. SampleID
OrderNum In ORM or ORR message, the
value is the sample ID.
4 Placer group ST 22 Code fore order placer group BL
number Used for sample type here BF
Note: for consistency and convenience, the sample IDs for both ORM message and for ORR
message are put in Field 3. See the bi-directional LIS message examples (3.6.6 and 3.6.7 for
details)

2.6 Complete Message Examples

The two message examples below shows the communication process of sample data

2.6.1 Sample Message

Remarks: The “Analyzer” OBX item is transmitted in integrated analyzer communication only.
2.6.1.1 Blood sample
An example message for a non-Chinese patient:
MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20140909160725||ORU^R01|4|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE<CR>
PID|1||patientID2001^^^^MR||Jordan^Michael||20081229160009|Male<CR>
PV1|1||Internal medicine^^1002<CR>
OBR|1||40139349110|00001^Automated
Count^99MRC||20140705160009|20140805085635|||Jack|||Virus
infections|20140716160009||||||||||HM||||||||admin<CR>
OBX|1|IS|08001^Take Mode^99MRC||A||||||F<CR>
OBX|2|IS|08002^Blood Mode^99MRC||W||||||F<CR>
OBX|3|IS|08003^Test Mode^99MRC||CBC+DIFF||||||F<CR>
OBX|4|IS|01002^Ref Group^99MRC||Child||||||F<CR>
OBX|5|NM|30525-0^Age^LN||5|yr|||||F<CR>
OBX|6|ST|01001^Remark^99MRC||Emergency patient||||||F<CR>

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OBX|7|IS|01006^Recheck flag^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|8|IS|05007^Project Type^99MRC||BL||||||F<CR>
OBX|9|IS|01007^Sample Type^99MRC||Venous blood||||||F<CR>
OBX|10|IS|01008^Patient Area^99MRC||A - 501||||||F<CR>
OBX|11|ST|01012^Shelf No^99MRC||54||||||F<CR>
OBX|12|ST|01013^Tube No^99MRC||8||||||F<CR>
OBX|13|ST|01014^Report Time^99MRC||20140907160009||||||F<CR>
OBX|14|ST|09001^Analyzer^99MRC||2#||||||F<CR>
OBX|15|NM|6690-2^WBC^LN||15.22|10*9/L|4.00-12.00|H~A|||F<CR>
OBX|16|NM|704-7^BAS#^LN||0.06|10*9/L|0.00-0.10|A|||F<CR>
OBX|17|NM|706-2^BAS%^LN||0.4|%|0.0-1.0|A|||F<CR>
OBX|18|NM|751-8^NEU#^LN||11.66|10*9/L|2.00-8.00|H~A|||F<CR>
OBX|19|NM|770-8^NEU%^LN||76.6|%|50.0-70.0|H~A|||F<CR>
OBX|20|NM|711-2^EOS#^LN||0.02|10*9/L|0.02-0.80|A|||F<CR>
OBX|21|NM|713-8^EOS%^LN||0.1|%|0.5-5.0|L~A|||F<CR>
OBX|22|NM|731-0^LYM#^LN||2.05|10*9/L|0.80-7.00|A|||F<CR>
OBX|23|NM|736-9^LYM%^LN||13.5|%|20.0-60.0|L~A|||F<CR>
OBX|24|NM|742-7^MON#^LN||1.43|10*9/L|0.12-1.20|H~A|||F<CR>
OBX|25|NM|5905-5^MON%^LN||9.4|%|3.0-12.0|A|||F<CR>
OBX|26|NM|789-8^RBC^LN||2.72|10*12/L|3.50-5.20|L~N|||F<CR>
OBX|27|NM|718-7^HGB^LN||8.8|g/dL|12.0-16.0|L~A|||F<CR>
OBX|28|NM|787-2^MCV^LN||129.8|fL|80.0-100.0|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|29|NM|785-6^MCH^LN||32.2|pg|27.0-34.0|A|||F<CR>
OBX|30|NM|786-4^MCHC^LN||24.8|g/dL|31.0-37.0|L~A|||F<CR>
OBX|31|NM|788-0^RDW-CV^LN||24.8|%|11.0-16.0|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|32|NM|21000-5^RDW-SD^LN||116.4|fL|35.0-56.0|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|33|NM|4544-3^HCT^LN||0.354||0.350-0.490|N|||F<CR>
OBX|34|NM|777-3^PLT^LN||55|10*9/L|100-300|L~N|||F<CR>
OBX|35|NM|32623-1^MPV^LN||11.7|fL|6.5-12.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|36|NM|32207-3^PDW^LN||17.2||15.0-17.0|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|37|NM|10002^PCT^99MRC||0.064|%|0.108-0.282|L~N|||F<CR>
OBX|38|NM|10014^PLCR^99MRC||38.7|%|11.0-45.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|39|NM|10013^PLCC^99MRC||21|10*9/L|30-90|L~N|||F<CR>
OBX|40|NM|51584-1^IMG#^LN||0.49|10*9/L||A|||F<CR>
OBX|41|NM|38518-7^IMG%^LN||3.2|%||A|||F<CR>
OBX|42|NM|10020^HFC#^99MRC||0.40|10*9/L||A|||F<CR>
OBX|43|NM|10021^HFC%^99MRC||2.6|%||A|||F<CR>
OBX|44|NM|10022^PLT-I^99MRC||55|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>

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OBX|45|NM|10024^WBC-D^99MRC||14.73|10*9/L||A|||F<CR>
OBX|46|NM|10025^WBC-B^99MRC||15.22|10*9/L||A|||F<CR>
OBX|47|NM|10031^PDW-SD^99MRC||17.0|fL||N|||F<CR>
OBX|48|NM|10032^InR#^99MRC||0.01|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|49|NM|10033^InR‰^99MRC||0.00|‰||N|||F<CR>
OBX|50|NM|12227-5^WBC^LN||15.22|10*9/L|4.00-12.00|H~A|||F<CR>
OBX|51|IS|12004^Neutrophilia^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|52|IS|17790-7^WBC Left Shift?^LN||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|53|IS|34165-1^Imm Granulocytes?^LN||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|54|IS|15192-8^Atypical Lymphs?^LN||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|55|IS|15150-6^Anisocytosis^LN||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|56|IS|12075^Macrocytes^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|57|IS|12014^Anemia^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|58|IS|15180-3^Hypochromia^LN||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|59|IS|12015^HGB Interfere^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|60|IS|12018^Thrombopenia^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|61|IS|12053^Abn Lympho/ Blasts^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|62|IS|12054^NRBC?^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|63|NM|15051^RBC Histogram. Left Line^99MRC||29||||||F<CR>
OBX|64|NM|15052^RBC Histogram. Right Line^99MRC||250||||||F<CR>
OBX|65|NM|15053^RBC Histogram. Binary Meta Length^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|66|NM|15057^RBC Histogram. Total^99MRC||51277||||||F<CR>
OBX|67|NM|15111^PLT Histogram. Left Line^99MRC||3||||||F<CR>
OBX|68|NM|15112^PLT Histogram. Right Line^99MRC||47||||||F<CR>
OBX|69|NM|15113^PLT Histogram. Binary Meta Length^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|70|NM|15117^PLT Histogram. Total^99MRC||1004||||||F<CR>
OBX|71|NM|15203^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Meta len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|72|NM|15205^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|73|NM|15206^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|74|NM|15207^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|75|NM|15208^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|76|NM|15253^Baso Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|77|NM|15255^Baso Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|78|NM|15256^Baso Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|79|NM|15257^Baso Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|80|NM|15258^Baso Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|81|NM|15307^RET Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|82|NM|15303^RET Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>

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OBX|83|NM|15304^RET Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|84|NM|15305^RET Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|85|NM|15308^RET Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|86|NM|15355^NRBC Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|87|NM|15351^NRBC Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|88|NM|15352^NRBC Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|89|NM|15353^NRBC Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|90|NM|15356^NRBC Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>

An example message for a Chinese patient:

MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20140909160725||ORU^R01|4|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE<CR>
PID|1||patientID2001^^^^MR||^张三||20081229160009|Male<CR>
PV1|1||Internal medicine^^1002<CR>
OBR|1||40139349110|00001^Automated
Count^99MRC||20140705160009|20140805085635|||Jack|||Virus
infections|20140716160009||||||||||HM||||||||admin<CR>
OBX|1|IS|08001^Take Mode^99MRC||A||||||F<CR>
OBX|2|IS|08002^Blood Mode^99MRC||W||||||F<CR>
OBX|3|IS|08003^Test Mode^99MRC||CBC+DIFF||||||F<CR>
OBX|4|IS|01002^Ref Group^99MRC||Child||||||F<CR>
OBX|5|NM|30525-0^Age^LN||5|yr|||||F<CR>
OBX|6|ST|01001^Remark^99MRC||Emergency patient||||||F<CR>
OBX|7|IS|01006^Recheck flag^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|8|IS|05007^Project Type^99MRC||BL||||||F<CR>
OBX|9|IS|01007^Sample Type^99MRC||Venous blood||||||F<CR>
OBX|10|IS|01008^Patient Area^99MRC||A - 501||||||F<CR>
OBX|11|ST|01012^Shelf No^99MRC||54||||||F<CR>
OBX|12|ST|01013^Tube No^99MRC||8||||||F<CR>
OBX|13|ST|01014^Report Time^99MRC||20140907160009||||||F<CR>
OBX|14|ST|09001^Analyzer^99MRC||2#||||||F<CR>
OBX|15|NM|6690-2^WBC^LN||15.22|10*9/L|4.00-12.00|H~A|||F<CR>
OBX|16|NM|704-7^BAS#^LN||0.06|10*9/L|0.00-0.10|A|||F<CR>
OBX|17|NM|706-2^BAS%^LN||0.4|%|0.0-1.0|A|||F<CR>
OBX|18|NM|751-8^NEU#^LN||11.66|10*9/L|2.00-8.00|H~A|||F<CR>
OBX|19|NM|770-8^NEU%^LN||76.6|%|50.0-70.0|H~A|||F<CR>
OBX|20|NM|711-2^EOS#^LN||0.02|10*9/L|0.02-0.80|A|||F<CR>
OBX|21|NM|713-8^EOS%^LN||0.1|%|0.5-5.0|L~A|||F<CR>
OBX|22|NM|731-0^LYM#^LN||2.05|10*9/L|0.80-7.00|A|||F<CR>
OBX|23|NM|736-9^LYM%^LN||13.5|%|20.0-60.0|L~A|||F<CR>

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OBX|24|NM|742-7^MON#^LN||1.43|10*9/L|0.12-1.20|H~A|||F<CR>
OBX|25|NM|5905-5^MON%^LN||9.4|%|3.0-12.0|A|||F<CR>
OBX|26|NM|789-8^RBC^LN||2.72|10*12/L|3.50-5.20|L~N|||F<CR>
OBX|27|NM|718-7^HGB^LN||8.8|g/dL|12.0-16.0|L~A|||F<CR>
OBX|28|NM|787-2^MCV^LN||129.8|fL|80.0-100.0|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|29|NM|785-6^MCH^LN||32.2|pg|27.0-34.0|A|||F<CR>
OBX|30|NM|786-4^MCHC^LN||24.8|g/dL|31.0-37.0|L~A|||F<CR>
OBX|31|NM|788-0^RDW-CV^LN||24.8|%|11.0-16.0|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|32|NM|21000-5^RDW-SD^LN||116.4|fL|35.0-56.0|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|33|NM|4544-3^HCT^LN||0.354||0.350-0.490|N|||F<CR>
OBX|34|NM|777-3^PLT^LN||55|10*9/L|100-300|L~N|||F<CR>
OBX|35|NM|32623-1^MPV^LN||11.7|fL|6.5-12.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|36|NM|32207-3^PDW^LN||17.2||15.0-17.0|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|37|NM|10002^PCT^99MRC||0.064|%|0.108-0.282|L~N|||F<CR>
OBX|38|NM|10014^PLCR^99MRC||38.7|%|11.0-45.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|39|NM|10013^PLCC^99MRC||21|10*9/L|30-90|L~N|||F<CR>
OBX|40|NM|51584-1^IMG#^LN||0.49|10*9/L||A|||F<CR>
OBX|41|NM|38518-7^IMG%^LN||3.2|%||A|||F<CR>
OBX|42|NM|10020^HFC#^99MRC||0.40|10*9/L||A|||F<CR>
OBX|43|NM|10021^HFC%^99MRC||2.6|%||A|||F<CR>
OBX|44|NM|10022^PLT-I^99MRC||55|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|45|NM|10024^WBC-D^99MRC||14.73|10*9/L||A|||F<CR>
OBX|46|NM|10025^WBC-B^99MRC||15.22|10*9/L||A|||F<CR>
OBX|47|NM|10031^PDW-SD^99MRC||17.0|fL||N|||F<CR>
OBX|48|NM|10032^InR#^99MRC||0.01|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|49|NM|10033^InR‰^99MRC||0.00|‰||N|||F<CR>
OBX|50|NM|12227-5^WBC^LN||15.22|10*9/L|4.00-12.00|H~A|||F<CR>
OBX|51|IS|12004^Neutrophilia^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|52|IS|17790-7^WBC Left Shift?^LN||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|53|IS|34165-1^Imm Granulocytes?^LN||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|54|IS|15192-8^Atypical Lymphs?^LN||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|55|IS|15150-6^Anisocytosis^LN||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|56|IS|12075^Macrocytes^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|57|IS|12014^Anemia^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|58|IS|15180-3^Hypochromia^LN||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|59|IS|12015^HGB Interfere^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|60|IS|12018^Thrombopenia^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|61|IS|12053^Abn Lympho/ Blasts^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>

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OBX|62|IS|12054^NRBC?^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|63|NM|15051^RBC Histogram. Left Line^99MRC||29||||||F<CR>
OBX|64|NM|15052^RBC Histogram. Right Line^99MRC||250||||||F<CR>
OBX|65|NM|15053^RBC Histogram. Binary Meta Length^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|66|NM|15057^RBC Histogram. Total^99MRC||51277||||||F<CR>
OBX|67|NM|15111^PLT Histogram. Left Line^99MRC||3||||||F<CR>
OBX|68|NM|15112^PLT Histogram. Right Line^99MRC||47||||||F<CR>
OBX|69|NM|15113^PLT Histogram. Binary Meta Length^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|70|NM|15117^PLT Histogram. Total^99MRC||1004||||||F<CR>
OBX|71|NM|15203^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Meta len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|72|NM|15205^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|73|NM|15206^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|74|NM|15207^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|75|NM|15208^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|76|NM|15253^Baso Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|77|NM|15255^Baso Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|78|NM|15256^Baso Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|79|NM|15257^Baso Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|80|NM|15258^Baso Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|81|NM|15307^RET Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|82|NM|15303^RET Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|83|NM|15304^RET Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|84|NM|15305^RET Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|85|NM|15308^RET Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|86|NM|15355^NRBC Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|87|NM|15351^NRBC Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|88|NM|15352^NRBC Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|89|NM|15353^NRBC Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|90|NM|15356^NRBC Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>

2.6.1.2 Blood Sample Message with Graphics Data

MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20140909195447||ORU^R01|2|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE<CR>
PID|1||P00000003^^^^MR<CR>
PV1|1<CR>
OBR|1||40162170410|00001^Automated
Count^99MRC|||20140905091449|||||||||||||||||HM||||||||admin<CR>
OBX|1|IS|08003^Test Mode^99MRC||CBC+DIFF||||||F<CR>
OBX|2|IS|01002^Ref Group^99MRC||General||||||F<CR>

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OBX|3|IS|01006^Recheck flag^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|4|ST|01012^Shelf No^99MRC||78||||||F<CR>
OBX|5|ST|01013^Tube No^99MRC||3||||||F<CR>
OBX|6|ST|09001^Analyzer^99MRC||1#||||||F<CR>
OBX|7|NM|6690-2^WBC^LN||5.82|10*9/L|4.00-10.00|A|||F<CR>
OBX|8|NM|704-7^BAS#^LN||0.04|10*9/L|0.00-0.10|A|||F<CR>
OBX|9|NM|706-2^BAS%^LN||0.7|%|0.0-1.0|A|||F<CR>
OBX|10|NM|751-8^NEU#^LN||2.91|10*9/L|2.00-7.00|A|||F<CR>
OBX|11|NM|770-8^NEU%^LN||50.0|%|50.0-70.0|A|||F<CR>
OBX|12|NM|711-2^EOS#^LN||0.14|10*9/L|0.02-0.50|A|||F<CR>
OBX|13|NM|713-8^EOS%^LN||2.4|%|0.5-5.0|A|||F<CR>
OBX|14|NM|731-0^LYM#^LN||****|10*9/L|0.80-4.00|N|||F<CR>
OBX|15|NM|736-9^LYM%^LN||****|%|20.0-40.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|16|NM|742-7^MON#^LN||****|10*9/L|0.12-1.20|N|||F<CR>
OBX|17|NM|5905-5^MON%^LN||****|%|3.0-12.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|18|NM|789-8^RBC^LN||3.97|10*12/L|3.50-5.50|N|||F<CR>
OBX|19|NM|718-7^HGB^LN||12.8|g/dL|11.0-16.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|20|NM|787-2^MCV^LN||99.7|fL|80.0-100.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|21|NM|785-6^MCH^LN||32.1|pg|27.0-34.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|22|NM|786-4^MCHC^LN||32.2|g/dL|32.0-36.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|23|NM|788-0^RDW-CV^LN||16.5|%|11.0-16.0|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|24|NM|21000-5^RDW-SD^LN||61.3|fL|35.0-56.0|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|25|NM|4544-3^HCT^LN||0.396||0.370-0.540|N|||F<CR>
OBX|26|NM|777-3^PLT^LN||120|10*9/L|100-300|N|||F<CR>
OBX|27|NM|32623-1^MPV^LN||10.2|fL|6.5-12.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|28|NM|32207-3^PDW^LN||16.5||15.0-17.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|29|NM|10002^PCT^99MRC||0.123|%|0.108-0.282|N|||F<CR>
OBX|30|NM|10014^PLCR^99MRC||28.2|%|11.0-45.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|31|NM|10013^PLCC^99MRC||34|10*9/L|30-90|N|||F<CR>
OBX|32|NM|51584-1^IMG#^LN||0.33|10*9/L||A|||F<CR>
OBX|33|NM|38518-7^IMG%^LN||5.7|%||A|||F<CR>
OBX|34|NM|10020^HFC#^99MRC||****|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|35|NM|10021^HFC%^99MRC||****|%||N|||F<CR>
OBX|36|NM|10022^PLT-I^99MRC||120|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|37|NM|10024^WBC-D^99MRC||6.86|10*9/L||A|||F<CR>
OBX|38|NM|10025^WBC-B^99MRC||5.82|10*9/L||A|||F<CR>
OBX|39|NM|10031^PDW-SD^99MRC||11.8|fL||N|||F<CR>
OBX|40|NM|10032^InR#^99MRC||0.01|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>

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OBX|41|NM|10033^InR‰^99MRC||0.00|‰||N|||F<CR>
OBX|42|NM|12227-5^WBC^LN||5.82|10*9/L|4.00-10.00|A|||F<CR>
OBX|43|IS|12000^WBC Abnormal scattergram^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|44|IS|17790-7^WBC Left Shift?^LN||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|45|IS|34165-1^Imm Granulocytes?^LN||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|46|IS|12053^Abn Lympho/ Blasts^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|47|IS|12054^NRBC?^99MRC||T||||||F<CR>
OBX|48|NM|15051^RBC Histogram. Left Line^99MRC||28||||||F<CR>
OBX|49|NM|15052^RBC Histogram. Right Line^99MRC||177||||||F<CR>
OBX|50|NM|15053^RBC Histogram. Binary Meta Length^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|51|NM|15057^RBC Histogram. Total^99MRC||71544||||||F<CR>
OBX|52|ED|15050^RBC Histogram.
Binary^99MRC||^Application^Octer-stream^Base64^AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAQEBAQEBAQEBAgICAwMEBQYHCAoMDhASFhkdIScrMDc9REpSWV
9mbXN5f4aKj5GTlZWWlJOSjoqFgHp0bWZfV1BJRD85NDArJiIeGxgVExAPDQwLCgoJCAgH
BwcHBwYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBwYGBgYGBgYGBgYFBQUFB
QUEBAQEBAMDAwMDAwICAgICAgIBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQEBAQ==|||
|||F<CR>
OBX|53|NM|15111^PLT Histogram. Left Line^99MRC||3||||||F<CR>
OBX|54|NM|15112^PLT Histogram. Right Line^99MRC||46||||||F<CR>
OBX|55|NM|15113^PLT Histogram. Binary Meta Length^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|56|NM|15117^PLT Histogram. Total^99MRC||1850||||||F<CR>
OBX|57|ED|15100^PLT Histogram.
Binary^99MRC||^Application^Octer-stream^Base64^AAAADSRAYXeIk5aQhnpuYVZORkE8Ni
8oIx4aFxYVFBIREA0NDAsMCwsLCwoKCgoLCwsLDAwMDAsMDQ8QEBASEgAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
=||||||F<CR>
OBX|58|IS|15014^ScattergramParaVer^99MRC||V1||||||F<CR>
OBX|59|ED|15015^ScattergramGraphicFlags^99MRC||^Application^Octer-stream^Base64^B
AUI||||||F<CR>
OBX|60|NM|15203^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Meta len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|61|NM|15205^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|62|NM|15206^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|63|NM|15207^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|64|NM|15208^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|65|ED|15201^WBC DIFF Scattergram.

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BIN^99MRC||^Application^Octer-stream^Base64^Uk8rAAc7QzcABT9JMAAFOT4pAARHUB0
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TM2MAAEIigLAAMdLAoAA0FHLwAFWHAaAAYwNzsABElHIAAHPkQ8AAVAWyIAB0JTIAAH
IDMNAAMzaAYAAzNBBAADHS0LAANIXC4AB0BFOQAFJkEWAAdBRD4ABTMuJAAETFoe

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304^RET Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|75|NM|15305^RET Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|76|NM|15308^RET Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|77|NM|15355^NRBC Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|78|NM|15351^NRBC Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|79|NM|15352^NRBC Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|80|NM|15353^NRBC Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|81|NM|15356^NRBC Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>

2.6.1.3 Body Fluid Sample

MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20140910100530||ORU^R01|1|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE<CR>
PID|1||^^^^MR<CR>
PV1|1<CR>
OBR|1||0815-13|00001^Automated
Count^99MRC|||20140815141621|||||||||||||||||HM||||||||service<CR>
OBX|1|IS|08003^Test Mode^99MRC||CBC+DIFF||||||F<CR>
OBX|2|IS|01002^Ref Group^99MRC||General||||||F<CR>
OBX|3|ST|09001^Analyzer^99MRC||x1||||||F<CR>
OBX|4|NM|57845-0^WBC-BF^LN||0.000|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|5|NM|23860-0^RBC-BF^LN||0.000|10*12/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|6|NM|26490-3^MN#^LN||****|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|7|NM|26493-7^MN%^LN||****|%||N|||F<CR>
OBX|8|NM|10034^PMN#^99MRC||****|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|9|NM|10035^PMN%^99MRC||****|%||N|||F<CR>
OBX|10|NM|10036^TC-BF#^99MRC||0.000|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|11|NM|35063-7^Eos-BF#^LN||****|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|12|NM|26452-3^Eos-BF%^LN||****|%||N|||F<CR>
OBX|13|NM|10037^HF-BF#^99MRC||****|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|14|NM|10038^HF-BF%^99MRC||****|%||N|||F<CR>
OBX|15|NM|10039^RBC-BF-R^99MRC||0.0000|10*12/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|16|NM|10044^Neu-BF#^99MRC||****|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|17|NM|10045^Neu-BF%^99MRC||****|%||N|||F<CR>
OBX|18|NM|15051^RBC Histogram. Left Line^99MRC||10||||||F<CR>
OBX|19|NM|15052^RBC Histogram. Right Line^99MRC||250||||||F<CR>
OBX|20|NM|15053^RBC Histogram. Binary Meta Length^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|21|NM|15057^RBC Histogram. Total^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>

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OBX|22|NM|15111^PLT Histogram. Left Line^99MRC||3||||||F<CR>
OBX|23|NM|15112^PLT Histogram. Right Line^99MRC||39||||||F<CR>
OBX|24|NM|15113^PLT Histogram. Binary Meta Length^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|25|NM|15117^PLT Histogram. Total^99MRC||21||||||F<CR>
OBX|26|NM|15203^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Meta len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|27|NM|15205^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|28|NM|15206^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|29|NM|15207^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|30|NM|15208^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|31|NM|15253^Baso Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|32|NM|15255^Baso Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|33|NM|15256^Baso Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|34|NM|15257^Baso Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|35|NM|15258^Baso Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|36|NM|15307^RET Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|37|NM|15303^RET Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|38|NM|15304^RET Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|39|NM|15305^RET Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|40|NM|15308^RET Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|41|NM|15355^NRBC Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|42|NM|15351^NRBC Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|43|NM|15352^NRBC Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|44|NM|15353^NRBC Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>
OBX|45|NM|15356^NRBC Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||128||||||F<CR>

2.6.2 Sample Response Message

In synchronous communication of labXpert each analysis result message need a response
message which contains two segments: MSH and MSA. To send a correct response message,
take into consideration that: the MSH-9 field should be ACK^R01 which indicates that it is a
sample response message; If the value in the MSA-2 field is the same with the MSH-10
value of the received analysis result, it indicates that this response message is corresponding
to the sent analysis result. The MSA-2 value in the following example is 1
MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20140909160728||ACK^R01|5|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE<CR>
MSA|AA|4<CR>

2.6.3 QC Message
The content of the QC message differs from the sample analysis result message: the MSH-11
value of the QC message is Q which indicates that it is a QC message; each QC message is
corresponding to one QC point in the labXpert software which may contain several analysis

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results. For example, there is one analysis result in an L-J QC message, while there are two
analysis results and one mean calculation result in an X mean R QC message.
A QC message consists of an MSH message header and several analysis results, each of
which begins with the PID and OBR segments which contain sample information, and followed
by several OBX segments to carry parameter results and other information. The OBR-4 field of
each analysis result indicates the type of the result See Appendix C for details.
An example of the L-J QC message is shown as follows:

MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20140909162050||ORU^R01|3|Q|2.3.1||||||UNICODE<CR>
PID|1||MB034H||||20141111000000<CR>
OBR|1||1|00003^LJ QCR^99MRC|||20140827193211|||||||||||||||||HM||||||||admin<CR>
OBX|1|IS|05001^Qc Level^99MRC||H||||||F<CR>
OBX|2|IS|08001^Take Mode^99MRC||A||||||F<CR>
OBX|3|IS|08002^Blood Mode^99MRC||W||||||F<CR>
OBX|4|IS|08003^Test Mode^99MRC||CBC+DIFF||||||F<CR>
OBX|5|ST|09001^Analyzer^99MRC||1#||||||F<CR>
OBX|6|NM|6690-2^WBC^LN||20.01|10*9/L|16.44-21.44|N|||F<CR>
OBX|7|NM|704-7^BAS#^LN||0.51|10*9/L|0.22-0.80|N|||F<CR>
OBX|8|NM|706-2^BAS%^LN||2.6|%|1.2-4.2|N|||F<CR>
OBX|9|NM|751-8^NEU#^LN||13.52|10*9/L|10.71-14.71|N|||F<CR>
OBX|10|NM|770-8^NEU%^LN||67.6|%|57.1-77.1|N|||F<CR>
OBX|11|NM|711-2^EOS#^LN||1.89|10*9/L|0.50-2.90|N|||F<CR>
OBX|12|NM|713-8^EOS%^LN||9.4|%|3.0-15.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|13|NM|731-0^LYM#^LN||3.70|10*9/L|2.00-5.20|N|||F<CR>
OBX|14|NM|736-9^LYM%^LN||18.5|%|11.0-27.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|15|NM|742-7^MON#^LN||0.39|10*9/L|0.00-1.22|N|||F<CR>
OBX|16|NM|5905-5^MON%^LN||1.9|%|0.0-5.7|N|||F<CR>
OBX|17|NM|789-8^RBC^LN||5.67|10*12/L|5.57-6.17|N|||F<CR>
OBX|18|NM|718-7^HGB^LN||17.5|g/dL|17.2-18.8|N|||F<CR>
OBX|19|NM|787-2^MCV^LN||107.6|fL|93.2-103.2|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|20|NM|785-6^MCH^LN||30.8|pg|28.2-33.2|N|||F<CR>
OBX|21|NM|786-4^MCHC^LN||28.6|g/dL|28.2-34.2|N|||F<CR>
OBX|22|NM|788-0^RDW-CV^LN||15.9|%|8.7-20.7|N|||F<CR>
OBX|23|NM|21000-5^RDW-SD^LN||62.8|fL|39.2-63.2|N|||F<CR>
OBX|24|NM|4544-3^HCT^LN||0.611||0.546-0.606|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|25|NM|777-3^PLT^LN||434|10*9/L|415-545|N|||F<CR>
OBX|26|NM|32623-1^MPV^LN||10.8|fL|8.3-14.3|N|||F<CR>
OBX|27|NM|32207-3^PDW^LN||16.5||11.5-21.5|N|||F<CR>
OBX|28|NM|10002^PCT^99MRC||0.471|%|0.342-0.742|N|||F<CR>

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OBX|29|NM|10014^PLCR^99MRC||32.9|%|26.3-46.3|N|||F<CR>
OBX|30|NM|10013^PLCC^99MRC||143|10*9/L|124-224|N|||F<CR>
OBX|31|NM|51584-1^IMG#^LN||0.56|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|32|NM|38518-7^IMG%^LN||2.8|%||N|||F<CR>
OBX|33|NM|10020^HFC#^99MRC||0.00|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|34|NM|10021^HFC%^99MRC||0.0|%||N|||F<CR>
OBX|35|NM|10022^PLT-I^99MRC||434|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|36|NM|10024^WBC-D^99MRC||20.02|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|37|NM|10025^WBC-B^99MRC||20.01|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|38|NM|10031^PDW-SD^99MRC||14.3|fL||N|||F<CR>
OBX|39|NM|10032^InR#^99MRC||0.00|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|40|NM|10033^InR‰^99MRC||0.00|‰||N|||F<CR>
OBX|41|NM|12227-5^WBC^LN||20.01|10*9/L|16.44-21.44|N|||F<CR>
<EB><CR>Remarks:

2.6.4 QC Response Message

The only difference between the QC response message and the sample analysis result
response message is that the MSH-11 value of the QC response message is Q.
An example of the ACK X-R QC message is shown as follows:
MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20140909162050||ACK^R01|9|Q|2.3.1||||||UNICODE<CR>
MSA|AA|1<CR>

2.6.5 LJ QC Message in the Format of Common Samples

LJ QC sample messages can be communicated in the format of common samples (set up in
Setup>Communication>L-J QC result is communicated in the format of blood sample result of
labXpert). See 2.6.1 for the format. An example is shown as follows:
MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20140909162225||ORU^R01|1|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE<CR>
PID|1||^^^^MR<CR>
PV1|1<CR>
OBR|1||1MB999|00001^Automated
Count^99MRC|||20140820160916|||||||||||||||||HM||||||||admin<CR>
OBX|1|IS|08001^Take Mode^99MRC||A||||||F<CR>
OBX|2|IS|08002^Blood Mode^99MRC||W||||||F<CR>
OBX|3|IS|08003^Test Mode^99MRC||CBC+DIFF||||||F<CR>
OBX|4|IS|01002^Ref Group^99MRC||General||||||F<CR>
OBX|5|IS|05007^Project Type^99MRC||BL||||||F<CR>
OBX|6|ST|01012^Shelf No^99MRC||??||||||F<CR>

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OBX|7|ST|01013^Tube No^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|8|ST|09001^Analyzer^99MRC||1#||||||F<CR>
OBX|9|NM|6690-2^WBC^LN||19.40|10*9/L|16.44-21.44|N|||F<CR>
OBX|10|NM|704-7^BAS#^LN||0.48|10*9/L|0.22-0.80|N|||F<CR>
OBX|11|NM|706-2^BAS%^LN||2.5|%|1.2-4.2|N|||F<CR>
OBX|12|NM|751-8^NEU#^LN||13.16|10*9/L|10.71-14.71|N|||F<CR>
OBX|13|NM|770-8^NEU%^LN||67.7|%|57.1-77.1|N|||F<CR>
OBX|14|NM|711-2^EOS#^LN||1.79|10*9/L|0.50-2.90|N|||F<CR>
OBX|15|NM|713-8^EOS%^LN||9.3|%|3.0-15.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|16|NM|731-0^LYM#^LN||3.50|10*9/L|2.00-5.20|N|||F<CR>
OBX|17|NM|736-9^LYM%^LN||18.1|%|11.0-27.0|N|||F<CR>
OBX|18|NM|742-7^MON#^LN||0.47|10*9/L|0.00-1.22|N|||F<CR>
OBX|19|NM|5905-5^MON%^LN||2.4|%|0.0-5.7|N|||F<CR>
OBX|20|NM|789-8^RBC^LN||5.61|10*12/L|5.57-6.17|N|||F<CR>
OBX|21|NM|718-7^HGB^LN||17.7|g/dL|17.2-18.8|N|||F<CR>
OBX|22|NM|787-2^MCV^LN||106.9|fL|93.2-103.2|H~N|||F<CR>
OBX|23|NM|785-6^MCH^LN||31.6|pg|28.2-33.2|N|||F<CR>
OBX|24|NM|786-4^MCHC^LN||29.6|g/dL|28.2-34.2|N|||F<CR>
OBX|25|NM|788-0^RDW-CV^LN||15.9|%|8.7-20.7|N|||F<CR>
OBX|26|NM|21000-5^RDW-SD^LN||62.3|fL|39.2-63.2|N|||F<CR>
OBX|27|NM|4544-3^HCT^LN||0.600||0.546-0.606|N|||F<CR>
OBX|28|NM|777-3^PLT^LN||422|10*9/L|415-545|N|||F<CR>
OBX|29|NM|32623-1^MPV^LN||10.7|fL|8.3-14.3|N|||F<CR>
OBX|30|NM|32207-3^PDW^LN||16.5||11.5-21.5|N|||F<CR>
OBX|31|NM|10002^PCT^99MRC||0.454|%|0.342-0.742|N|||F<CR>
OBX|32|NM|10014^PLCR^99MRC||32.5|%|26.3-46.3|N|||F<CR>
OBX|33|NM|10013^PLCC^99MRC||137|10*9/L|124-224|N|||F<CR>
OBX|34|NM|51584-1^IMG#^LN||0.52|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|35|NM|38518-7^IMG%^LN||2.7|%||N|||F<CR>
OBX|36|NM|10020^HFC#^99MRC||0.00|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|37|NM|10021^HFC%^99MRC||0.0|%||N|||F<CR>
OBX|38|NM|10022^PLT-I^99MRC||422|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|39|NM|10024^WBC-D^99MRC||19.90|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|40|NM|10025^WBC-B^99MRC||19.40|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|41|NM|10031^PDW-SD^99MRC||14.0|fL||N|||F<CR>
OBX|42|NM|10032^InR#^99MRC||0.00|10*9/L||N|||F<CR>
OBX|43|NM|10033^InR‰^99MRC||0.00|‰||N|||F<CR>
OBX|44|NM|12227-5^WBC^LN||19.40|10*9/L|16.44-21.44|N|||F<CR>

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OBX|45|NM|15051^RBC Histogram. Left Line^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|46|NM|15052^RBC Histogram. Right Line^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|47|NM|15053^RBC Histogram. Binary Meta Length^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|48|NM|15057^RBC Histogram. Total^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|49|NM|15111^PLT Histogram. Left Line^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|50|NM|15112^PLT Histogram. Right Line^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|51|NM|15113^PLT Histogram. Binary Meta Length^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|52|NM|15117^PLT Histogram. Total^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|53|NM|15203^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Meta len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|54|NM|15205^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|55|NM|15206^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|56|NM|15207^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|57|NM|15208^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|58|NM|15253^Baso Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|59|NM|15255^Baso Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|60|NM|15256^Baso Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|61|NM|15257^Baso Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|62|NM|15258^Baso Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|63|NM|15307^RET Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|64|NM|15303^RET Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|65|NM|15304^RET Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|66|NM|15305^RET Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|67|NM|15308^RET Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|68|NM|15355^NRBC Scattergram. Meta Len^99MRC||1||||||F<CR>
OBX|69|NM|15351^NRBC Scattergram. Fsc dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|70|NM|15352^NRBC Scattergram. Ssc dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|71|NM|15353^NRBC Scattergram. FL dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>
OBX|72|NM|15356^NRBC Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC||0||||||F<CR>

Remarks: As the sample ID field. When the L-J QC sample is trasmitted in the format of the
common sample, for an analyzer on a sample processing line, the value of the OBR-3 field is
the QC sample transmission ID; but for a standalone analyzer, the the value of the OBR-3 field
is the control lot No. or its file No. The “Analyzer” OBX item is only applicable to integrated
analyzers.

2.6.6 Bidirectional LIS/HIS Request Message

A bidirectional LIS/HIS request message contains a sample ID. After the LIS/HIS received the
request message, it will search for the corresponding patient and sample information to
provide a response.

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A request response message contains two segments: MSH and ORC. The MSH segment is
almost the same with that of the analysis result message, except that the MSH-9 value is
ORM^O01. The ORC-3 field should be filled with the receiver code (in this case, the sample ID;
where in the following sample, it is SampleID1). Note that in the autoloading analysis, if there
is a barcode scanning error while sending a request message, the sample ID will be “Invalid”.
An example of the request message is shown as follows:
For V1.0 and V2.0 searching request messages, sample ID is used as the filter for searching
MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20081120174836||ORM^O01|4|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE
ORC|RF||SampleID1

For V3.0 searching request messages or above, the combination of sample ID+sample type is
used as the filter for searching
MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20140328102554||ORM^O01|2|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE
ORC|RF||sampleid99|BL

See sections above for the fields of MSH and ORC segments.

2.6.7 Bidirectional LIS/HIS Request Response Message

When the LIS/HIS received a request message, it needs to send back a request response
message. The first two message segments of the request response message are MSH and
MSA. The MSH-9 message type field (indicating the type of the segment) is filled with
ORR^O02, while the MSA segment should be filled up as shown in the following example of
the request response message. If the LIS/HIS gets searching results for the request, there will
be PID, PV1, ORC, OBR and OBX message segments after the two heading segments to
provide the patient and sample information, in the same way as the sample data message
does. The ORC segment is indispensable for a request response message with searching
results, in which the ORC-1 value is AF, and ORC-2 is the key searching field(the sample ID).
Note that the OBR-2 field indicates the sample ID, which should be the same as in the ORC-2
field; otherwise, the message will be regarded as incorrect.
An example of the request response message with searching results is shown as follows:
MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20140909170111||ORR^O02||P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE<CR>
MSA|AA|1<CR>
PID|1||patientID2001^^^^MR||Jordan^Michael||20090210000000|Male<CR>
PV1|1|Outpatient|Internal medicine^^1002|||||||||||||||||Public<CR>
ORC|AF||SampleID4001<CR>
OBR|1|SampleID4001||00001^Automated Count^99MRC||20090307103000||||Jack|||Virus
infections|20090307103100||||||||||HM||||||||Bill<CR>
OBX|1|IS|08003^Test Mode^99MRC||CBC+DIFF||||||F<CR>
OBX|2|IS|01002^Ref Group^99MRC||Child||||||F<CR>
OBX|3|NM|30525-0^Age^LN||6|yr|||||F<CR>
OBX|4|ST|01001^Remark^99MRC||Emergency patient||||||F<CR>

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OBX|5|ST|08005^SerialNumber^99MRC||3||||||F<CR>
OBX|6|IS|01007^Sample Type^99MRC||Venous blood||||||F<CR>
OBX|7|IS|01008^Patient Area^99MRC||A - 501||||||F<CR>
OBX|8|ST|01009^Custom patient info 1^99MRC||Nothing||||||F<CR>
OBX|9|ST|01010^Custom patient info 2^99MRC||Nothing||||||F<CR>
OBX|10|ST|01011^Custom patient info 3^99MRC||Nothing||||||F<CR>
<EB><CR>Note: when the “ProjectType” item in the response message is consistent with the
“ProjectType” item in the request message, this item (including “BL/BF” of ORC and
“ProjectType” of OBX) can be excluded in the response message. If not, transmit the
“ProjectType” item as requested.
The OBX items “BloodMode” and “Take Mode” are not mandatory in the response. If they are
not included in the response message, the instrument analyzes the sample in the mode
defined in the “Setup” screen of the main unit. If it is included in the response message, the
instrument analyzes the sample in the responded mode. If the “ProjectType” corresponding to
this “BloodMode” in the response and the request are not the same. It it required to transmit
the “ProjectType” item in the response message.
The OBX item “Test Mode” is mandatory in the response.
The OBX item “SerialNumber” is the serial number in LIS, which is only applicable to
integrated analyzers.

An example of the request response message with no search result is shown as follows, in
which the MSA-2 field indicates the result of the response. In this example, the MSA-2 value is
“AR”, indicating the request was rejected; if it is “AE”, then there is an error in the request
process.
MSH|^~\&|BC-6800|Mindray|||20140328102737||ORR^O02||P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE
MSA|AR|3

An example of “skip sample” is shown as follows, in which the MSA-2 field indicates the result
of the response. In this example, the MSA-2 value is “AS”, indicating the sample is skipped for
analysis.
MSH|^~\&|LIS|LIS|||20191023164325||ORR^O02|2|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE
MSA|AS|6||||

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 Chapter 3 ASTM Communication Protocol

3.1 ASTM Protocol Overview

See the ASTM protocol documents for details of the protocol:
NCCLS LIS1-A (formerly ASTM 1381-02): Data Link Protocol
NCCLS LIS2-A (formerly ASTM 1394-97): Message Structure Protocol
Note: the characters used in ASTM protocol are standard ASCII characters (ISO 8859-1: 1987)
unless there is a note for exception.

3.2 Protocol Layers

Message Level Protocol
Message

Low-Level Protocol
Frame Frame End Frame

TCP/IP Serial Port

Figure 6 Layers of the ASTM protocol

Message: A complete data package is called message. It is a set of information, which can be
a sample analysis result, QC result or request information. Message is the unit of a call for
communication.
Frame: the component of a message which is the unit of communication control and
communication error identification.
The ASTM communication protocol is a protocol based on TCP/IP protocol and serial port
communication control. ASTM protocol has two layers: the low-level protocol for message
transmission, and message level protocol between labXpert and LIS/HIS.

3.3 Frame Structure

All the frame control characters are ASCII characters which shall not be contained in the text
part of the frame. As required by the protocol, the maximal data length of a frame is 64,000
bytes (including the control character).

3.3.1 Frame Description

Frame structure:
<STX> FN Text [<ETB>|<ETX>] C1 C2 <CR><LF>

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STX: text transmission start control character;
FN: serial number of the frame, use numbers from 0 to 7 in turn (starting from 1) to identify
different frames;
Text: content of the message;
ETB: end character for text in the middle frame;
ETX: end character for text in the end frame;
C1: first-4-bit value of the check sum, expressed by 0-9 and A-F;
C2: last-4-bit value of the check sum, expressed by 0-9 and A-F;
CR: frame end “carriage return” control character
LF: frame end “line feed” control character;

3.3.2 Control Character

Dec Hex
Key Printable Description
(decimal) (hexadecimal)

^B 2 02 <STX> Frame start character

^C 3 03 <ETX> End frame, text end character

^J 10 0A <LF> Frame end line feed character

^M 13 0D <CR> Frame end carriage return character

^W 23 17 <ETB> Middle frame, text end character

^E 5 05 <ENQ> Connection establishing request

(transmission preparation) character

^D 4 04 <EOT> Transmission completion character

^F 6 06 <ACK> Successful reception response

character

^U 21 15 <NAK> Re-sent response

3.3.3 Middle Frame

Structure of a middle frame:
<STX> FN Text <ETB> C1 C2 <CR><LF>

3.3.4 End Frame

Structure of an end frame:
<STX> FN Text <ETX> C1 C2 <CR><LF>

3.3.5 Check and Calculation

In the frame “<STX> FN text [<ETB>|<ETX>] C1 C2 <CR> <LF>“, add every
character value from FN to [<ETB>|<ETX>] (note: do not add <STX> [<ETB>|<ETX>] C1 C2
<CR> <LF>), divide the sum by 256, get the remainder, and convert it to 8bit where the 4

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most significant bits (first 4 bits) are C1, and the 4 least significant bits (last 4 bits) are C2. E.g.
01111010, convert it to hexadecimal, that is 7A, then C1 = “7”, C2 = “A”.

3.4 Message Structure

3.4.1 Message Description

Message
Record 00 Record 01 Record
##
Field 00 Field Field 00 Field …
## ##
Component … Component ... Component …… Component … …
00 ## 00 ##

 Message: a set of records from message header record (H) to message terminator
record (T).
 Record: a set of fields. It has information about a certain subject, e.g. patient
information. The first field of each record is the record type field.
 Field: a set of components. The description of special property of the record, e.g.
date of birth in patient information.
 Component: basic unit of message data. E.g. for patient name, it consists of two
basic units, Last Name and First Name which are separated by component delimiter.

Maximal field length: no limit to the length of a field.

Maximal record length: no limit to the length of a record; only depends on the length
limit for character processing.

3.4.2 Message Coding

3.4.2.1 Character Limit and Coding
The message transmission is text transmission, so it is not allowed to use invisible characters.
For the universal ASCII characters:
Supported characters: 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 32-126, 128-254
Unsupported characters: 0-6, 8, 10, 14-31, 127, 255
In the communication process, it is not allowed to use the following characters since they are
used as control characters:
<STX>, <EOT>, <ENQ>, <ACK>, <NAK>, <ETB>, <ETX>, <CR>, <LF>.
Considering communication between different platforms, the characters which are not in ASCII
standard character set are coded using UTF-8.
3.4.2.2 Binary Data Coding
For raw binary data, they need to be converted to strings using BASE64 (See Appendix D ) for
transmission.

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Since there may be big-endian and little-endian difference at the sending end and the
receiving end, in the transmission process of raw data, if the smallest unit data of the raw data
needs to be expressed by 2 bytes or more, the raw data need to be converted to network byte
order before being coded using Base64. Take the transmission of 32-bit integer digit group as
an example. The smallest unit of the raw data (integer digit group) is integer that is expressed
by 4 bytes, so before Base64 coding, the integer digit group needs to be converted to one-byte
digit group based in network byte order, and then converted to text using Base64.
Note: the characters are case sensitive.

3.4.3 Delimiters
In a complete message, all the records shall be ended with <CR> (carriage return).
To identify different components, fields, or repeated texts in a record, different delimiters are
used between fields, components, and repeated texts.
ASTM uses the following ASCII characters:
Record end character <CR> Carriage return character (invisible)

Field delimiter |

Repetition delimiter \

Component delimiter ^

Escape delimiter &

Transmission of delimiter:
The delimiter definition is in the second field of the message header record, normally in the
format “H | \ˆ & |”, where H is the record type identifier, followed by 4 delimiter definitions, and
the last '|' is a field delimiter, indicating what follows is another field. The delimiters are in the
following order: field delimiter, repetition delimiter, component delimiter and escape delimiter.
Null delimiter:
For null field or component, if it is the last one, delimiter is not needed; if not, a delimiter for this
field/component is needed to separate it from the following field/component. That is to say, in a
record, the position of a field or a component matters. So even if a field/component is null, the
position shall be reserved by using a delimiter.
Note: according to the ASTM standard, the position of a null field/component shall be reserved
rather than being omitted.

3.4.4 Escape Character

While transmitting data, there may be protocol control characters or other characters that are
not allowed to transmit. In this case, these characters need to be converted to escape
character.
According to the escape character conversion rules in the ASTM standard, the escape
characters needed in message transmission are shown as follows:

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 Escape sequence Delimiter Remarks
&F& | Field delimiter
&R& \ Repetition delimiter
&S& ^ Component delimiter
&E& & Escape delimiter
Escape characters of low-level protocol control characters:
Escape sequence Delimiter Remarks
&X5& <ENQ>
&X4& <EOT>
&X2& <STX>
&X17& <ETB>
&X3& <ETX>
&XD& <CR>
&XA& <LF>
&X6& <ACK>
&X15& <NAK>
Note: in a message, the record terminator character (<CR>) is the protocol control character
which does not need to be converted.

3.4.5 Record Type

As defined in ASTM, the following record types are involved:
Record type Type identifier Remarks
Message Header Record H Message header record
Patient Information Record P Patient information record
Test Order Record O Test order record
Result Record R Result record
Comment Record C (Not in use)
Scientific Record S (Not in use)
Manufacturer Information M (Not in use)
Record
Request Information Record Q Request information record
(bi-directional LIS/HIS)
Message Terminator Record L Message terminator record

3.4.6 Special Notice

1. Time:
Format of time:

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 Date: YYYYMMDD
Date+Time: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
2. Record sequence number:
In the message level protocol, all records except message header records begin with two
fields: “Record Type ID” and “Sequence Number”.
Record Type ID: record type identifier. E.g. the record type ID for patient information is “P”.
Sequence Number: record sequence number, numeric string, indicating the sequence number
of the record among all records of the same type. E.g.: if there are 2 “O” records, 3 “R” records
in a message, then the sequence number of the first “O” record is “1”, and the second one “2”;
the sequence number of the first, second and third “R” records are “1”, “2” and “3” respectively.
If there are more records of the same type, the sequence number increases accordingly.

3.5 Message Records

In ASTM protocol, the unique identifiers for sample property, parameter result are coded using
Lonic, which is the same with that of HL7. See Appendix C for code values. What is different
from HL7 is that in ASTM, the “EncodeSys” is not transmitted), and only “ID” and “Name” are
transmitted only.
Note: in the record definition tables, the right-aligned and italic parts are components, others
are fields. The components below a field are the components of this field; if there is no
component below a field, it means it is a single-component field.

3.5.1 Message Header and terminator Records

3.5.1.1 Message Header Record
The first record of every message is called message header record, which consists of record
delimiter definition, instrument name, instrument ID, protocol version number, message
creation time, etc.
Field Name Field Value Example Remarks
Sequence
Number
Record Type ID 1 H Record type field; value fixed
Delimiter Definition 2 |\^& ASTM delimiter set; value fixed
Message Control ID 3 1 Message control ID field
Sender Name or ID 5
Manufacturer Mindray Fixed
Instrument Model BC-6800 Fixed
Protocol Version Reserved
Special Instructions 11 Message text type field. See Table
18 of Appendix C for values.
Name Automated Count “Name” item
ID 00001 “ID” item
Processing ID 12 P Current message type; fixed to be
“P” indicating sample messages.
Version Number 13 LIS2-A2 Version number of ASTM; fixed

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Field Name Field Value Example Remarks
Sequence
Number
Date and Time of 14 20100208145026 Time of message transmission;
Message use current system time; in the
format of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
Message Control ID: the unique identifier of a message Commonly starts from 1.
Taking the communication of sample analysis result as an example, the complete message
header is shown below:
<STX>1H|\^&|1||Mindray^BC-6800^||||||Automated
Count^00001|P|LIS2-A2|20130912164204<CR><ETB>DC<CR><LF>
Note: “<CR>“ stands for carriage return.
3.5.1.2 Message Terminator Record
The last record of every message is called message terminator record, which is defined as
follows:
Field Name Field Value Example Remarks
Sequence
Number
Record Type ID 1 L Record type field; value fixed
Sequence Number 2 1 Sequence number of record; fixed
Termination Code 3 N Termination code; value: “N”; fixed
A complete message terminator record is shown as follows:
L|1|N<CR>

3.5.2 Patient Information Record

Mainly includes patient ID, patient name, date of birth, age, physician, department, etc.
Used in sample analysis result message and worklist request response message.

Field Name Field Value Example Remarks

Sequence
Number
Record Type 1 P Fixed
Sequence Number 2 1 Record sequence number; see
3.4.6 for details
Patient ID Number 3 5 333 Patient ID
Patient Name 6 Patient name
First name FirstName
Last name LastName If it is a Chinese name, this field is
left empty.
Birthdate 8
Date of birth 20091220000000 YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
Age 2
Age unit Y Values of age unit:

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Field Name Field Value Example Remarks
Sequence
Number
Null
Y: year
M: month
W: week
D: day
H: hour
Patient Sex 9 Female Entry by the operator (string)
Admission Status 25 Emergency Department, string displayed on
screen
Location 26
Inpatient zone EA String displayed on screen
Bed No. 32-1 String displayed on screen
Complete record example:
An example message for a Non-Chinese patient:
P|1|||333|FirstName^LastName||20091220000000^2^Y|Female||||||||||||||||Emergency|EA^32-1
<CR>

An example message for a Chinese patient:

P|1|||333|FirstName^||20091220000000^2^Y|Female||||||||||||||||Emergency|EA^32-1<CR>

3.5.3 Test Order Record

The record of analysis sequence number, usually followed by result record. Commonly , a Test
Order Record contains sample sequence number and related information of analysis result
messages (including both sample analysis results and QC results)

Field Name Field Value Example Remarks

Sequence
Number
Record Type ID 1 O Fixed
Sequence Number 2 1 Record sequence number; see
3.4.6 for details
Specimen ID 3 K11321 Sample ID
Requested Date and 7 20100613010203 Blood sample: time of analysis;
Time QC: time of QC run
Collection Date and 8 20100612153501 Time of sample collection
Time
Collector ID 11 Jones The person who ordered the
analysis
Relevant Clinical 14 Diagnosis Clinical diagnosis
Information

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Field Name Field Value Example Remarks
Sequence
Number
Date/Time Specimen 15 20100612153501 Date/Time when the specimen is
Received received
Specimen Descriptor 16
Specimen Type Sample Type Sample type
Specimen Source Reserved
Ordering Physician 17 XQRD Blood sample: operator; QC:
operator
User Field Number 1 19 Alice User-defined; used for validater
here
User Field Number 2 20 User-defined; used for time of
validation here
Laboratory Field 21 Validated User-defined; indicating validation
Number 1 status
Validated: sample validated
Not Validated：sample not
validated
Date/Time Results 23 20111220153501 Report time
Reported or Last
Modified
Report Type 26 F Report types:
F – final results; not request
response; fixed to be F
Q – has result for request
Y – no result for request
Complete record example:
O|1|K11321||||20100613010203|20100612153501|||Jones|||Diagnosis|20100612153501|
Sample Type^|XQRD||Alice|||20111220153501|||F<CR>

3.5.4 Analysis Result record

Contains sample analysis result/QC result/extend information.
Since the default fields of Patient Information Record and Test Order Record can not meet our
requirements of sample information/patient information/sample result/QC information
transmission, Result Record is used to bring extra fields for transmission. See Appendix C
Message Coding Definition for extended codes. For extended information items, only message
ID and result are needed.

Result Record is used in messages other than worklist searching messages.

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Field Name Field Value Example Remarks
Sequence
Number
Record Type ID 1 R Fixed
Sequence Number 2 14 Record sequence number; see
3.4.6 for details
Universal Test ID 3
Universal Test ID Universal test ID; reserved
Universal Test ID WBC Name; see Appendix C for data
Name type and coding system
Universal Test ID ID type; reserved
Type
Manufacturer’s or 6690-2 ID; see Appendix C for data type
Local Code and coding system
Data or 4 2.30 Result data
Measurement Value
Units 5 10^9/L Unit of result; use the units
displayed on screen
Reference Ranges 6 Reference ranges
Lower limit 4.00
Upper limit 12.00
Result Abnormal 7 Result flags
Flags
High/Low flags L H – higher than upper limit
L – lower than lower limit
Result edited flag e E – result edited flag
e – result changed due to the
manual editing of another
parameter result based on which it
is calculated
Null if the result is not edited
Suspicious flag N N - normal
A - abnormal
Reagent expiration O O – reagent expired
flag Null if the reagent is not expired
Temperature flag T T - instrument overtemperature
Null if no overtemperature
Result corrected flag C C - Result corrected flag
Null if not corrected
Out of linearity range V V - out of linearity range
flag Null if within range
Complete record example:
<STX>5R|18|^NEU#^^751-8|2.39|10&S&9/L|2.00^7.00|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>E4<CR><LF>

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3.5.5 Request Searching Record
Used in bi-directional LIS/HIS request (worklist request).

Field Name Field Value Example Remarks

Sequence
Number
Record Type ID 1 Q Fixed
Sequence Number 2 1 Record sequence number; see
3.4.6 for details
Starting Range ID 3 K11321 Sample ID in the worklist to be
Number requested
Beginning Request 7 20111220153501 Time when the request begins;
Results data and use the current system time;
Time format: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
User Field Number1 11 BL User defined field used for sample
BF type here. Value definition:
“BL”: blood;
“BF”: body fluid;
Complete record example:
<STX>2Q|1|sampleid99||||20140328103119||||BL<CR><ETB>AB<CR><LF>

3.6 Message for Communication

Note: the message examples contains complete frame header and terminator. Since special
characters may have problems in display, the frame header and terminator are replaced by
special strings. E.g. use <STX> for frame header. The frames in the example after conversion
should be continuous, but the frames are separated by line feed characters for better
readability.

3.6.1 Sample Analysis Result Message

3.6.1.1 Record Structure
Record Structure:
1 Header
2 Patient
3 Order
4 Result1
5 Result2
6 Result3
......
n Message Terminator
3.6.1.2 Content of Sample Data
Content of sample analysis result message for communication:

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Record Record Value Field Component Value Description
Type Position: Value
Content
H Record header 12: message Sample See Table 26 OBR-4
type Analysis and ASTM Message
Result Type Codes
P Patient information 5: Patient ID The patient ID
displayed on
screen
6: Patient First name First name of patient
name Last Name Last name of patient
8: date of Date of birth YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
birth Age
Age unit Available age units:
null, Y, M, W, D, and H,
indicating null, year,
month, week, day, and
hour respectively
9: gender Gender What displayed on
screen
25: Department What displayed on
department screen
26: location Inpatient What displayed on
zone screen
Bed No. What displayed on
screen
O Sample Information 3: Sample Sample ID What displayed on
ID screen; when the L-J
QC sample is
trasmitted in the format
of the common sample,
for an analyzer on a
sample processing line,
the value of the field is
the QC sample
transmission ID; but for
a standalone analyzer,
the the value of the field
is the control lot No. or
its file No.
7: time of Time of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS;
analysis analysis what displayed on
screen
8: Time of Time of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS;

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Record Record Value Field Component Value Description
Type Position: Value
Content
sample sample what displayed on
collection collection screen
11: The The person String
person who who ordered
ordered the the analysis
analysis
14: clinical Clinical What displayed on
diagnosis diagnosis screen
15: Date/Time YYYYMMDDHHMMSS;
Date/Time when the what displayed on
when the specimen is screen
specimen is received
received
16: sample Sample type What displayed on
type screen
Sample Reserved; null
source
17: operator Operator What displayed on
screen
19: validater Validater What displayed on
screen
20: time of Time of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS;
validation validation what displayed on
screen
23: Report Report time YYYYMMDDHHMMSS;
time what displayed on
screen
26: report Result F, fixed
type
R Presentation mode 2: ID ID See Appendix C for
data type and coding
system
ID See Appendix C for
data type and coding
system
4: result Presentation See Appendix C for
mode HL7 and ASTM
enumeration definition
5: unit Null
6: reference Null
range

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Record Record Value Field Component Value Description
Type Position: Value
Content
7: flag Null
R Blood Mode Value same as above
R Analysis mode Value same as above
R Sample Type Value same as above
R Analyzer Name 4: result, value displayed on screen; other values same
as above.
R Reference group 4: result, value displayed on screen; other values same
as above
R Remarks 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as
above
R Reexam flag 4: result; T - reexamination needed; F –reexamination
not needed; other values same as above
R Tube rack No. 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as
above
R Tube No. 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as
above
R Payer 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as
above
R Patient type 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as
above
R Custom1 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as
above
R Custom2 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as
above
R Custom3 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as
above
R WBC: white blood cell 2: ID; format same as above; see data type and coding
count system in Appendix C for the value
4: result Sample What displayed on
Analysis screen
Result
5: unit Unit of What displayed on
sample screen
analysis
result
6: reference Upper limit What displayed on
range screen
Lower limit What displayed on
screen
7: flag High/Low H – high flag; L – low
flags flag

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Record Record Value Field Component Value Description
Type Position: Value
Content
Result edited E – result edited; e –
flag result changed due to
the manual editing of
another parameter
result based on which it
is calculated
Suspicious N – normal result; A –
flag suspicious result
Reagent O – reagent expired;
expiration flag reserved; fixed to be
(reserved null
component)
Temperature T – overtemperature;
flag null - temperature
normal
Result C – result corrected;
corrected flag null - result not
corrected
Out of V – result out of
linearity linearity range; null -
range flag within range
R Bas# Basophil number: value same as above

R Bas% Basophil percentage: value same as above

R Neu# Neutrophil number: value same as above

R Neu% Neutrophil percentage: value same as above
R Eos# Eosinophil number: value same as above
R Eos% Eosinophil percentage: value same as above
R Lymph# Lymphocyte number: value same as above
R Lymph% Lymphocyte percentage: value same as above
R Mon# Monocyte number: value same as above
R Mon% Monocyte percentage: value same as above
R RBC Red Blood Cell count: value same as above
R HGB Hemoglobin Concentration: value same as above
R MCV Mean Corpuscular Volume: value same as above
R MCH Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin: value same as above
R MCHC Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration: value
same as above
R RDW-CV Red Blood Cell Distribution Width - Coefficient of

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Record Record Value Field Component Value Description
Type Position: Value
Content
Variation: value same as above
R RDW-SD Red Blood Cell Distribution Width - Standard Deviation:
value same as above
R HCT Hematocrit: value same as above
R PLT Platelet count: value same as above
R MPV Mean Platelet Volume: value same as above
R PDW Platelet Distribution Width: value same as above
R PCT Plateletcrit: value same as above
R RET# Reticulocyte number: value same as above
R RET% Reticulocyte percentage: value same as above
R IRF Immature Reticulocyte Fraction: value same as above
R LFR Low Fluorescent Ratio: value same as above
R MFR Middle Fluorescent Ratio: value same as above
R HFR High Fluorescent Ratio: value same as above
R NRBC# Nucleated Red Blood Cell count: value same as above
R NRBC% Nucleated Red Blood Cell percentage: value same as
above
R P-LCR Platelet-Large Cell Ratio: value same as above
R P-LCC Platelet- Large Cell Count: value same as above
R IMG# Immature Granulocyte (RUO): value same as above
R IMG% Immature Granulocyte percentage (RUO): value same
as above
R RBC-O Optical Red Blood Cell count: value same as above
R PLT-O Optical Platelet count: value same as above
R HFC# High fluorescent Cell number: value same as above
R HFC% High fluorescent Cell percentage: value same as above
R PLT-I Platelet count- Impedance: value same as above
R WBC-R White Blood Cell count -RET: value same as above
R WBC-D White Blood Cell count -DIFF: value same as above
R WBC-B White Blood Cell count -BASO: value same as above
R WBC-N White Blood Cell count -NRBC: value same as above
R PDW-SD Platelet Distribution Width – Standard Deviation: value
same as above
R InR# Infected Red Blood Cell count: value same as above

R InR‰ Infected Red Blood Cell permillage: value same as

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Record Record Value Field Component Value Description
Type Position: Value
Content
above
R WBC-C Corrected WBC value: value same as above

R WBC-BF White blood cell count-body fluid: value same as above

R RBC-BF Red blood cell count-body fluid: value same as above

R MN# Parameter for body fluid: value same as above

R PMN# Parameter for body fluid: value same as above

R MN% Parameter for body fluid: value same as above

R PMN% Parameter for body fluid: value same as above

R TC-BF# Parameter for body fluid: value same as above

R Eos-BF RUO parameter for body fluid: value same as above

R Eos-BF% RUO parameter for body fluid: value same as above

R HF-BF# RUO parameter for body fluid: value same as above

R HF-BF% RUO parameter for body fluid: value same as above

R RBC-BF(R) RUO parameter for body fluid: value same as above

R IMG# Immature Granulocyte: value same as above

R IMG% Immature Granulocyte percentage: value same as

above
R IPF Immature Platelet Fraction: value same as above

R Micro# Microcyte count: value same as above

R Micro% Microcyte percentage: value same as above

R Macro# Macrocyte count: value same as above

R Macro% Macrocyte percentage: value same as above

R MRV Mean Reticulocyte Volume: value same as above

R RHE Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Expression (RUO): value

same as above
R RHE Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Expression: value same as
above
R Neu-BF# Neutrophils number- body fluid: value same as above

R Neu-BF% Neutrophils percentage- body fluid: value same as

above
R Band% Neutrophils, band: value same as above

R Seg% Neutrophils, segmented: value same as above

R ALY% Atypical lymphocytes: value same as above

R Pla-Aly% Atypical lymphocytes (plasmacytes) : value same as

above
R Mon-Aly% Atypical lymphocytes (monocytes) : value same as

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Record Record Value Field Component Value Description
Type Position: Value
Content
above
R Imm-Aly% Atypical lymphocytes (immature) : value same as above

R Other-Aly% Atypical lymphocytes (others) : value same as above

R Meta% Neutrophils, metamyelocyte: value same as above

R Myelo% Neutrophils, myelocyte: value same as above

R Pro-Myelo% Neutrophils, promyelocyte: value same as above

R Imm-Eos% Eosinophils (immature) : value same as above

R Imm-Bas% Basophils (immature) : value same as above

R Blast% Blasts: value same as above

R Mye-Blast% Myeloblasts: value same as above

R Mon-blast% Monoblasts: value same as above

R Lym-blast% Lymphoblasts: value same as above

R IMG/Blast% Blast and immature granulocytes: value same as above

R Pro-Lym% Immature lymphocytes: value same as above

R Pro-Mon% Immature monocytes: value same as above

R Plsm-cell% Plasmacytes: value same as above

R CRP CRP: value same as above

R Flags of abnormal blood 2: ID; format same as above; see data type and coding
cell differential or system in Appendix C for the value
morphology: 4: result T T – flag exists in the
result; fixed
WBC Scattergram Abn.
5: unit Null
Note: only transmitted
6: reference Null
when this flag exists in
range
the result
7: flag Null
R … Flag; value same as above. Only transmitted when this
flag exists in the result. For details of flags, see the
“Flags of Abnormal Blood Cell Differential or
Morphology” part of Table 27 Data Type and Coding
System in Appendix C
R RBC histogram binary 2: ID; format same as above; see data type and coding
data. system in Appendix C for the value
4: result Binary coding 4.4.2 Message coding:
data rule coding value
Field 5, 6, 7: idle; null
Null if it is not configured to be transmitted as “data”
R Left discriminator of the 2: ID; format same as above; see data type and coding
system in Appendix C for the value

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Record Record Value Field Component Value Description
Type Position: Value
Content
RBC histogram 4: result Numeric Discriminator value
Field 5, 6, 7: idle; null
R Right discriminator of the 2: ID; format same as above; see data type and coding
RBC histogram system in Appendix C for the value
4: result Numeric Discriminator value
Field 5, 6, 7: idle; null
R RBC historgram 2: ID; format same as above; see data type and coding
metadata length system in Appendix C for the value
4: result Numeric Unit data type length
Field 5, 6, 7: idle; null
R Total number of RBC 2: ID; format same as above; see data type and coding
histograms system in Appendix C for the value
4: result Numeric Total number of graphic
metadata (digit group
length)
Field 5, 6, 7: idle; null
R RBC histogram bitmap 2: ID; format same as above; see data type and coding
(BMP) system in Appendix C for the value
4: result Binary coding 4.4.2 Message coding:
data (can be rule coding value
null)
Field 5, 6, 7: idle; null
Null if it is not configured to be transmitted as graph
R PLT histogram PLT histogram transmission is the same as that of RBC
histogram
R Version of scattergram 2: ID; format same as above; see data type and coding
system in Appendix C for the value
4: result String V1: BC-6800, national
V2: BC-6900, Version
1.9
V3: BC-6800,
international, Version
1.10
Field 5, 6, 7: idle; null
R the particle type array 2: ID; format same as above; see data type and coding
which needs to be system in Appendix C for the value
greyout in the 4: result Binary data 3.4.2 Message
scattergram (can be null) coding: rule coding
value
Appendix C
scattergram data,

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Record Record Value Field Component Value Description
Type Position: Value
Content
greyout particle type
array

Field 5, 6, 7: idle; null

Null if it is configured not to transmit scattergram data
R DIFF scattergram bitmap In the same structure as RBC histogram bitmap (BMP)
data
R Diff scattergram Structure same as above; unit data type length
metadata length
R Fsc dimension of DIFF Structure same as above; Fsc dimension
scattergram
R Ssc dimension of DIFF Same as above
scattergram
R FL dimension of DIFF Same as above
scattergram
R FSC－LOG dimension of Same as above
DIFF scattergram
R DIFF scattergram binary Structure same as that of RBC histogram binary data;
data same data coding

R BASO scattergram BASO scattergram data transmission is the same as

that of DIFF scatter gram, and it contains the same
number of result records
R RET scattergram RET scattergram data transmission is the same as that
of DIFF scatter gram, and it contains the same number
of result records
R PLT-O scattergram The transmission of the RET bitmap data is the same as
bitmap that of DIFF scattergram
R RET-EXT scattergram The transmission of the RET bitmap data is the same as
bitmap that of DIFF scattergram
R NRBC scattergram BASO scattergram data transmission is the same as
that of DIFF scatter gram, and it contains the same
number of result records

3.6.1.3 Example of Sample Analysis Result Message

Blood Sample:
An example message for a non-Chinese patient
<STX>1H|\^&|1||Mindray^BC-6800^||||||Automated
Count^00001|P|LIS2-A2|20140909170247<CR><ETB>E7<CR><LF>
<STX>2P|1|||patientID2001|Michael^Jordan||20081229160009^5^Y|Male||||||||||||||||Internal medicine|A -

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501^1002<CR><ETB>21<CR><LF>
<STX>3O|1|40139349110||||20140805085635|20140705160009|||Jack|||Virus
infections|20140716160009|Venous blood^|admin||||||20140907160009|||F<CR><ETB>6E<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|1|^Take Mode^^08001|A||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>BC<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|2|^Blood Mode^^08002|W||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>40<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|3|^Test Mode^^08003|CBC+DIFF||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A8<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|4|^Ref Group^^01002|Child||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>7F<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|5|^Remark^^01001|Emergency patient||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>60<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|6|^Recheck flag^^01006|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>14<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|7|^Shelf No^^01012|54||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>88<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|8|^Tube No^^01013|8||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>F8<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|9|^Charge type^^01015|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>83<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|10|^Patient type^^01016|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>38<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|11|^Analyzer^^09001|2#||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>20<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|12|^Project Type^^05007|BL||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B0<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|13|^Custom patient info 1^^01009|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2E<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|14|^Custom patient info 2^^01010|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>29<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|15|^Custom patient info 3^^01011|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2D<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|16|^WBC^^6690-2|15.22|10&S&9/L|4.00^12.00|H^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>85<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|17|^BAS#^^704-7|0.06|10&S&9/L|0.00^0.10|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>BD<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|18|^BAS%^^706-2|0.4|%|0.0^1.0|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>9D<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|19|^NEU#^^751-8|11.66|10&S&9/L|2.00^8.00|H^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>5F<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|20|^NEU%^^770-8|76.6|%|50.0^70.0|H^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>A3<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|21|^EOS#^^711-2|0.02|10&S&9/L|0.02^0.80|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>C3<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|22|^EOS%^^713-8|0.1|%|0.5^5.0|L^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>FB<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|23|^LYM#^^731-0|2.05|10&S&9/L|0.80^7.00|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>DC<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|24|^LYM%^^736-9|13.5|%|20.0^60.0|L^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>A6<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|25|^MON#^^742-7|1.43|10&S&9/L|0.12^1.20|H^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>21<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|26|^MON%^^5905-5|9.4|%|3.0^12.0|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>27<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|27|^RBC^^789-8|2.72|10&S&12/L|3.50^5.20|L^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>42<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|28|^HGB^^718-7|8.8|g/dL|12.0^16.0|L^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>60<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|29|^MCV^^787-2|129.8|fL|80.0^100.0|H^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>78<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|30|^MCH^^785-6|32.2|pg|27.0^34.0|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>CF<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|31|^MCHC^^786-4|24.8|g/dL|31.0^37.0|L^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>D3<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|32|^RDW-CV^^788-0|24.8|%|11.0^16.0|H^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>4E<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|33|^RDW-SD^^21000-5|116.4|fL|35.0^56.0|H^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>64<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|34|^HCT^^4544-3|0.354||0.350^0.490|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D8<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|35|^PLT^^777-3|55|10&S&9/L|100^300|L^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>62<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|36|^MPV^^32623-1|11.7|fL|6.5^12.0|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>05<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|37|^PDW^^32207-3|17.2||15.0^17.0|H^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>BE<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|38|^PCT^^10002|0.064|%|0.108^0.282|L^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>11<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|39|^PLCR^^10014|38.7|%|11.0^45.0|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>82<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|40|^PLCC^^10013|21|10&S&9/L|30^90|L^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>1E<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|41|^IMG#^^51584-1|0.49|10&S&9/L|^|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>B1<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|42|^IMG%^^38518-7|3.2|%|^|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>F6<CR><LF>

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<STX>6R|43|^HFC#^^10020|0.40|10&S&9/L|^|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>2E<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|44|^HFC%^^10021|2.6|%|^|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>78<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|45|^PLT-I^^10022|55|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>53<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|46|^WBC-D^^10024|14.73|10&S&9/L|^|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>C4<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|47|^WBC-B^^10025|15.22|10&S&9/L|^|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>C0<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|48|^PDW-SD^^10031|17.0|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>FC<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|49|^InR#^^10032|0.01|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>77<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|50|^InR‰^^10033|0.00|‰|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>BD<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|51|^WBC^^12227-5|15.22|10&S&9/L|4.00^12.00|H^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>B3<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|52|^Neutrophilia^^12004|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>D0<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|53|^WBC Left Shift?^^17790-7|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2F<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|54|^Imm Granulocytes?^^34165-1|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>C4<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|55|^Atypical Lymphs?^^15192-8|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>5D<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|56|^Anisocytosis^^15150-6|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>4C<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|57|^Macrocytes^^12075|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>00<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|58|^Anemia^^12014|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2C<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|59|^Hypochromia^^15180-3|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>CD<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|60|^HGB Interfere^^12015|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>72<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|61|^Thrombopenia^^12018|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>C2<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|62|^Abn Lympho/ Blasts^^12053|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>3D<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|63|^NRBC?^^12054|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>42<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|64|^RBC Histogram. Left Line^^15051|29||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>1D<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|65|^RBC Histogram. Right Line^^15052|250||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>BF<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|66|^RBC Histogram. Binary Meta Length^^15053|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>44<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|67|^RBC Histogram. Total^^15057|51277||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>95<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|68|^PLT Histogram. Left Line^^15111|3||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>03<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|69|^PLT Histogram. Right Line^^15112|47||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A9<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|70|^PLT Histogram. Binary Meta Length^^15113|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>51<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|71|^PLT Histogram. Total^^15117|1004||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>61<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|72|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Meta len^^15203|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A1<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|73|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Fsc dimension^^15205|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2B<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|74|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15206|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>3B<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|75|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FL dimension^^15207|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A7<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|76|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FSC-LOG
dimension^^15208|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>03<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|77|^Baso Scattergram. Meta Len^^15253|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>F8<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|78|^Baso Scattergram. Fsc dimension^^15255|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A2<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|79|^Baso Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15256|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B2<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|80|^Baso Scattergram. FL dimension^^15257|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>15<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|81|^Baso Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^^15258|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>71<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|82|^RET Scattergram. Meta Len^^15307|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>5F<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|83|^RET Scattergram. Fsc dimension^^15303|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>03<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|84|^RET Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15304|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>13<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|85|^RET Scattergram. FL dimension^^15305|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>77<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|86|^RET Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^^15308|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A7<CR><LF>

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<STX>2R|87|^NRBC Scattergram. Meta Len^^15355|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>9E<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|88|^NRBC Scattergram. Fsc dimension^^15351|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>42<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|89|^NRBC Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15352|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>52<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|90|^NRBC Scattergram. FL dimension^^15353|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B5<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|91|^NRBC Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^^15356|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>E5<CR><LF>
<STX>7L|1|N<CR><ETX>07<CR><LF>

An example message for a Chinese patient

<STX>1H|\^&|1||Mindray^BC-6800^||||||Automated
Count^00001|P|LIS2-A2|20140909170247<CR><ETB>E7<CR><LF>
<STX>2P|1|||patientID2001|张三^||20081229160009^5^Y|Male||||||||||||||||Internal medicine|A -
501^1002<CR><ETB>21<CR><LF>
<STX>3O|1|40139349110||||20140805085635|20140705160009|||Jack|||Virus
infections|20140716160009|Venous
blood^|admin||||||20140907160009|||F<CR><ETB>6E<CR><LF> <STX>4R|1|^Take
Mode^^08001|A||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>BC<CR><LF> <STX>5R|2|^Blood
Mode^^08002|W||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>40<CR><LF> <STX>6R|3|^Test
Mode^^08003|CBC+DIFF||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A8<CR><LF> <STX>7R|4|^Ref
Group^^01002|Child||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>7F<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|5|^Remark^^01001|Emergency patient||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>60<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|6|^Recheck flag^^01006|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>14<CR><LF> <STX>2R|7|^Shelf
No^^01012|54||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>88<CR><LF> <STX>3R|8|^Tube
No^^01013|8||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>F8<CR><LF> <STX>4R|9|^Charge
type^^01015|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>83<CR><LF> <STX>5R|10|^Patient
type^^01016|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>38<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|11|^Analyzer^^09001|2#||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>20<CR><LF> <STX>7R|12|^Project
Type^^05007|BL||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B0<CR><LF> <STX>0R|13|^Custom patient info
1^^01009|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2E<CR><LF> <STX>1R|14|^Custom patient info
2^^01010|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>29<CR><LF> <STX>2R|15|^Custom patient info
3^^01011|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2D<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|16|^WBC^^6690-2|15.22|10&S&9/L|4.00^12.00|H^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>85<CR><LF
> <STX>4R|17|^BAS#^^704-7|0.06|10&S&9/L|0.00^0.10|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>BD<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|18|^BAS%^^706-2|0.4|%|0.0^1.0|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>9D<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|19|^NEU#^^751-8|11.66|10&S&9/L|2.00^8.00|H^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>5F<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|20|^NEU%^^770-8|76.6|%|50.0^70.0|H^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>A3<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|21|^EOS#^^711-2|0.02|10&S&9/L|0.02^0.80|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>C3<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|22|^EOS%^^713-8|0.1|%|0.5^5.0|L^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>FB<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|23|^LYM#^^731-0|2.05|10&S&9/L|0.80^7.00|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>DC<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|24|^LYM%^^736-9|13.5|%|20.0^60.0|L^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>A6<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|25|^MON#^^742-7|1.43|10&S&9/L|0.12^1.20|H^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>21<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|26|^MON%^^5905-5|9.4|%|3.0^12.0|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>27<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|27|^RBC^^789-8|2.72|10&S&12/L|3.50^5.20|L^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>42<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|28|^HGB^^718-7|8.8|g/dL|12.0^16.0|L^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>60<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|29|^MCV^^787-2|129.8|fL|80.0^100.0|H^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>78<CR><LF>

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<STX>1R|30|^MCH^^785-6|32.2|pg|27.0^34.0|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>CF<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|31|^MCHC^^786-4|24.8|g/dL|31.0^37.0|L^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>D3<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|32|^RDW-CV^^788-0|24.8|%|11.0^16.0|H^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>4E<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|33|^RDW-SD^^21000-5|116.4|fL|35.0^56.0|H^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>64<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|34|^HCT^^4544-3|0.354||0.350^0.490|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D8<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|35|^PLT^^777-3|55|10&S&9/L|100^300|L^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>62<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|36|^MPV^^32623-1|11.7|fL|6.5^12.0|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>05<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|37|^PDW^^32207-3|17.2||15.0^17.0|H^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>BE<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|38|^PCT^^10002|0.064|%|0.108^0.282|L^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>11<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|39|^PLCR^^10014|38.7|%|11.0^45.0|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>82<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|40|^PLCC^^10013|21|10&S&9/L|30^90|L^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>1E<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|41|^IMG#^^51584-1|0.49|10&S&9/L|^|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>B1<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|42|^IMG%^^38518-7|3.2|%|^|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>F6<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|43|^HFC#^^10020|0.40|10&S&9/L|^|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>2E<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|44|^HFC%^^10021|2.6|%|^|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>78<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|45|^PLT-I^^10022|55|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>53<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|46|^WBC-D^^10024|14.73|10&S&9/L|^|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>C4<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|47|^WBC-B^^10025|15.22|10&S&9/L|^|^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>C0<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|48|^PDW-SD^^10031|17.0|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>FC<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|49|^InR#^^10032|0.01|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>77<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|50|^InR‰^^10033|0.00|‰|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>BD<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|51|^WBC^^12227-5|15.22|10&S&9/L|4.00^12.00|H^^A^^^^<CR><ETB>B3<CR><L
F> <STX>7R|52|^Neutrophilia^^12004|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>D0<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|53|^WBC Left Shift?^^17790-7|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2F<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|54|^Imm Granulocytes?^^34165-1|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>C4<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|55|^Atypical Lymphs?^^15192-8|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>5D<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|56|^Anisocytosis^^15150-6|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>4C<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|57|^Macrocytes^^12075|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>00<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|58|^Anemia^^12014|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2C<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|59|^Hypochromia^^15180-3|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>CD<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|60|^HGB Interfere^^12015|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>72<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|61|^Thrombopenia^^12018|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>C2<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|62|^Abn Lympho/ Blasts^^12053|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>3D<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|63|^NRBC?^^12054|T||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>42<CR><LF> <STX>3R|64|^RBC
Histogram. Left Line^^15051|29||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>1D<CR><LF> <STX>4R|65|^RBC
Histogram. Right Line^^15052|250||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>BF<CR><LF> <STX>5R|66|^RBC
Histogram. Binary Meta Length^^15053|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>44<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|67|^RBC Histogram. Total^^15057|51277||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>95<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|68|^PLT Histogram. Left Line^^15111|3||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>03<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|69|^PLT Histogram. Right Line^^15112|47||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A9<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|70|^PLT Histogram. Binary Meta
Length^^15113|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>51<CR><LF> <STX>2R|71|^PLT Histogram.
Total^^15117|1004||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>61<CR><LF> <STX>3R|72|^WBC DIFF Scattergram.
Meta len^^15203|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A1<CR><LF> <STX>4R|73|^WBC DIFF Scattergram.
Fsc dimension^^15205|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2B<CR><LF> <STX>5R|74|^WBC DIFF

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Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15206|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>3B<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|75|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FL
dimension^^15207|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A7<CR><LF> <STX>7R|76|^WBC DIFF
Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^^15208|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>03<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|77|^Baso Scattergram. Meta Len^^15253|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>F8<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|78|^Baso Scattergram. Fsc
dimension^^15255|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A2<CR><LF> <STX>2R|79|^Baso Scattergram.
Ssc dimension^^15256|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B2<CR><LF> <STX>3R|80|^Baso
Scattergram. FL dimension^^15257|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>15<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|81|^Baso Scattergram. FSC-LOG
dimension^^15258|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>71<CR><LF> <STX>5R|82|^RET Scattergram.
Meta Len^^15307|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>5F<CR><LF> <STX>6R|83|^RET Scattergram. Fsc
dimension^^15303|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>03<CR><LF> <STX>7R|84|^RET Scattergram.
Ssc dimension^^15304|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>13<CR><LF> <STX>0R|85|^RET
Scattergram. FL dimension^^15305|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>77<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|86|^RET Scattergram FSC-LOG
dimension^^15308|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A7<CR><LF> <STX>2R|87|^NRBC Scattergram.
Meta Len^^15355|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>9E<CR><LF> <STX>3R|88|^NRBC Scattergram.
Fsc dimension^^15351|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>42<CR><LF> <STX>4R|89|^NRBC
Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15352|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>52<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|90|^NRBC Scattergram. FL
dimension^^15353|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B5<CR><LF> <STX>6R|91|^NRBC Scattergram
FSC-LOG dimension^^15356|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>E5<CR><LF>
<STX>7L|1|N<CR><ETX>07<CR><LF>

Body fluid sample:

<STX>1H|\^&|1||Mindray^BC-6800^||||||Automated
Count^00001|P|LIS2-A2|20140910100915<CR><ETB>DA<CR><LF>
<STX>2P|1||||^||^^||||||||||||||||||^<CR><ETB>54<CR><LF>
<STX>3O|1|0815-13||||20140815141621|||||||||^|service|||||||||F<CR><ETB>94<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|1|^Take Mode^^08001|O||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>CA<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|2|^Blood Mode^^08002|B||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2B<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|3|^Test Mode^^08003|CBC+DIFF||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A8<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|4|^Ref Group^^01002|General||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>59<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|5|^Remark^^01001|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>AC<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|6|^Recheck flag^^01006|F||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>06<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|7|^Shelf No^^01012|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>1F<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|8|^Tube No^^01013|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>C0<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|9|^Charge type^^01015|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>83<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|10|^Patient type^^01016|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>38<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|11|^Analyzer^^09001|x1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>74<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|12|^Project Type^^05007|BF||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>AA<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|13|^Custom patient info 1^^01009|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2E<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|14|^Custom patient info 2^^01010|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>29<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|15|^Custom patient info 3^^01011|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2D<CR><LF>

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<STX>3R|16|^WBC-BF^^57845-0|0.000|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>78<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|17|^RBC-BF^^23860-0|0.000|10&S&12/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>95<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|18|^MN#^^26490-3|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>5E<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|19|^MN%^^26493-7|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>DA<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|20|^PMN#^^10034|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>3C<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|21|^PMN%^^10035|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>AA<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|22|^TC-BF#^^10036|0.000|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>E1<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|23|^Eos-BF#^^35063-7|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>98<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|24|^Eos-BF%^^26452-3|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>0B<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|25|^HF-BF#^^10037|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>99<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|26|^HF-BF%^^10038|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>0F<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|27|^RBC-BF-R^^10039|0.0000|10&S&12/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>E4<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|28|^Neu-BF#^^10044|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>37<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|29|^Neu-BF%^^10045|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>A5<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|30|^RBC Histogram. Left Line^^15051|10||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>0A<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|31|^RBC Histogram. Right Line^^15052|250||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B6<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|32|^RBC Histogram. Binary Meta Length^^15053|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>3B<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|33|^RBC Histogram. Total^^15057|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B6<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|34|^PLT Histogram. Left Line^^15111|3||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>FA<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|35|^PLT Histogram. Right Line^^15112|39||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A9<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|36|^PLT Histogram. Binary Meta Length^^15113|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>59<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|37|^PLT Histogram. Total^^15117|21||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>FF<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|38|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Meta len^^15203|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A1<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|39|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Fsc dimension^^15205|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2B<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|40|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15206|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>32<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|41|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FL dimension^^15207|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>9E<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|42|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FSC-LOG
dimension^^15208|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>FA<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|43|^Baso Scattergram. Meta Len^^15253|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>F7<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|44|^Baso Scattergram. Fsc dimension^^15255|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A1<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|45|^Baso Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15256|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A9<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|46|^Baso Scattergram. FL dimension^^15257|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>15<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|47|^Baso Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^^15258|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>71<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|48|^RET Scattergram. Meta Len^^15307|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>5F<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|49|^RET Scattergram. Fsc dimension^^15303|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>03<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|50|^RET Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15304|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>0A<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|51|^RET Scattergram. FL dimension^^15305|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>76<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|52|^RET Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^^15308|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A6<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|53|^NRBC Scattergram. Meta Len^^15355|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>95<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|54|^NRBC Scattergram. Fsc dimension^^15351|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>39<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|55|^NRBC Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15352|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>49<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|56|^NRBC Scattergram. FL dimension^^15353|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B5<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|57|^NRBC Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^^15356|128||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>E5<CR><LF>
<STX>5L|1|N<CR><ETX>05<CR><LF>

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3.6.2 QC Message
3.6.2.1 Record Structure
Record Structure:
1 Header
2 Order
3 Result1
4 Result2
5 Result3
......
n Message Terminator

For QC programs with multiple results, the parameters are transmitted in the following order:
1 WBC1
……
44 InR‰
45 WBC-C
46 WBC
……
90 WBC-C
For X mean R QC and XM QC, 2 results and the mean value shall be transmitted.
3.6.2.2 Content of QC Data
Content of QC message for communication:

Record Record Field Position: Component Value Value Description

Type Value Content
H Message 12: message type QC result See Table 26 OBR-4
Header and ASTM Message
Record Type Codes
O QC 3: Sample ID Sample ID Reserved; null
information 7: time of analysis Time of analysis YYYYMMDDHHMMSS;
what displayed on
screen
17: operator Operator What displayed on
screen
26: report type Result F, fixed
R Presentation 2: ID ID See Appendix C for data
mode type and coding system
ID See Appendix C for data
type and coding system
4: result Presentation mode See Appendix C for HL7
and ASTM enumeration

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Record Record Field Position: Component Value Value Description
Type Value Content
definition
5: unit Null
6: reference range Null
7: flag Null
R Blood Mode Value same as above
R Analysis Value same as above
mode
R Level of 4: result; H – high; M – normal; L – low; values of other fields same
control as above
R Date edited 4: result; E – date edited; null – date not edited Values of other fields
flag same as above
R Time edited 4: result; E – date edited; null – date not edited Values of other fields
flag same as above
R Expiration 4: result; expiration date of the control (YYMMDDHHMMSS) Values
date of other fields same as above
R QC File No. 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as above
R Lot No. 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as above
R Analyzer 4: result, value displayed on screen; other values same as above.
Name
R WBC: white 2: ID; format same as above; see data type and coding system in
blood cell Appendix C for the value
count 4: result Sample Analysis What displayed on
Result screen
5: unit Unit of sample What displayed on
analysis result screen
6: limit Upper limit What displayed on
screen
Lower limit What displayed on
screen
7: flag High/Low flags H – high flag; L – low
flag
Result edited flag E – result edited
Suspicious flag Reserved; null
Reagent expiration Reserved; null
flag (reserved
component)
Temperature flag Reserved; null
Result corrected Reserved; null
flag
Out of linearity Reserved; null
range flag
R Bas# Basophil number: value same as above

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Record Record Field Position: Component Value Value Description
Type Value Content
R Bas% Basophil percentage: value same as above

R Neu# Neutrophil number: value same as above

R Neu% Neutrophil percentage: value same as above
R Eos# Eosinophil number: value same as above
R Eos% Eosinophil percentage: value same as above
R Lymph# Lymphocyte number: value same as above
R Lymph% Lymphocyte percentage: value same as above
R Mon# Monocyte number: value same as above
R Mon% Monocyte percentage: value same as above
R RBC Red Blood Cell count: value same as above
R HGB Hemoglobin Concentration: value same as above
R MCV Mean Corpuscular Volume: value same as above
R MCH Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin: value same as above
R MCHC Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration: value same as above
R RDW-CV Red Blood Cell Distribution Width - Coefficient of Variation: value
same as above
R RDW-SD Red Blood Cell Distribution Width - Standard Deviation: value same
as above
R HCT Hematocrit: value same as above
R PLT Platelet count: value same as above
R MPV Mean Platelet Volume: value same as above
R PDW Platelet Distribution Width: value same as above
R PCT Plateletcrit: value same as above
R RET# Reticulocyte number: value same as above
R RET% Reticulocyte percentage: value same as above
R IRF Immature Reticulocyte Fraction: value same as above
R LFR Low Fluorescent Ratio: value same as above
R MFR Middle Fluorescent Ratio: value same as above
R HFR High Fluorescent Ratio: value same as above
R NRBC# Nucleated Red Blood Cell count: value same as above
R NRBC% Nucleated Red Blood Cell percentage: value same as above
R P-LCR Platelet-Large Cell Ratio: value same as above
R P-LCC Platelet- Large Cell Count: value same as above
R IMG# Immature Granulocyte: value same as above
R IMG% Immature Granulocyte percentage: value same as above

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Record Record Field Position: Component Value Value Description
Type Value Content
R RBC-O Optical Red Blood Cell count: value same as above
R PLT-O Optical Platelet count: value same as above
R HFC# High fluorescent Cell number: value same as above
R HFC% High fluorescent Cell percentage: value same as above
R PLT-I Platelet count- Impedance: value same as above
R WBC-R White Blood Cell count -RET: value same as above
R WBC-D White Blood Cell count -DIFF: value same as above
R WBC-B White Blood Cell count -BASO: value same as above
R WBC-N White Blood Cell count -NRBC: value same as above
R PDW-SD Platelet Distribution Width – Standard Deviation: value same as
above
R InR# Infected Red Blood Cell count: value same as above

R InR‰ Infected Red Blood Cell permillage: value same as above

R WBC-C Corrected WBC value: value same as above

R IMG# Immature Granulocyte: value same as above

R IMG% Immature Granulocyte percentage: value same as above

R IPF Immature Platelet Fraction: value same as above

R Micro# Microcyte count: value same as above

R Micro% Microcyte percentage: value same as above

R Macro# Macrocyte count: value same as above

R Macro% Macrocyte percentage: value same as above

R MRV Mean Reticulocyte Volume: value same as above

R RHE Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Expression (RUO): value same as above

R RHE Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Expression: value same as above

R Neu-BF# Neutrophils number- body fluid: value same as above

R Neu-BF% Neutrophils percentage- body fluid: value same as above

R Band% Neutrophils, band: value same as above

R Seg% Neutrophils, segmented: value same as above

R ALY% Atypical lymphocytes: value same as above

R Pla-Aly% Atypical lymphocytes (plasmacytes) : value same as above

R Mon-Aly% Atypical lymphocytes (monocytes) : value same as above

R Imm-Aly% Atypical lymphocytes (immature) : value same as above

R Other-Aly% Atypical lymphocytes (others) : value same as above

R Meta% Neutrophils, metamyelocyte: value same as above

R Myelo% Neutrophils, myelocyte: value same as above

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Record Record Field Position: Component Value Value Description
Type Value Content
R Pro-Myelo% Neutrophils, promyelocyte: value same as above

R Imm-Eos% Eosinophils (immature) : value same as above

R Imm-Bas% Basophils (immature) : value same as above

R Blast% Blasts: value same as above

R Mye-Blast% Myeloblasts: value same as above

R Mon-blast% Monoblasts: value same as above

R Lym-blast% Lymphoblasts: value same as above

R IMG/Blast% Blast and immature granulocytes: value same as above

R Pro-Lym% Immature lymphocytes: value same as above

R Pro-Mon% Immature monocytes: value same as above

R Plsm-cell% Plasmacytes: value same as above

3.6.2.3 Example of L-J QC Message

LJ QC sample message transmitted in the format of QC sample messages
<STX>1H|\^&|2||Mindray^BC-6800^||||||LJ
QCR^00003|P|LIS2-A2|20140909171830<CR><ETB>B8<CR><LF>
<STX>2O|1|||||20140820201334|||||||||^|admin|||||||||F<CR><ETB>46<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|1|^Take Mode^^08001|A||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>BB<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|2|^Blood Mode^^08002|W||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>3F<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|3|^Test Mode^^08003|CBC+DIFF||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A7<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|4|^Qc Level^^05001|H||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>67<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|5|^QC test date modify flag^^05002|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>EA<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|6|^QC test time modify flag^^05003|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>F6<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|7|^Qc valid date^^05004|20141111000000||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A1<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|8|^Qc file No^^05005|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>D9<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|9|^Qc lot No^^05006|MB034H||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>C8<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|10|^Analyzer^^09001|1#||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>1C<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|11|^WBC^^6690-2|19.50|10&S&9/L|16.44^21.44|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>8F<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|12|^BAS#^^704-7|0.54|10&S&9/L|0.22^0.80|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D5<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|13|^BAS%^^706-2|2.8|%|1.2^4.2|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>B5<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|14|^NEU#^^751-8|13.08|10&S&9/L|10.71^14.71|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>83<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|15|^NEU%^^770-8|67.0|%|57.1^77.1|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>70<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|16|^EOS#^^711-2|1.85|10&S&9/L|0.50^2.90|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>E8<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|17|^EOS%^^713-8|9.5|%|3.0^15.0|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>FE<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|18|^LYM#^^731-0|3.53|10&S&9/L|2.00^5.20|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>ED<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|19|^LYM%^^736-9|18.1|%|11.0^27.0|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>71<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|20|^MON#^^742-7|0.50|10&S&9/L|0.00^1.22|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>DF<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|21|^MON%^^5905-5|2.6|%|0.0^5.7|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>02<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|22|^RBC^^789-8|5.59|10&S&12/L|5.57^6.17|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>03<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|23|^HGB^^718-7|17.8|g/dL|17.2^18.8|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>57<CR><LF>

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<STX>2R|24|^MCV^^787-2|106.6|fL|93.2^103.2|H^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>79<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|25|^MCH^^785-6|31.7|pg|28.2^33.2|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>EA<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|26|^MCHC^^786-4|29.8|g/dL|28.2^34.2|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>A6<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|27|^RDW-CV^^788-0|15.9|%|8.7^20.7|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>EC<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|28|^RDW-SD^^21000-5|61.8|fL|39.2^63.2|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>FB<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|29|^HCT^^4544-3|0.596||0.546^0.606|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>EC<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|30|^PLT^^777-3|418|10&S&9/L|415^545|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>52<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|31|^MPV^^32623-1|10.8|fL|8.3^14.3|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>FF<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|32|^PDW^^32207-3|16.4||11.5^21.5|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>75<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|33|^PCT^^10002|0.450|%|0.342^0.742|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>C2<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|34|^PLCR^^10014|32.9|%|26.3^46.3|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>88<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|35|^PLCC^^10013|137|10&S&9/L|124^224|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>73<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|36|^IMG#^^51584-1|0.52|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>BE<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|37|^IMG%^^38518-7|2.7|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>0D<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|38|^HFC#^^10020|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>35<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|39|^HFC%^^10021|0.0|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>7B<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|40|^PLT-I^^10022|418|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>83<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|41|^WBC-D^^10024|19.84|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D5<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|42|^WBC-B^^10025|19.50|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>CF<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|43|^PDW-SD^^10031|14.1|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>F7<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|44|^InR#^^10032|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>73<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|45|^InR‰^^10033|0.00|‰|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>C3<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|46|^WBC^^12227-5|19.50|10&S&9/L|16.44^21.44|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>BE<CR><LF>
<STX>1L|1|N<CR><ETX>01<CR><LF>

LJ QC sample message transmitted in the format of common sample messages

<STX>1H|\^&|2||Mindray^BC-6800^||||||Automated
Count^00001|P|LIS2-A2|20140909171936<CR><ETB>EE<CR><LF>
<STX>2P|1||||^||^^||||||||||||||||||^<CR><ETB>54<CR><LF>
<STX>3O|1|1MB999||||20140820201334|||||||||^|admin|||||||||F<CR><ETB>B2<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|1|^Take Mode^^08001|A||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>BC<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|2|^Blood Mode^^08002|W||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>40<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|3|^Test Mode^^08003|CBC+DIFF||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A8<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|4|^Ref Group^^01002|General||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>59<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|5|^Remark^^01001|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>AC<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|6|^Recheck flag^^01006|F||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>06<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|7|^Shelf No^^01012|??||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>9D<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|8|^Tube No^^01013|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>F0<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|9|^Charge type^^01015|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>83<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|10|^Patient type^^01016|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>38<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|11|^Analyzer^^09001|1#||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>1F<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|12|^Project Type^^05007|BL||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B0<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|13|^Custom patient info 1^^01009|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2E<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|14|^Custom patient info 2^^01010|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>29<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|15|^Custom patient info 3^^01011|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>2D<CR><LF>

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<STX>3R|16|^WBC^^6690-2|19.50|10&S&9/L|16.44^21.44|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>92<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|17|^BAS#^^704-7|0.54|10&S&9/L|0.22^0.80|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D8<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|18|^BAS%^^706-2|2.8|%|1.2^4.2|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>B8<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|19|^NEU#^^751-8|13.08|10&S&9/L|10.71^14.71|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>8E<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|20|^NEU%^^770-8|67.0|%|57.1^77.1|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>72<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|21|^EOS#^^711-2|1.85|10&S&9/L|0.50^2.90|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>E2<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|22|^EOS%^^713-8|9.5|%|3.0^15.0|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>F8<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|23|^LYM#^^731-0|3.53|10&S&9/L|2.00^5.20|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>E7<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|24|^LYM%^^736-9|18.1|%|11.0^27.0|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>6B<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|25|^MON#^^742-7|0.50|10&S&9/L|0.00^1.22|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>E2<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|26|^MON%^^5905-5|2.6|%|0.0^5.7|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>05<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|27|^RBC^^789-8|5.59|10&S&12/L|5.57^6.17|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>0E<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|28|^HGB^^718-7|17.8|g/dL|17.2^18.8|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>62<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|29|^MCV^^787-2|106.6|fL|93.2^103.2|H^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>7C<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|30|^MCH^^785-6|31.7|pg|28.2^33.2|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>E4<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|31|^MCHC^^786-4|29.8|g/dL|28.2^34.2|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>A0<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|32|^RDW-CV^^788-0|15.9|%|8.7^20.7|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>E6<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|33|^RDW-SD^^21000-5|61.8|fL|39.2^63.2|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>F5<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|34|^HCT^^4544-3|0.596||0.546^0.606|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>E6<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|35|^PLT^^777-3|418|10&S&9/L|415^545|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>5D<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|36|^MPV^^32623-1|10.8|fL|8.3^14.3|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>0A<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|37|^PDW^^32207-3|16.4||11.5^21.5|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>78<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|38|^PCT^^10002|0.450|%|0.342^0.742|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>C5<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|39|^PLCR^^10014|32.9|%|26.3^46.3|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>8B<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|40|^PLCC^^10013|137|10&S&9/L|124^224|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>6D<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|41|^IMG#^^51584-1|0.52|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>B8<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|42|^IMG%^^38518-7|2.7|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>07<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|43|^HFC#^^10020|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>37<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|44|^HFC%^^10021|0.0|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>7D<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|45|^PLT-I^^10022|418|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>86<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|46|^WBC-D^^10024|19.84|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D8<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|47|^WBC-B^^10025|19.50|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D2<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|48|^PDW-SD^^10031|14.1|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>FA<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|49|^InR#^^10032|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>76<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|50|^InR‰^^10033|0.00|‰|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>BD<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|51|^WBC^^12227-5|19.50|10&S&9/L|16.44^21.44|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>C0<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|52|^RBC Histogram. Left Line^^15051|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>E3<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|53|^RBC Histogram. Right Line^^15052|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>51<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|54|^RBC Histogram. Binary Meta Length^^15053|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>3D<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|55|^RBC Histogram. Total^^15057|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B8<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|56|^PLT Histogram. Left Line^^15111|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>F9<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|57|^PLT Histogram. Right Line^^15112|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>6F<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|58|^PLT Histogram. Binary Meta Length^^15113|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>5B<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|59|^PLT Histogram. Total^^15117|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>D6<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|60|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Meta len^^15203|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A2<CR><LF>

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<STX>0R|61|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Fsc dimension^^15205|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B9<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|62|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15206|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>C9<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|63|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FL dimension^^15207|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>35<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|64|^WBC DIFF Scattergram. FSC-LOG
dimension^^15208|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>91<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|65|^Baso Scattergram. Meta Len^^15253|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>F9<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|66|^Baso Scattergram. Fsc dimension^^15255|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>38<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|67|^Baso Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15256|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>48<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|68|^Baso Scattergram. FL dimension^^15257|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>B4<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|69|^Baso Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^^15258|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>08<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|70|^RET Scattergram. Meta Len^^15307|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>58<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|71|^RET Scattergram. Fsc dimension^^15303|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>91<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|72|^RET Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15304|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A1<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|73|^RET Scattergram. FL dimension^^15305|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>0D<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|74|^RET Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^^15308|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>3D<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|75|^NRBC Scattergram. Meta Len^^15355|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>9F<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|76|^NRBC Scattergram. Fsc dimension^^15351|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>D8<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|77|^NRBC Scattergram. Ssc dimension^^15352|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>E0<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|78|^NRBC Scattergram. FL dimension^^15353|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>4C<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|79|^NRBC Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^^15356|0||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>7C<CR><LF>
<STX>3L|1|N<CR><ETX>03<CR><LF>

3.6.2.4 Example of X Mean R QC Message

<STX>1H|\^&|1||Mindray^BC-6800^||||||XR
QCR^00006|P|LIS2-A2|20140910101433<CR><ETB>BE<CR><LF>
<STX>2O|1|||||20140909195007|||||||||^|admin|||||||||F<CR><ETB>57<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|1|^Take Mode^^08001|O||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>C9<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|2|^Blood Mode^^08002|W||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>3F<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|3|^Test Mode^^08003|CBC+DIFF||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A7<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|4|^Qc Level^^05001|M||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>6C<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|5|^QC test date modify flag^^05002|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>EA<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|6|^QC test time modify flag^^05003|||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>F6<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|7|^Qc valid date^^05004|20140909000000||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>AF<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|8|^Qc file No^^05005|1||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>D9<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|9|^Qc lot No^^05006|12||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>BD<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|10|^Analyzer^^09001|11#||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>4D<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|11|^WBC^^6690-2|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>5A<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|12|^BAS#^^704-7|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>2E<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|13|^BAS%^^706-2|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>7B<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|14|^NEU#^^751-8|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>3F<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|15|^NEU%^^770-8|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>90<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|16|^EOS#^^711-2|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>38<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|17|^EOS%^^713-8|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>90<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|18|^LYM#^^731-0|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>47<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|19|^LYM%^^736-9|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>A5<CR><LF>

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<STX>6R|20|^MON#^^742-7|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>43<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|21|^MON%^^5905-5|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>C7<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|22|^RBC^^789-8|0.00|10&S&12/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>55<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|23|^HGB^^718-7|0.1|mmol/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>6B<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|24|^MCV^^787-2|****|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>1E<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|25|^MCH^^785-6|****|amol|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>0B<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|26|^MCHC^^786-4|****|mmol/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D6<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|27|^RDW-CV^^788-0|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>3E<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|28|^RDW-SD^^21000-5|****|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>41<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|29|^HCT^^4544-3|0.000|L/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>A8<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|30|^PLT^^777-3|0|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>AD<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|31|^MPV^^32623-1|****|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>81<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|32|^PDW^^32207-3|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>C9<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|33|^PCT^^10002|****|mL/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>90<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|34|^PLCR^^10014|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D0<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|35|^PLCC^^10013|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>51<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|36|^HFC#^^10020|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>23<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|37|^HFC%^^10021|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>99<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|38|^PLT-I^^10022|0|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>1B<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|39|^WBC-D^^10024|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>94<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|40|^WBC-B^^10025|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>8C<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|41|^PDW-SD^^10031|****|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D7<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|42|^InR#^^10032|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>59<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|43|^InR‰^^10033|****|‰|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>A9<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|44|^WBC^^12227-5|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>8D<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|45|^IMG#^^51584-1|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>A2<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|46|^IMG%^^38518-7|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>F2<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|47|^Micro#^^15199-3|****|10&S&12/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>E9<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|48|^Micro%^^10042|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>C2<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|49|^Macro#^^15198-5|****|10&S&12/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>E6<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|50|^Macro%^^10040|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>B3<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|51|^WBC^^6690-2|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>5E<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|52|^BAS#^^704-7|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>32<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|53|^BAS%^^706-2|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>7F<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|54|^NEU#^^751-8|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>43<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|55|^NEU%^^770-8|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>94<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|56|^EOS#^^711-2|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>3C<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|57|^EOS%^^713-8|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>94<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|58|^LYM#^^731-0|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>4B<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|59|^LYM%^^736-9|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>A9<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|60|^MON#^^742-7|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>47<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|61|^MON%^^5905-5|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>CB<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|62|^RBC^^789-8|0.00|10&S&12/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>59<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|63|^HGB^^718-7|0.1|mmol/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>6F<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|64|^MCV^^787-2|****|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>22<CR><LF>

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<STX>3R|65|^MCH^^785-6|****|amol|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>0F<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|66|^MCHC^^786-4|****|mmol/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>DA<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|67|^RDW-CV^^788-0|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>42<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|68|^RDW-SD^^21000-5|****|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>45<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|69|^HCT^^4544-3|0.000|L/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>AC<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|70|^PLT^^777-3|0|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>B1<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|71|^MPV^^32623-1|****|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>85<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|72|^PDW^^32207-3|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>CD<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|73|^PCT^^10002|****|mL/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>94<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|74|^PLCR^^10014|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D4<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|75|^PLCC^^10013|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>55<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|76|^HFC#^^10020|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>27<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|77|^HFC%^^10021|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>9D<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|78|^PLT-I^^10022|0|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>1F<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|79|^WBC-D^^10024|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>98<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|80|^WBC-B^^10025|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>90<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|81|^PDW-SD^^10031|****|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>DB<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|82|^InR#^^10032|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>5D<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|83|^InR‰^^10033|****|‰|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>AD<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|84|^WBC^^12227-5|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>91<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|85|^IMG#^^51584-1|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>A6<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|86|^IMG%^^38518-7|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>F6<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|87|^Micro#^^15199-3|****|10&S&12/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>ED<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|88|^Micro%^^10042|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>C6<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|89|^Macro#^^15198-5|****|10&S&12/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>EA<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|90|^Macro%^^10040|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>B7<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|91|^WBC^^6690-2|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>62<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|92|^BAS#^^704-7|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>36<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|93|^BAS%^^706-2|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>83<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|94|^NEU#^^751-8|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>47<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|95|^NEU%^^770-8|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>98<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|96|^EOS#^^711-2|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>40<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|97|^EOS%^^713-8|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>98<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|98|^LYM#^^731-0|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>4F<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|99|^LYM%^^736-9|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>AD<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|100|^MON#^^742-7|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>72<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|101|^MON%^^5905-5|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>F6<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|102|^RBC^^789-8|0.00|10&S&12/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>84<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|103|^HGB^^718-7|0.1|mmol/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>9A<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|104|^MCV^^787-2|****|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>4D<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|105|^MCH^^785-6|****|amol|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>3A<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|106|^MCHC^^786-4|****|mmol/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>05<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|107|^RDW-CV^^788-0|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>6D<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|108|^RDW-SD^^21000-5|****|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>70<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|109|^HCT^^4544-3|0.000|L/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D7<CR><LF>

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<STX>0R|110|^PLT^^777-3|0|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>DC<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|111|^MPV^^32623-1|****|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>B0<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|112|^PDW^^32207-3|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>F8<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|113|^PCT^^10002|****|mL/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>BF<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|114|^PLCR^^10014|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>FF<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|115|^PLCC^^10013|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>80<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|116|^HFC#^^10020|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>52<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|117|^HFC%^^10021|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>C8<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|118|^PLT-I^^10022|0|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>4A<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|119|^WBC-D^^10024|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>C3<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|120|^WBC-B^^10025|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>BB<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|121|^PDW-SD^^10031|****|fL|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>06<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|122|^InR#^^10032|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>88<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|123|^InR‰^^10033|****|‰|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D8<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|124|^WBC^^12227-5|0.00|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>BC<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|125|^IMG#^^51584-1|****|10&S&9/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>D1<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|126|^IMG%^^38518-7|****||^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>21<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|127|^Micro#^^15199-3|****|10&S&12/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>18<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|128|^Micro%^^10042|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>F1<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|129|^Macro#^^15198-5|****|10&S&12/L|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>15<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|130|^Macro%^^10040|****|%|^|^^N^^^^<CR><ETB>E2<CR><LF>
<STX>5L|1|N<CR><ETX>05<CR><LF>

3.6.3 Bi-Directional LIS/HIS Request Message

3.6.3.1 Record Structure
Record Structure:
1 Header
2 Request
3 Message Terminator
3.6.3.2 Content of Request Message
Content of bidirectional LIS/HIS request:
Record Record Field Position: Component Value Value Description
Type Value Content
H Message 3: message ID Message ID Message ID, which is
Header also used in analysis
Record result messages
12: message type Worklist request See Table 26 OBR-4
and ASTM Message
Type Codes
Q Request 3: Sample ID Sample ID What displayed on
information screen
7: time of request Time of request YYYYMMDDHHMMSS;
time when the message

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Record Record Field Position: Component Value Value Description
Type Value Content
is generated
11: Sample type Sample type “BL”: blood
“BF”: body fluid

3.6.3.3 Example of Request Message

Blood sample:
<STX>1H|\^&|2||Mindray^BC-6800^||||||Worksheet
request^00010|P|LIS2-A2|20140909163557<CR><ETB>06<CR><LF>
<STX>2Q|1|SampleID4001||||20140909163557||||BL<CR><ETB>AF<CR><LF>
<STX>3L|1|N<CR><ETX>03<CR><LF>

Body fluid sample:

<STX>1H|\^&|1||Mindray^BC-6800^||||||Worksheet
request^00010|P|LIS2-A2|20140909163815<CR><ETB>02<CR><LF>
<STX>2Q|1|SampleID4001||||20140909163815||||BF<CR><ETB>A6<CR><LF>
<STX>3L|1|N<CR><ETX>03<CR><LF>

3.6.4 Bi-Directional LIS/HIS Response Message

3.6.4.1 Record Structure
Record Structure:
1 Header
2 Patient
3 Order
4 Result1
5 Result2
6 Result3
......
n Message Terminator
3.6.4.2 Content of Request Response
Result of request response
Record Record Field Position: Component Value Value Description
Type Value Content
H Record 3: message ID Message ID Use the ID of the
header request message
12: message type Result of worklist See Table 26 OBR-4
request and ASTM Message
Type Codes
P Patient 5: Patient ID The patient ID
information displayed on
screen
6: Patient name First name First name of patient

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Record Record Field Position: Component Value Value Description
Type Value Content
Last Name Last name of patient
8: date of birth Date of birth YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
Age
Age unit Available age units: null,
Y, M, W, D, and H,
indicating null, year,
month, week, day, and
hour respectively
9: gender Gender What displayed on
screen
25: department Department What displayed on
screen
26: location Inpatient zone What displayed on
screen
Bed No. What displayed on
screen
O Sample 3: Sample ID Sample ID ID of the requested
Information sample
8: Time of sample Time of sample YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
collection collection
11: The person The person who String in UI
who ordered the ordered the
analysis analysis
14: clinical Clinical diagnosis What displayed on
diagnosis screen
15: Date/Time Date/Time when YYYYMMDDHHMMSS;
when the the specimen is what displayed on
specimen is received screen
received
16: sample type Sample type What displayed on
screen
Sample source Reserved; null
26: report type Result of request Q – result of request is
found
Y – result of request is
not found
X – skip sample for
analysis
R Presentation 2: ID ID name See Appendix C for data
mode type and coding system
ID See Appendix C for data
type and coding system

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Record Record Field Position: Component Value Value Description
Type Value Content
4: result Presentation mode See Appendix C for HL7
and ASTM enumeration
definition
5: unit Null
6: reference range Null
7: flag Null
R Blood Mode Value same as above
R Analysis Value same as above
mode
R Sample type Value same as above
R SerialNumber Value same as above, applicable to integrated analyzer only.
R Reference 4: result, value displayed on screen; other values same as above
group
R Remarks 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as above
R Payer 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as above
R Patient type 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as above
R Custom1 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as above
R Custom2 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as above
R Custom3 4: result, value displayed on screen; value same as above
Note: when the “ProjectType” item in the response message is consistent with the
“ProjectType” item in the request message (see “BL/BF” in 3.6.3), this item can be excluded in
the response message. If not, transmit the “ProjectType” item as requested.
The OBX items “BloodMode” and “Take Mode” are not mandatory in the response. If they are
not included in the response message, the instrument analyzes the sample in the mode
defined in the “Setup” screen of the main unit. If it is included in the response message, the
instrument analyzes the sample in the responded mode. If the “ProjectType” corresponding to
this “BloodMode” in the response and the request are not the same. It it required to transmit
the “ProjectType” item in the response message.The OBX item “Test Mode” is mandatory in
the response.

3.6.4.3 Example of Request Response Message

An example of request having been successfully answered is shown below. The sample is
successfully found and analyzed, the response code is “Q”.
An example message for a Chinese patient:
<STX>1H|\^&|1||Mindray^BC-6800^||||||Worksheet
response^00011|P|LIS2-A2|20140909165555<CR><ETB>6C<CR><LF>
<STX>2P|1|||patientID2001|张三^||20090210000000^6^Y|Male||||||||||||||||Internal medicine|A -
501^1002<CR><ETB>08<CR><LF>
<STX>3O|1|SampleID4001|||||20090307103000|||Jack|||Virus
infections|20090307103100|Venous blood^||||||||||Q<CR><ETB>46<CR><LF>

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<STX>4R|1|^Test Mode^^08003|CBC+DIFF||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A4<CR><LF>
<STX>5R|2|^Ref Group^^01002|Child||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>7B<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|3|^Remark^^01001|Emergency patient||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>64<CR><LF>
<STX>7R|4|^Charge type^^01015|Public||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>E0<CR><LF>
<STX>0R|5|^Patient type^^01016|Outpatient||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>34<CR><LF>
<STX>1R|6|^SerialNumber^^08005|3||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>53<CR><LF>
<STX>2R|7|^Custom patient info 1^^01009|Nothing||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>DA<CR><LF>
<STX>3R|8|^Custom patient info 2^^01010|Nothing||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>D5<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|9|^Custom patient info 3^^01011|Nothing||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>D9<CR><LF>
<STX>5L|1|N<CR><ETX>05<CR><LF>

An example message for a non-Chinese patient:

<STX>1H|\^&|1||Mindray^BC-6800^||||||Worksheet
response^00011|P|LIS2-A2|20140909165555<CR><ETB>6C<CR><LF>

<STX>2P|1|||patientID2001|Michael^Jordan||20090210000000^6^Y|Male||||||||||||||||Internal medicine|A -
501^1002<CR><ETB>08<CR><LF>

<STX>3O|1|SampleID4001|||||20090307103000|||Jack|||Virus infections|20090307103100|Venous
blood^||||||||||Q<CR><ETB>46<CR><LF>

<STX>4R|1|^Test Mode^^08003|CBC+DIFF||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>A4<CR><LF>

<STX>5R|2|^Ref Group^^01002|Child||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>7B<CR><LF>

<STX>6R|3|^Remark^^01001|Emergency patient||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>64<CR><LF>

<STX>7R|4|^Charge type^^01015|Public||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>E0<CR><LF>

<STX>0R|5|^Patient type^^01016|Outpatient||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>34<CR><LF>

<STX>1R|6|^SerialNumber^^08005|3||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>53<CR><LF>

<STX>2R|7|^Custom patient info 1^^01009|Nothing||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>DA<CR><LF>

<STX>3R|8|^Custom patient info 2^^01010|Nothing||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>D5<CR><LF>

<STX>4R|9|^Custom patient info 3^^01011|Nothing||^|^^^^^^<CR><ETB>D9<CR><LF>

<STX>5L|1|N<CR><ETX>05<CR><LF>

An example of sample being skipped for analysis is shown below. The sample is successfully
found, but the response code is “X”:
An example message for a Chinese patient:
<STX>1H|\^&|0||Mindray^LabXpert^||||||Worksheet
response^00011|P|LIS2-A2|20191025110845<CR><ETB>6C<CR><LF>

<STX>2P|1||| patientID | 张 三 ||20100405060708^10^Y|Male |||||||||||||||| Internal medicine |

“Inpatient zone” ^”Bed Number”.<CR><ETB>08<CR><LF>
<STX>3O|1|s1|||||20190102030405|||”Submitter”|||”Diagnosis” |20190203040506| Venous blood
^||||||||||X<CR><ETB>46<CR><LF>

<STX>3L|1|N<CR><ETX>05<CR><LF>

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An example message for a non-Chinese patient:

<STX>1H|\^&|0||Mindray^LabXpert^||||||Worksheet
response^00011|P|LIS2-A2|20191025110845<CR><ETB>6C<CR><LF>

<STX>2P|1||| patientID2001| Michael^Jordan ||20100405060708^10^Y| Male |||||||||||||||| Internal

medicine|A - 501^1002<CR><ETB>08<CR><LF>

<STX>3O|1|s1|||||20190102030405|||Jack|||Virus infections|20190203040506|Venous blood

^||||||||||X<CR><ETB>46<CR><LF>

<STX>3L|1|N<CR><ETX>05<CR><LF>

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 Chapter 4 labXpert Communication Protocol

4.1 Connection Control

4.1.1 labXpert as the TCP Server

The TCP server can start interception after the labXpert is started or after
communication settings are modified. One connection can be established with the LIS/HIS.
The established connection is retained until message sending fails, communication
settings are modified, or the labXpert is shut down.

4.1.2 labXpert as the TCP Client

After the labXpert software is started or communication settings are modified, an
attempt is automatically made to establish a connection. If the connection is not
established within 10s, the connection attempt fails. Then, another connection attempt is
made.
If the communication connection is still not established, the TCP client tries to
establish a connection during automatic or manual communication. If the connection is not
established within 10s, the system reports a communication error and cancels the current
communication.
After a connection is successfully established, the connection is retained until the
connection is interrupted, communication settings are modified, or the labXpert is shut
down.

4.1.3 Network Port Communication

Unidirectional communication messages of count/QC results are directly sent to the
LIS, and no response is required.
When counting of samples starts, labXpert sends a bidirectional query request to the
LIS/HIS. The LIS/HIS returns a query response within 10s. After successfully receiving the
response, the system performs counting according to the mode queried from the LIS/HIS.

4.2 Communication Protocol

4.2.1 Overview
The new protocol is a standard extension based on the JSON object. It is a text
communication protocol, and uses UTF-8 for encoding.

4.2.2 Transport Layer Protocol

Like the HL7, the system uses MLLP.
The message body uses special characters for separation, for example, <SB> ddddd

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 <EB><CR>.

4.2.3 Message Body

Message body
Message section 1 (JSON string)
Message sections are separated by <0X0D>

Type：Section type

……Other members……

Message section2

……

Figure 7 Structure of the message body

4.2.4 Interaction
4.2.4.1 Bidirectional LIS Query
Overview

Sample query message

Mindray LIS
product
Sample response message

Figure 8 Bidirectional interaction with the LIS

Sample Query Message

<0B>
{"Type":"Query","SampleID":"Sample ID","TestItemType":"BL"}

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 <1C><0D>

The following table describes fields in the message. Optional fields may not appear in
the message body.

Table 9 Description of fields in the query message

Field Mandatory Type Value

or not?
Type Yes String It is set to "Query" in a query message.
SampleID Yes String Sample ID
TestItemType Yes String For details, see Table 10 Values of TestItemType.

Table 10 Values of TestItemType

Content Meaning
BL Blood sample
BF Blood fluid sample

Sample Response Message

An example of response message of successful inquiry is shown below. The AckCode is “AA”.
An example message for a Chinese patient:
{"Type":"Response","SampleID":"Sample ID","TestItemType":"BL","AckCode":"AA","
AnalyzeMode":"CBC+DIFF","LisSerialNumber":"Sample LIS serial number","SpecimenT
ype":"Venous blood","SamplingTime":"20180314145241","SubmittingTime":"2018031415
0241","Submitter":"Submitter","Diagnosis":"Diagnosis","ReferenceGroup":"Reference gro
up","Remark":"Remark","MedicalRecordID":"Medical record ID","PatientName":"张三","P
atientLastName":"","Birth":"2000010203","Age":"18","AgeUnit":"yr","Gender":"Female","P
atientType":"Outpaitent","Department":"Department","BedNumber":"Bed number","Patien
tArea":"Patient area","Charge":"Charging type"}
<1C><0D>
An example message for a non-Chinese patient:
<0B>
{"Type":"Response","SampleID":"Sample ID","TestItemType":"BL","AckCode":"AA","
AnalyzeMode":"CBC+DIFF","LisSerialNumber":"Sample LIS serial number","SpecimenT
ype":"Venous blood","SamplingTime":"20180314145241","SubmittingTime":"2018031415
0241","Submitter":"Submitter","Diagnosis":"Diagnosis","ReferenceGroup":"Reference gro
up","Remark":"Remark","MedicalRecordID":"Medical record ID","PatientName":"Patient
name","PatientLastName":"Last name","Birth":"2000010203","Age":"18","AgeUnit":"yr","
Gender":"Female","PatientType":"Outpaitent","Department":"Department","BedNumber":"
Bed number","PatientArea":"Patient area","Charge":"Charging type"}
<1C><0D>

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 An example of “skip sample” message is shown below. The AckCode is “AS”.
<0B>
{"Type":"Response","SampleID":"s1","TestItemType":"BL","AckCode":"AS"}
<1C><0D>

Table 11 Description of fields in the response message

Field Mandatory Type Value

or not?
Type Yes String Field type. It is always set to "Response" in a
response message.
SampleID Yes String Sample ID, which must be the same as that in
the received query message.
TestItemType Yes String For details, see Table 10 Values of
TestItemType.
AckCode No String Response code
AA: Query is completed.
“AS”: skip for analysis
If the AckCode field is absent, or the content
cannot be recognized, the default response
code is "AA".
AnalyzeMode Yes String Sample count mode
It consists of multiple count mode groups,
which are separated by "+".
For details about the count mode groups, see
Table 12 Count mode.
Example:
If routine blood tests, including CBC, DIFF,
CRP, and SMST, must be performed on
samples, the mode is set to
"CBC+DIFF+CRP+SMST".
LisSerialNumber No String Serial number of a sample in the LISumd
SpecimenType No String Sample type, for example, "venous blood".
SamplingTime No String Sampling time in the format of
"YYYYMMDDhhmmss"
SubmittingTime No String Submitting time in the format of
"YYYYMMDDhhmmss"
Submitter No String Submitter
Diagnosis No String Clinic diagnosis
ReferenceGroup No String Reference group
Remark No String Remarks

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Field Mandatory Type Value
or not?
MedicalRecordID No String Medical record ID, used to identify a patient.
PatientName No String Patient name
PatientLastName No String Last name of the patient. Reserved for western
patient names. When it is a Chinese name, the
field is left empty.
Birth No String Date of birth in the format of
"YYYYMMDD[hh[mm[ss]]]"
Age No String Age
AgeUnit No String Age unit For details, see Table 13 Age unit.
Gender No String Gender For details, see Table 14 Gender.
PatientType No String Patient type, for example, "Outpatient".
Department No String Department
BedNumber No String Bed number
PatientArea No String Zone
ChargeType No String Charging type

Table 12 Count mode

Routine Blood Test Mode Group

CBC
CBC+DIFF
CBC+DIFF+NRBC
CBC+DIFF+RET
CBC+DIFF+RET+NRBC
CBC+NRBC
CBC+RET
RET
CR/PLT-8X (that is, CBC+RET(PLT-8X))
CDR/PLT-8X (CBC+DIFF+RET(PLT-8X))
CRP Mode Group
CRP
Blood Slide Mode Group
SMST

Table 13 Age unit

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Content Meaning
yr Year
mo Month
wk Week
d Date
hr Hour

Table 14 Gender

Content Meaning
M (or m) Male
F (or f) Female
U (or u) Unknown
Other content Directly processed as the displayed strin
g.

4.2.4.2 Sample Result Communication

Overview

Mindray Sample results message

LIS
product

Figure 9 Result communication

Sample Result Message

<0B>
{"Type":"SampleResultInfo","SampleID":"Sample ID","TestItemType":"BL","Remark":
"Remark","SuggestRecheck":"T","AnalyzeTime":"20180314164301","InstrumentName":"B
C-6800#1","CountChannel":"CRP1","AnalyzeMode":"CBC+DIFF","RackNo":"1","TubeNo":
"2","IsValidated":"Validated","Tester":"Tester","Auditor":"Auditer","AuditTime":"201803141

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64331","AutoAuditResult":"Auto Validation OK","AutoAuditMessages":["Rule msg1","Rul
e msg2"]}<0D>
{"Type":"ReportParameters","WBC":"WBC result","WBC_Flags":"RHE","RBC":"RBC
result"}<0D>
{"Type":"ResearchParameters","HFC#":"HFC#result,"HFC_Flags":""}<0D>
{"Type":"Alerts","AlertValues":["ScatterAbnormal","Anemia"]}<0D>
{"Type":"Histo","SubType":"RBC","Data":"RBC graphical data, bitmap encoded usi
ng Base64"}<0D>
{"Type":"Scatter","SubType":"DIFF","Data":"DIFF graphical data, bitmap encoded
using Base64"}
<1C><0D>

Table 15 Description of fields in the sample result message

Sample information fields

Field Mandatory Type Value
or not?
Type Yes String Type is always set to "SampleResultInfo"
for a sample information field in a result
message.
SampleID Yes String Sample ID
TestItemType Yes String For details, see Table 10 Values of
TestItemType.
Remark No String Remarks
SuggestRecheck No String Suggest recheck
"T" indicates that a recheck is
suggested.
AnalyzeTime Yes String Sample analysis time in the format of
"YYYYMMDDhhmmss"
InstrumentName No String Analyzer name
CountChannel No String Count channel For details, see Table 16
Count channels.
AnalyzeMode No String Sample count mode
It consists of multiple count mode
groups, which are separated by "+".
For details about the count mode groups,
see Table 12 Count mode.
Example:
If routine blood tests, including CBC,

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Sample information fields
DIFF, CRP, and SMST, must be
performed on samples, the mode is set
to "CBC+DIFF+CRP+SMST".
RackNo No String Rack number It may be a numeric string
of the rack number, or "??".
TubeNo No String Tube number
IsValidated No String Whether the result is validated. Values:
Validated
NotValidated
Tester Yes String Tester
Auditer No String Auditor
AuditTime No String Audit time in the format of
"YYYYMMDDhhmmss"
AutoAuditResult No String Automatically audit the results. Values:
Auto Validation OK: Successful auto
validation
Review: To be manually reviewed
Microscopic: Microscopic examination
Re-exam: Re-examination
Microscopic + Re-exam: Microscopic
examination plus re-examination
AutoAuditMessages No String Messages are automatically audited.
array Each element corresponds to a
message.
Report parameter field (may contain multiple parameter fields. The number of parameters
is variable. In addition, when the QC result is used as a normal sample for communication,
parameters will be filled in the report parameter fields.)
Field Mandatory Type Value
or not?
Type Yes String It is always set to "ReportParameters" for
a report parameter field.
Parameter result Yes String String of the parameter result
(parameter name.
For details, see
Table 17 Parameter
names.)
Parameter flag (The No String Parameter flag. It may contain multiple
value is "Parameter flag characters. For details about the flag
name_Flag".) characters, see Table 18 Parameter

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Sample information fields
flags.
Research parameter field (may contain multiple parameter fields. The number of
parameters is variable. In addition, when the QC result is used as a normal sample for
communication, there is no research parameter and this field does not exist.)
Field Mandatory Type Value
or not?
Type Yes String It is always set to "ResearchParameters"
for a research parameter field.
Parameter result Yes String String of the parameter result
(parameter name.
For details, see
Table 17 Parameter
names.)
Parameter flag (The No String Parameter flag. It may contain multiple
value is "Parameter flag characters. For details about the flag
name_Flag".) characters, see Table 18 Parameter
flags.
Alert fields (Optional. If there is no alert, this field is not contained.)
Field Mandatory Type Value
or not?
Type Yes String It is always set to "Alerts" for an alert
field.
AlertValues Yes String The element is an alert. For values of
array this field, see Table 19 Alerts.
Histogram field (Each histogram corresponds to one field, and one field may have zero or
multiple histograms.)
Field Mandatory Type Value
or not?
Type Yes String It is always set to "Histo" for a histogram
field.
SubType Yes String Histogram subtype For values of this field,
see

Table 20 Histogram subtypes.

Data Yes String Graphical data encoded using Base64.
For details about the format, see the
communication configuration.
Scatter diagram field (Each scatter diagram corresponds to one field, and one field may
have zero or multiple scatter diagrams.)
Field Mandatory Type Value

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Sample information fields
or not?
Type Yes String It is always set to "Scatter" for a scatter
diagram field.
SubType Yes String Scatter diagram subtype For values of
this field, see Table 21 Scattergram
subtypes.
Data Yes String Graphical data encoded using Base64.
For details about the format, see the
communication configuration.

Table 16 Count channels

Content Meaning
CRP1 CRP count channel 1
CRP2 CRP count channel 2
CRP3 CRP count channel 3
CPR4 CRP count channel 4

Table 17 Parameter names

Parameter Name Parameter Flag

WBC WBC_Flags
Bas# Bas#_Flags
Bas% Bas%_Flags
Neu# Neu#_Flags
Neu% Neu%_Flags
Eos# Eos#_Flags
Eos% Eos%_Flags
Lym# Lym#_Flags
Lym% Lym%_Flags
Mon# Mon#_Flags
Mon% Mon%_Flags
RET% RET%_Flags
RET# RET#_Flags
IRF IRF_Flags
LFR LFR_Flags

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Parameter Name Parameter Flag
MFR MFR_Flags
HFR HFR_Flags
RBC RBC_Flags
HGB HGB_Flags
MCV MCV_Flags
MCH MCH_Flags
MCHC MCHC_Flags
RDW-CV RDW-CV_Flags
RDW-SD RDW-SD_Flags
HCT HCT_Flags
NRBC# NRBC#_Flags
NRBC% NRBC%_Flags
PLT PLT_Flags
MPV MPV_Flags
PDW PDW_Flags
PCT PCT_Flags
P-LCR P-LCR_Flags
P-LCC P-LCC_Flags
PLT-I PLT-I_Flags
WBC-D WBC-D_Flags
IMG# IMG#_Flags
IMG% IMG%_Flags
HFC# HFC#_Flags
HFC% HFC%_Flags
WBC-B WBC-B_Flags
WBC-R WBC-R_Flags
RBC-O RBC-O_Flags
PLT-O PLT-O_Flags
WBC-N WBC-N_Flags
PDW-SD PDW-SD_Flags
InR# InR#_Flags
InRPerMilli InRPerMilli_Flags
(that is, InR‰)
WBC-BF WBC-BF_Flags
RBC-BF RBC-BF_Flags

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Parameter Name Parameter Flag
MN# MN#_Flags
PMN# PMN#_Flags
MN% MN%_Flags
PMN% PMN%_Flags
TC-BF# TC-BF#_Flags
Eos-BF# Eos-BF#_Flags
Eos-BF% Eos-BF%_Flags
HF-BF# HF-BF#_Flags
HF-BF% HF-BF%_Flags
RBC-BF(R) RBC-BF(R)_Flags
IPF IPF_Flags
Micro# Micro#_Flags
Micro% Micro%_Flags
Macro# Macro#_Flags
Macro% Macro%_Flags
MRV MRV_Flags
Neu-BF# Neu-BF#_Flags
Neu-BF% Neu-BF%_Flags
RHE RHE_Flags
Seg% Seg%_Flags
Band% Band%_Flags
ALY% ALY%_Flags
Pla-Aly% Pla-Aly%_Flags
Mon-Aly% Mon-Aly%_Flags
Imm-Aly% Imm-Aly%_Flags
Other-Aly% Other-Aly%_Flags
Meta% Meta%_Flags
Myelo% Myelo%_Flags
Pro-Mye% Pro-Mye%_Flags
Imm-Eos% Imm-Eos%_Flags
Imm-Bas% Imm-Bas%_Flags
Pro-Lym% Pro-Lym%_Flags
Pro-Mon% Pro-Mon%_Flags
Blast% Blast%_Flags
Mye-Blast% Mye-Blast%_Flags

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Parameter Name Parameter Flag
Mon-blast% Mon-blast%_Flags
Lym-blast% Lym-blast%_Flags
IMG/Blast% IMG/Blast%_Flags
Plsm-cell% Plsm-cell%_Flags
FR-CRP FR-CRP_Flags
hs-CRP hs-CRP_Flags
CRP CRP_Flags
WBC-O WBC-O_Flags
TNC-D TNC-D_Flags
IME# IME#_Flags
IME% IME%_Flags
H-NR% H-NR%_Flags
L-NR% L-NR%_Flags
NLR NLR_Flags
PLR PLR_Flags
TNC-N TNC-N_Flags
RPI RPI_Flags
H-IPF H-IPF_Flags
IPF# IPF#_Flags
LY-BF# LY-BF#_Flags
LY-BF% LY-BF%_Flags
MO-BF# MO-BF#_Flags
MO-BF% MO-BF%_Flags
FRC# FRC#_Flags
FRC% FRC%_Flags
Neu-X Neu-X_Flags
Neu-Y Neu-Y_Flags
Neu-Z Neu-Z_Flags
Lym-X Lym-X_Flags
Lym-Y Lym-Y_Flags
Lym-Z Lym-Z_Flags
Mon-X Mon-X_Flags
Mon-Y Mon-Y_Flags
Mon-Z Mon-Z_Flags
SRBC SRBC_Flags

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Parameter Name Parameter Flag
LRBC LRBC_Flags
SMCV SMCV_Flags
LMCV LMCV_Flags
MCHr MCHr_Flags
HDW HDW_Flags
MPC MPC_Flags
MPM MPM_Flags
HYPER% HYPER%_Flags
HYPO% HYPO%_Flags

Table 18 Parameter flags

Content Meaning
H High
L Low
R Questionable
O Out of the linear range
C Parameter corrected according to the ins
trument result
T Temperature alert
E Modified by users' editing
e Calculated and modified based on the u
ser edited values

Table 19 Alerts

Alert Meaning
WBC Scattergram Abn. The WBC scatter diagram is abnormal.
Leucocytosis Leucocytosis
Leucopenia Leucopenia
Neutrophilia Neutrophilia
Neutropenia Neutropenia
Lymphocytosis Lymphocytosis
Lymphopenia Lymphopenia
Monocytosis Monocytosis
Eosinophilia Eosinophilia
Basophilia Basophilia

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Alert Meaning
Left Shift? Left Shift?
Immature Gran? Immature gran?
Atypical Lymph? Atypical lymph?
RBC Lyse Resistance? RBC lyse resistance?
Erythrocytosis Erythrocytosis
Anisocytosis Anisocytosis
Macrocytosis Macrocytosis
Microcytosis Microcytosis
Dimorphic Population Dimorphic population
Anemia Anemia
Hypochromia Hypochromia
Turbidity/HGB Interference? Turbidity/HGB interference?
Thrombocytosis Thrombocytosis
Thrombopenia Thrombopenia
PLT Clump? PLT Clump?
DIFF Analysis Abn. DIFF analysis is abnormal.
Blasts? Blasts?
RBC Agglutination? RBC agglutination?
Iron Deficiency? Iron deficiency?
PLT Analysis Abn. PLT analysis is abnormal.
BASO Analysis Abn. BASO analysis is abnormal.
RET Analysis Abn. RET analysis is abnormal.
RET Scattergram Abn. Teh RET scatter diagram is abnormal.
Reticulocytosis Reticulocytosis
NRBC Analysis Abn. NRBC analysis is abnormal.
NRBC Scattergram Abn. NRBC scatter diagram is abnormal.
NRBC Present NRBC present
Abn. Lymph/blast? Abn. Lymph/blast?
NRBC? NRBC?
Lipid Particles? Lipid particles?
Infected RBC? Infected RBC?
Clog Clog
RBC Analysis Abn. RBC analysis is abnormal.
HGB Analysis Abn. HGB analysis is abnormal.
Fragments? Fragments?

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Alert Meaning
RBC Histogram Abn. The RBC histogram is abnormal.
PLT-O Analysis Abn. PLT-O analysis is abnormal.
PLT Histogram Abn. PLT Histogram is abnormal.
PLT Scattergram Abn. PLT Scattergram is abnormal.
Small Platelet Small platelet
Large Platelet Large platelet
Giant Platelet Giant platelet
System Error System error
Status Abn. The status is abnormal.
Pancytopenia Pancytopenia
Insufficient aspiration Insufficient aspiration
Insufficient aspiration/Sample abnormal Insufficient aspiration/Sample abnormal
CRP sample aspiration abnormal CRP sample aspiration is abnormal.
CRP sample analysis abnormal CRP sample analysis is abnormal.
BCV abnormal BCV isnormal.
New latex, no calibrate New latex, no calibration
WNB Analysis Abn WNB aalysis is abnormal.
WNB Abn Scattergram WNB scatter diagram is abnormal.
WBC Fragments? WBC fragments?
Sample aspiration is abnormal Sample aspiration is abnormal.

Table 20 Histogram subtypes

Content Meaning
WBC WBC histogram
RBC RBC histogram
PLT PLT histogram

Table 21 Scattergram subtypes

Content Meaning
DIFF DIFF scattergram
BASO BASO scattergram
RET RET scattergram
RET-EXT RET-EXT scattergram
PLT-O PLT-O scattergram

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Content Meaning
RBC-VHF RBC-VHF scattergram
RBC-SCT RBC-SCT scattergram
NRBC NRBC scattergram
WNB WNB scattergram

4.2.4.3 QC Result Communication

Overview

Mindray QC results message

LIS
product

Figure 10 QC result interaction

Control Result Message

<0B>
{"Type":"QCResultInfo","QCType":"LJ","FileNo":"File number","LotNo":"Lot number of
the QC
material","Level":"H","ValidDate":"20180514","AnalyzeTime":"20180314171548","Tester":"
Tester","InstrumentName":"BC-6800#1","SamplingMode":"A","BloodMode":"W","Analyze
Mode":"CBC+DIFF","CountChannel":"CRP1"}<0D>
{"Type":"QCParameters","WBC":"WBC result","RBC":"RBC result"}
<1C><0D>

Table 22 Description of fields in the QC result message

QC information fields
Field Mandatory Type Value
or not?
Type Yes String It is always set to "QCResultInfo" for a QC

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 information field.
QCType Yes String QC type. Values:
 LJ: LJ QC result
FileNo Yes String File number
LotNo Yes String Lot number of the QC material
Level Yes String Level of the QC material Values:
 H: High
 M: Medium
 L: Low
 N: Normal
 P: Pathological
ValidDate Yes String Validity period in the format of
"YYYYMMDD[hh[mm[ss]]]"
AnalyzeTime Yes String Analysis time in the format of
"YYYYMMDDhhmmss"
Tester Yes String Tester
InstrumentName Yes String Instrument name
SamplingMode Yes String Sampling mode For values of this field,
see Table 23 Sampling modes.
BloodMode Yes String Blood sample mode For values of this
field, see Table 24 Blood sample modes.
AnalyzeMode No String Sample count mode For values of this
field, see Table 12 Count mode.
CountChannel No String Count channel For values of this field, see
Table 16 Count channels.
QC parameter fields
Field Mandatory Type Value
or not?
Type Yes String It is always set to "QCParameters" for a
QC parameter field.
Parameter result Yes String String of the parameter result
(parameter name.
For details, see
Table 17
Parameter
names.)

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 Table 23 Sampling modes

Content Meaning
O Open manual sampling
C Closed sampling
A Auto sampling

Table 24 Blood sample modes

Content Meaning
W Whole blood
P Pre-dilution
B Body fluid
M Micro-blood

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 Appendix A HL7 Protocol Overview

A.1 Grammar

A.1.1 Message Constructing Principles

Every HL7 message consists of several segments and ends up with the <CR> (0x0D).
Each segment consists of the segment name of three characters and a number of fields, and
each field consists of some components and subcomponents. For each message, the
delimiters of the fields, components and subcomponents are defined in the MSH segment.
E.g.
MSH|^~\&|Mindray|BC-6800|||20060427194802||ORU^R01|1|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE
among which:
The five characters following MSH define the delimiters used between fields, components and
subcomponents. Although they can be any non-text characters, HL7 standard recommends
you use the characters in the table below:

Table 25 HL7 Delimiters

Character Function
| Field delimiter
^ Component delimiter
& Subcomponent delimiter
~ Repetition delimiter
\ ESC
The first two fields of MSH contains all the delimiters. Some fields behind are null because
they are optional and not used by Mindray HL7 interface. Details about field definition and
selection will be stated in the following sections.
For message of any type, the segments behind MSH appear in a fixed order. The order will be
described in the following sections and the following grammar is used to organize the
segments in proper order.
[] encloses optional segments.
{ } encloses segments which can repeat once or more.

A.1.2 Principles of Escape Character Conversion

For the field data of ST, TX, FT, and CF, etc. delimiters may be used in strings like remarks,
clinical diagnosis and customized gender etc. When coding, the delimiters in the original
strings shall be converted to escape sequence; which is restored in decoding. The principles
for escape character conversion for BC-6800/BC-6600 HL7 interface are as follows:

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 ESC Sequence Original Character
\F\ Field delimiter
\S\ Component delimiter
\T\ Subcomponent delimiter
\R\ Repetition delimiter
\E\ Escape delimiter
\.br\ <CR>, segment end character.
Note: the “\” in the escape sequence represents the ESC delimiter, whose value is defined in
the MSH segment.

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Appendix B HL7 Data Type Definition
CE - Code Element
<identifier (ST)> ^ <text (ST)> ^ <name of coding system (ST)> ^ <alternate
identifier (ST)> ^ <alternate text (ST)> ^ <name of alternate coding system (ST)>

CM - Composite
Format defined by the field.

CX - Extended composite ID with check digit

<ID (ST)> ^ <check digit (ST)> ^ <code identifying the check digit scheme
employed (ID)> ^ < assigning authority (HD)> ^ <identifier type code (IS)> ^ <
assigning facility (HD)>

ED – Encapsulate Data
<source application（HD）> ^ <type of data（ID）> ^ <data sub type（ID）> ^
<encoding（ID）> ^ <data（ST）>

EI - Entity Identifier
<entity identifier (ST)> ^ <namespace ID (IS)> ^ <universal ID (ST)> ^ <universal
ID type (ID)>

FC – Financial Class
<financial class（IS）> ^ <effective date（TS）>

HD - Hierarchic designator
<namespace ID (IS)> ^ <universal ID (ST)> ^ <universal ID type (ID)>

Used only as part of EI and other data types.

FT - Formatted text
This data type is derived from the string data type by allowing the addition of
embedded formatting instructions. These instructions are limited to those that are
intrinsic and independent of the circumstances under which the field is being used.

IS - Coded value for user-defined tables

The value of such a field follows the formatting rules for an ST field except that it is
drawn from a site-defined (or user-defined) table of legal values. There shall be an
HL7 table number associated with IS data types.

ID - Coded values for HL7 tables

The value of such a field follows the formatting rules for an ST field except that it is
drawn from a table of legal values. There shall be an HL7 table number associated
with ID data types.

NM - Numeric
A number represented as a series of ASCII numeric characters consisting of an

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optional leading sign (+ or -), the digits and an optional decimal point.

PL - Person location
<point of care (IS )> ^ <room (IS )> ^ <bed (IS)> ^ <facility (HD)> ^ < location
status (IS )> ^ <person location type (IS)> ^ <building (IS )> ^ <floor (IS )> ^
<location description (ST)>

PT - Processing type
<processing ID (ID)> ^ <processing mode (ID)>

SI - Sequence ID
A non-negative integer in the form of an NM field. The uses of this data type are
defined in the chapters defining the segments and messages in which it appears.

ST – String

TS - Time stamp
YYYY[MM[DD[HHMM[SS[.S[S[S[S]]]]]]]][+/-ZZZZ] ^ <degree of precision>

XCN - Extended composite ID number and name

In Version 2.3, use instead of the CN data type. <ID number (ST)> ^ <family name
(ST)> & <last_name_prefix (ST) ^ <given name (ST)> ^ <middle initial or name
(ST)> ^ <suffix (e.g., JR or III) (ST)> ^ <prefix (e.g., DR) (ST)> ^ <degree (e.g., MD)
(ST)> ^ <source table (IS)> ^ <assigning authority (HD)> ^ <name type code (ID)>
^ <identifier check digit (ST)> ^ <code identifying the check digit scheme employed
(ID)> ^ <identifier type code (IS)> ^ <assigning facility (HD)> ^ <name
representation code (ID)>

XPN - Extended person name

In Version 2.3, replaces the PN data type. <family name (ST)> ^ <given name
(ST)> & <last_name_prefix (ST)> ^ <middle initial or name (ST)> ^ <suffix (e.g., JR
or III) (ST)> ^ <prefix (e.g., DR) (ST)> ^ <degree (e.g., MD) (IS)> ^ <name type
code (ID) > ^ <name representation code (ID)>

VID - Version identifier

<version ID (ID)> ^ <internationalization code (CE)> ^ <international version ID
(CE)>

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 Appendix C Message Coding Definition
1. In HL communication messages, the OBR-4 (Universal Serview ID) field, in the form of
“ID^Name^EncodeSys”, is used to identify the type of the analysis result (e.g. sample analysis
result, microscopic examination result, QC result, etc.). Table 26lists all the codes of this field.
Table 26 OBR-4 and ASTM Message Type Codes
Code Remarks
Data Name EncodeSys
(ID)
Sample Analysis
00001 Automated Count 99MRC
Result
Microscopic result 00002 Manual Count 99MRC
LQ QC count result 00003 LJ QCR 99MRC
X mean QC count
00004 X QCR 99MRC
result
X-B QC count result 00005 XB QCR 99MRC
X mean R QC count
00006 XR QCR 99MRC
result
Mean value f X mean
00007 X QCR Mean 99MRC
QC results
Mean value f X mean
00008 XR QCR Mean 99MRC
R QC results
X-M QC count result 00009 XM QCR 99MRC
Worklist request 00010 Worksheet Request 99MRC
Response to worklist
00011 Worksheet Response 99MRC
request

2. Each OBX segment contains information of one analysis parameter or non-parameter data
item. It consists of the following fields: OBX-2, indicating the type of the HL7 data contained;
OBX-3 (Observation Identifier), the identifier of the data in the form of “ID^Name^EncodeSys”;
OBX-5, containing the value of the data; OBX-6, containing the unit for the parameter, (in the
standard unit recommended by HL7).
Table 27 lists the HL7 type and code identifier of each communication data item. Table 28 lists
all the units for parameters in the communication.

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HL7
Data name Type Code (ID) EncodeSys Example of OBX-3 field
(OBX-2)
Non-parameter Data Items
Take Mode IS 08001 99MRC 08001^Take Mode^99MRC
Blood Mode IS 08002 99MRC 08002^Blood Mode^99MRC
Test Mode IS 08003 99MRC 08003^Test Mode^99MRC
Age NM 30525-0 LN 30525-0^Age^LN
Remark ST 01001 99MRC 01001^Remark^99MRC
Ref Group IS 01002 99MRC 01002^Ref Group^99MRC
Recheck flag IS 01006 99MRC 01006^Recheck flag^99MRC
Sample Type IS 01007 99MRC 01007^Sample Type^99MRC
Patient Area IS 01008 99MRC 01008^Patient Area^99MRC
Custom patient 01009^Custom patient info
ST 01009 99MRC
info 1 1^99MRC
Custom patient 01010^Custom patient info
ST 01010 99MRC
info 2 2^99MRC
Custom patient 01011^Custom patient info
ST 01011 99MRC
info 3 3^99MRC
Shelf No ST 01012 99MRC 01012^Shelf No^99MRC
Tube No ST 01013 99MRC 01013^Tube No^99MRC
Report Time ST 01014 99MRC 01014^Report Time^99MRC
Charger type ST 01015 99MRC 01015^Charger type^99MRC
Patient type ST 01016 99MRC 01016^Patient type^99MRC
Qc Level IS 05001 99MRC 05001^Qc Level^99MRC
QC test date 05002^QC test date modify
IS 05002 99MRC
modify flag flag^99MRC
QC test time 05003^QC test time modify
IS 05003 99MRC
modify flag flag^99MRC
Qc valid date ST 05004 99MRC 05004^Qc valid date ^99MRC
Qc file No ST 05005 99MRC 05005^Qc file No ^99MRC
Qc lot No ST 05006 99MRC 05006^Qc lot No ^99MRC
Project type ST 05007 99MRC 05007^Project Type^99MRC
Analyzer ST 09001 99MRC 09001^Analyzer^99MRC
CRP Channel ST 09002 99MRC 1
SerialNumber ST 08005 99MRC 08005^SerialNumber^99MRC
AuditResult ST 09999 99MRC 09999^ AuditResult ^99MRC
AuditMessage 09997^ AuditMessages
ST 09997 99MRC
s ^99MRC
09998^ LisTestID ^99MRC
LisTestID ST 09998 99MRC

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WBC NM 6690-2 LN 6690-2^WBC^LN
CORRECTE 12227-5^WBC^LN
NM 12227-5 LN
D WBC
BAS# NM 704-7 LN 704-7^BAS#^LN
BAS% NM 706-2 LN 706-2^BAS%^LN
NEU# NM 751-8 LN 751-8^NEU#^LN
NEU% NM 770-8 LN 770-8^NEU%^LN
EOS# NM 711-2 LN 711-2^EOS#^LN
EOS% NM 713-8 LN 713-8^EOS%^LN
LYM# NM 731-0 LN 731-0^LYM#^LN
LYM% NM 736-9 LN 736-9^LYM%^LN
MON# NM 742-7 LN 742-7^MON#^LN
MON% NM 5905-5 LN 5905-5^MON%^LN
RBC NM 789-8 LN 789-8^RBC^LN
HGB NM 718-7 LN 718-7^HGB^LN
MCV NM 787-2 LN 787-2^MCV^LN
MCH NM 785-6 LN 785-6^MCH^LN
MCHC NM 786-4 LN 786-4^MCHC^LN
RDW-CV NM 788-0 LN 788-0^RDW-CV^LN
RDW-SD NM 21000-5 LN 21000-5^RDW-SD^LN
HCT NM 4544-3 LN 4544-3^HCT^LN
PLT NM 777-3 LN 777-3^PLT^LN
MPV NM 32623-1 LN 32623-1^MPV^LN
PDW NM 32207-3 LN 32207-3^PDW^LN
PCT NM 10002 99MRC 10002^PCT^99MRC
RET# NM 14196-0 LN 14196-0^RET#^LN
RET% NM 4679-7 LN 4679-7^RET%^LN
IRF NM 33516-6 LN 33516-6^IRF^LN
LFR NM 10015 99MRC 10015^LFR^99MRC
MFR NM 10016 99MRC 10016^MFR^99MRC
HFR NM 10017 99MRC 10017^HFR^99MRC
NRBC# NM 30392-5 LN 30392-5^NRBC#^LN
NRBC% NM 26461-4 LN 26461-4^NRBC%^LN
PLCR NM 10014 99MRC 10014^PLCR^99MRC
PLCC NM 10013 99MRC 10013^PLCC^99MRC
RBC-O NM 10018 99MRC 10018^RBC-O^99MRC
PLT-O NM 10019 99MRC 10019^PLT-O^99MRC
HFC# NM 10020 99MRC 10020^HFC#^99MRC
HFC% NM 10021 99MRC 10021^HFC%^99MRC
PLT-I NM 10022 99MRC 10022^PLT-I^99MRC
WBC-R NM 10023 99MRC 10023^WBC-R^99MRC
WBC-D NM 10024 99MRC 10024^WBC-D^99MRC

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WBC-B NM 10025 99MRC 10025^WBC-B^99MRC
WBC-N NM 10026 99MRC 10026^WBC-N^99MRC
PDW_SD NM 10031 99MRC 10031^PDW-SD^99MRC
InR# NM 10032 99MRC 10032^InR#^99MRC
InR‰ NM 10033 99MRC 10033^InR‰^99MRC
WBC-BF NM 57845-0 LN 57845-0^WBC-BF^LN
RBC-BF NM 23860-0 LN 23860-0^RBC-BF^LN
MN# NM 26490-3 LN 26490-3^MN#^LN
MN% NM 26493-7 LN 26493-7^MN%^LN
Eos-BF# NM 35063-7 LN 35063-7^Eos-BF#^LN
Eos-BF% NM 26452-3 LN 26452-3^Eos-BF%^LN
PMN# NM 10034 99MRC 10034^PMN#^99MRC
PMN% NM 10035 99MRC 10035^PMN%^99MRC
TC-BF# NM 10036 99MRC 10036^TC-BF#^99MRC
HF-BF# NM 10037 99MRC 10037^ HF-BF#^99MRC
HF-BF% NM 10038 99MRC 10038^ HF-BF%^99MRC
RBC-BF-R NM 10039 99MRC 10039^ RBC-BF-R ^99MRC
IMG# NM 51584-1 LN 51584-1^ IMG# ^LN
IMG% NM 38518-7 LN 38518-7^ IMG% ^LN
IPF NM 10041 99MRC 10041 ^ IPF ^99MRC
Micro# NM 15199-3 LN 15199-3 ^ Micro# ^ LN
Micro% NM 10042 99MRC 10042 ^ Micro% ^99MRC
Macro# NM 15198-5 LN 15198-5 ^ Macro# ^ LN
Macro% NM 10040 99MRC 10040 ^ Macro% ^99MRC
MRV NM 48706-6 LN 48706-6 ^ MRV ^ LN
RHE NM 10043 99MRC 10043 ^ RHE ^99MRC
Neu-BF# NM 10044 99MRC 10044 ^ Neu-BF# ^99MRC
Neu-BF% NM 10045 99MRC 10045 ^ Neu-BF% ^99MRC
Neuts Band%. NM 764-1 LN 764-1 ^ Neuts Band%. Manual
Manual ^LN
Neuts Seg%. NM 769-0 LN 769-0 ^ Neuts Seg%. Manual ^
Manual LN
Abnormal NM 29261-5 LN 29261-5 ^ Abnormal Lymphs%.
Lymphs%. Manual ^LN
Manual
Pla-Aly% NM 33835-0 99MRC 33835-0 ^ Pla-Aly% ^99MRC
Mon-Aly% NM 4662-3 99MRC 4662-3 ^ Mon-Aly% ^99MRC
Imm-Aly% NM 10046 99MRC 10046 ^ Imm-Aly% ^99MRC
Other-Aly% NM 10047 99MRC 10047 ^ Other-Aly% ^99MRC
Metamyelocyte NM 740-1 LN 740-1 ^ Metamyelocyte%.
%. Manual Manual ^LN
Myelocytes%. NM 749-2 LN 749-2 ^ Myelocytes%. Manual
Manual ^LN
Promyelocytes NM 783-1 LN 783-1 ^ Promyelocytes%.

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%. Manual Manual ^ LN
Imm-Eos% NM 33803-8 99MRC 33803-8 ^ Imm-Eos% ^99MRC
Imm-Bas% NM 33786-8 99MRC 33786-8 ^ Imm-Bas% ^99MRC
Blast% NM 10049 99MRC 10049 ^ Blast% ^99MRC
Myeloblasts%. NM 747-6 LN 747-6 ^ Myeloblasts%. Manual
Manual ^LN
Monoblasts%. NM 33840-0 LN 33840-0 ^ Monoblasts%.
Manual Manual ^ LN
Lymphoblasts NM 33831-9 LN 33831-9 ^Lymphoblasts%.
%. Manual Manual ^LN
IMG/Blast% NM 10048 99MRC 10048 ^ IMG/Blast% ^99MRC
Prolymphocyte NM 6746-2 LN 6746-2 ^ Prolymphocytes%.
s%. Manual Manual ^LN
Promonocytes NM 13599-6 LN 13599-6 ^ Promonocytes%.
%. Manual Manual ^ LN
Plsm-cell% NM 40492-1 99MRC 40492-1 ^ Plsm-cell% ^99MRC
FR-CRP NM 71426-1 LN 71426-1 ^ FR-CRP ^LN
hs-CRP NM 71426-1-1 99MRC 71426-1-1 ^ hs-CRP ^ 99MRC
CRP NM 71426-1 LN 71426-1 ^CRP^LN
CRP Default NM 910082 99MRC 910082 ^ CRP Default
Corrected Corrected ^ 99MRC
WBC-O NM 10051 99MRC 10051 ^ WBC-O ^99MRC
TNC-D NM 10052 99MRC 10052 ^ TNC-D ^99MRC
IME# NM 10053 99MRC 10053 ^ IME# ^99MRC
IME% NM 10054 99MRC 10054 ^ IME% ^99MRC
H-NR% NM 10055 99MRC 10055 ^ H-NR% ^99MRC
L-NR% NM 10056 99MRC 10056 ^ L-NR% ^99MRC
NLR NM 10057 99MRC 10057 ^ NLR ^99MRC
PLR NM 10058 99MRC 10058 ^ PLR ^99MRC
TNC-N NM 10059 99MRC 10059 ^ TNC-N ^99MRC
RPI NM 10060 99MRC 10060 ^ RPI ^99MRC
H-IPF NM 10061 99MRC 10061 ^ H-IPF ^99MRC
IPF# NM 10062 99MRC 10062 ^ IPF# ^99MRC
LY-BF# NM 10063 99MRC 10063^ LY-BF# ^99MRC
LY-BF% NM 10064 99MRC 10064 ^ LY-BF% ^99MRC
MO-BF# NM 10065 99MRC 10065 ^ MO-BF# ^99MRC
MO-BF% NM 10066 99MRC 10066 ^ MO-BF% ^99MRC
FRC# NM 10067 99MRC 10067 ^ FRC# ^99MRC
FRC% NM 10068 99MRC 10068 ^ FRC%^99MRC
Neu-X NM 10069 99MRC 10069 ^ Neu-X ^99MRC
Neu-Y NM 10070 99MRC 10070 ^ Neu-Y ^99MRC
Neu-Z NM 10071 99MRC 10071 ^ Neu-Z ^99MRC
Lym-X NM 10072 99MRC 10072 ^ Lym-X ^99MRC
Lym-Y NM 10073 99MRC 10073^ Lym-Y ^99MRC

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Lym-Z NM 10074 99MRC 10074 ^ Lym-Z ^99MRC
Mon-X NM 10075 99MRC 10075 ^ Mon-X ^99MRC
Mon-Y NM 10076 99MRC 10076 ^ Mon-Y ^99MRC
Mon-Z NM 10077 99MRC 10077 ^ Mon-Z ^99MRC
SRBC NM 10078 99MRC 10078 ^ SRBC ^99MRC
LRBC NM 10079 99MRC 10079 ^ LRBC ^99MRC
SMCV NM 10080 99MRC 10080 ^ SMCV ^99MRC
LMCV NM 10081 99MRC 10081 ^ LMCV ^99MRC
MCHR NM 10082 99MRC 10082 ^ MCHR ^99MRC
HDW NM 10083 99MRC 10083 ^ HDW ^99MRC
MPC NM 10084 99MRC 10084 ^ MPC ^99MRC
MPM NM 10085 99MRC 10085 ^ MPM ^99MRC
HYPERPER NM 10086 99MRC 10086 ^ HYPERPER ^99MRC
HYPO NM 10087 99MRC 10087 ^ HYPO ^99MRC
Intermediate Data of Analysis Results (histogram and scattergram data of
WBC, RBC, and PLT, etc.)
RBC 15050^RBC Histogram.
Histogram. ED 15050 99MRC Binary^99MRC
Binary
RBC 15051^RBC Histogram. Left
Histogram. Left NM 15051 99MRC Line^99MRC
Line
RBC 15052^RBC Histogram. Right
Histogram. NM 15052 99MRC Line^99MRC
Right Line
RBC 15053^RBC Histogram. Binary
Histogram. Meta Length^99MRC
NM 15053 99MRC
Binary Meta
Length
RBC 15054^RBC Histogram. Left
Histogram. Left IS 15054 99MRC Line Adjusted^99MRC
Line Adjusted
RBC 15055^RBC Histogram. Right
Histogram. Line Adjusted^99MRC
IS 15055 99MRC
Right Line
Adjusted
RBC 15056^RBC Histogram.
Histogram. ED 15056 99MRC BMP^99MRC
BMP
RBC 15057^RBC Histogram.
Histogram. NM 15057 99MRC Total^99MRC
Total
PLT Histogram. 15100^PLT Histogram.
ED 15100 99MRC
Binary Binary^99MRC

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PLT Histogram. 15111^PLT Histogram. Left
NM 15111 99MRC
Left Line Line^99MRC
PLT Histogram. 15112^PLT Histogram. Right
NM 15112 99MRC
Right Line Line^99MRC
PLT Histogram. 15113^PLT Histogram. Binary
Binary Meta NM 15113 99MRC Meta Length^99MRC
Length
PLT Histogram. 15114^PLT Histogram. Left
Left Line IS 15114 99MRC Line Adjusted^99MRC
Adjusted
PLT Histogram. 15115^PLT Histogram. Right
Right Line IS 15115 99MRC Line Adjusted^99MRC
Adjusted
PLT Histogram. 15116^PLT Histogram.
ED 15116 99MRC
BMP BMP^99MRC
PLT Histogram. 15117^PLT Histogram.
NM 15117 99MRC
Total Total^99MRC
ScattergramPa 15014^ScattergramParaVer^99
NM 15014 99MRC
raVer MRC
ScattergramGr 15015^ScattergramGraphicFla
ED 15015 99MRC
aphicFlags gs^99MRC
WBC DIFF 15200^WBC DIFF
Scattergram. ED 15200 99MRC Scattergram. BMP^99MRC
BMP
WBC DIFF 15203^WBC DIFF
Scattergram. NM 15203 99MRC Scattergram. Meta len^99MRC
Meta len
WBC DIFF 15205^WBC DIFF
Scattergram. NM 15205 99MRC Scattergram. Fsc
Fsc dimension dimension^99MRC
WBC DIFF 15206^WBC DIFF
Scattergram. NM 15206 99MRC Scattergram. Ssc
Ssc dimension dimension^99MRC
WBC DIFF 15207^WBC DIFF
Scattergram. NM 15207 99MRC Scattergram. FL
FL dimension dimension^99MRC
WBC DIFF 15208^WBC DIFF
Scattergram. Scattergram. FSC-LOG
NM 15208 99MRC
FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC
dimension
WBC DIFF 15209^WBC DIFF
NM 15209 99MRC
MultipleType MultipleType^99MRC
WBC DIFF 15201^WBC DIFF
ED 15201 99MRC
Scattergram. Scattergram. BIN^99MRC

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BIN
Baso 15250^Baso Scattergram.
Scattergram. ED 15250 99MRC BMP^99MRC
BMP
Baso 15251^Baso Scattergram.
Scattergram. ED 15251 99MRC BIN^99MRC
BIN
Baso 15253^Baso Scattergram.
Scattergram. NM 15253 99MRC Meta Len^99MRC
Meta Len
Baso 15255^Baso Scattergram. Fsc
Scattergram. NM 15255 99MRC dimension^99MRC
Fsc dimension
Baso 15256^Baso Scattergram. Ssc
Scattergram. NM 15256 99MRC dimension^99MRC
Ssc dimension
Baso 15257^Baso Scattergram. FL
Scattergram. NM 15257 99MRC dimension^99MRC
FL dimension
Baso 15258^Baso Scattergram.
Scattergram. FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC
FSC-LOG
dimension NM 15258 99MRC

RET 15300^RET Scattergram.

Scattergram. ED 15300 99MRC BMP^99MRC
BMP
PLT-O 15301^PLT-O Scattergram.
Scattergram. ED 15301 99MRC BMP^99MRC
BMP
RET-EXT 15302^RET-EXT Scattergram.
Scattergram. ED 15302 99MRC BMP^99MRC
BMP
RET 15303^RET Scattergram. Fsc
Scattergram. NM 15303 99MRC dimension^99MRC
Fsc dimension
RET 15304^RET Scattergram. Ssc
Scattergram. NM 15304 99MRC dimension^99MRC
Ssc dimension
RET 15305^RET Scattergram. FL
Scattergram. NM 15305 99MRC dimension^99MRC
FL dimension

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RET 15306^RET Scattergram.
Scattergram. ED 15306 99MRC BIN^99MRC
BIN
RET 15307^RET Scattergram. Meta
Scattergram. NM 15307 99MRC Len^99MRC
Meta Len
RET 15308^RET Scattergram
Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC
NM 15308 99MRC
FSC-LOG
dimension
PLTO 15309^PLTO Scattergram.
Scattergram. ED 15309 99MRC BIN^99MRC
BIN
PLTO 15310^PLTO
NM 15310 99MRC
MultipleType MultipleType^99MRC
PLTO 15311^PLTO Scattergram.
Scattergram. NM 15311 99MRC Meta Len^99MRC
Meta Len
NRBC 15350^NRBC Scattergram.
Scattergram. ED 15350 99MRC BMP^99MRC
BMP
NRBC 15351^NRBC Scattergram.
Scattergram. NM 15351 Fsc dimension^99MRC
Fsc dimension
NRBC 15352^NRBC Scattergram.
Scattergram. NM 15352 99MRC Ssc dimension^99MRC
Ssc dimension
NRBC 15353^NRBC Scattergram. FL
Scattergram. NM 15353 99MRC dimension^99MRC
FL dimension
NRBC 15354^NRBC Scattergram.
Scattergram. ED 15354 99MRC BIN^99MRC
BIN
NRBC 15355^NRBC Scattergram.
Scattergram. NM 15355 99MRC Meta Len^99MRC
Meta Len
NRBC 15356^NRBC Scattergram
Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC
NM 15356 99MRC
FSC-LOG
dimension
WNB 15600^WNB Scattergram.
Scattergram. ED 15600 99MRC BMP^99MRC
BMP
WNB NM 15601 15601^WNB Scattergram. Fsc

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Scattergram. dimension^99MRC
Fsc dimension
WNB 15602^WNB Scattergram. Ssc
Scattergram. NM 15602 99MRC dimension^99MRC
Ssc dimension
WNB 15603^WNB Scattergram. FL
Scattergram. NM 15603 99MRC dimension^99MRC
FL dimension
WNB 15604^WNB Scattergram.
Scattergram. ED 15604 99MRC BIN^99MRC
BIN
WNB 15605^WNB Scattergram.
Scattergram. NM 15605 99MRC Meta Len^99MRC
Meta Len
WNB 15606^WNB Scattergram
Scattergram FSC-LOG dimension^99MRC
NM 15606 99MRC
FSC-LOG
dimension
RBCVHF 15700^RBCVHF
Scattergram. ED 15700 99MRC Scattergram. BMP^99MRC
BMP
RBCVHF 15703^RBCVHF
Scattergram Scattergram HC
NM 15703 99MRC
HC dimension^99MRC
dimension
RBCVHF 15704^RBCVHF
Scattergram. Scattergram. VOL
NM 15704 99MRC
VOL dimension^99MRC
dimension
RBCSCT 15800^RBCSCT
Scattergram. ED 15800 99MRC Scattergram. BMP^99MRC
BMP
RBCSCT 15803^RBCSCT
Scattergram NM 15803 99MRC Scattergram FS
FS dimension dimension^99MRC
RBCSCT 15804^RBCSCT
Scattergram. NM 15804 99MRC Scattergram. SS
SS dimension dimension^99MRC
Flags of Abnormal Blood Cell Differential or Morphology
WBC Abnormal 12000^WBC Abnormal
IS 12000 99MRC
scattergram scattergram^99MRC
Leucopenia IS 12002 99MRC 12002^Leucocytosis^99MRC
Neutrophilia IS 12003 99MRC 12003^Leucopenia^99MRC
Neutropenia IS 12004 99MRC 12004^Neutrophilia^99MRC

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Lymphocytosis IS 12005 99MRC 12005^Neutropenia^99MRC
Lymphopenia IS 12006 99MRC 12006^Lymphocytosis^99MRC
Monocytosis IS 12007 99MRC 12007^Lymphopenia^99MRC
Eosinophilia IS 12008 99MRC 12008^Monocytosis^99MRC
Basophilia IS 12009 99MRC 12009^Eosinophilia^99MRC
WBC Left 12010^Basophilia^99MRC
IS 12010 99MRC
Shift?
Atypical 17790-7^WBC Left Shift?^LN
IS 17790-7 LN
Lymphs?
34165-1^Imm
rstRBC IS 34165-1 LN
Granulocytes?^LN
Erythrocytosis IS 15192-8 LN 15192-8^Atypical Lymphs?^LN
Anisocytosis IS 34525-6 LN 34525-6^rstRBC^LN
Macrocytes IS 12012 99MRC 12012^Erythrocytosis^99MRC
RBC Dual Pop IS 15150-6 LN 15150-6^Anisocytosis^LN
Anemia IS 12075 99MRC 12075^Macrocytes^99MRC
Hypochromia IS 12076 99MRC 12076^Microcytes^99MRC
HGB Interfere IS 10379-6 LN 10379-6^RBC Dual Pop^LN
Thrombocytosi 12014^Anemia^99MRC
IS 12014 99MRC
s
Thrombopenia IS 15180-3 LN 15180-3^Hypochromia^LN
Platelet 12015^HGB Interfere^99MRC
IS 12015 99MRC
Clump?
12017^Thrombocytosis^99MR
Platelets.small IS 12017 99MRC
C
Iron Deficiency IS 12018 99MRC 12018^Thrombopenia^99MRC
DIFF-CH Error IS 7796-6 LN 7796-6^Platelet Clump?^LN
12021^Sample
RBC-CH Error IS 12021 99MRC
Abnormal^99MRC
PLT-CH Error IS 32208-1 LN 32208-1^Platelets.small^LN
RET-CH Error IS 12024 99MRC 12024^Iron Deficiency^99MRC
NRBC-CH 12027^DIFF-CH Error^99MRC
IS 12027 99MRC
Error
NRBC Abn 44017-2^Blasts^LN
IS 44017-2 LN
Scattergram
IS 12030 99MRC 12030^RBC-CH Error^99MRC
50670-9^ RBC
IS 50670-9 LN
Agglutination?^LN
IS 12033 99MRC 12033^PLT-CH Error^99MRC
12035^BASO-CH
IS 12035 99MRC
Error^99MRC
IS 12039 99MRC 12039^RET-CH Error^99MRC
12040^RET Abn
IS 12040 99MRC
Scattergram^99MRC

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 IS 12041 99MRC 12041^Reticulocytosis^99MRC
12043^NRBC-CH
IS 12043 99MRC
Error^99MRC
12044^NRBC Abn
NRBC present IS 12044 99MRC
Scattergram^99MRC
CRP Sample 12053^Abn Lympho/
IS 12053 99MRC
Abnormal Blasts^99MRC
CRP System 12054^NRBC?^99MRC
IS 12054 99MRC
Error
CRP Abnormal 12055^Lipid Particles?
IS 12055 99MRC
HCT Calibrate ^99MRC
CRP New 12056^Infected RBC? ^99MRC
Latex not IS 12056 99MRC
Calibrated
Aspiration Abn IS 12058 99MRC 12058^Clog^99MRC
WNB Analysis 12060^RBC-CH Error^99MRC
IS 12060 99MRC
Abn
WNB Abn 12062^HGB-CH Error^99MRC
IS 12062 99MRC
Scattergram
WBC 12063^Fragments^99MRC
IS 12063 99MRC
Fragments?
Aspiration 12064^RBC Abnormal
IS 12064 99MRC
Abnormal histogram^99MRC
WBC Abnormal 12067^PLT-O-CH Erro^99MRC
IS 12067 99MRC
scattergram
12068^PLT Abnormal
Leucocytosis IS 12068 99MRC
histogram^99MRC
12069^PLT Abn
Leucopenia IS 12069 99MRC
Scattergram^99MRC
12070^Platelets.Large^99M
Neutrophilia IS 12070 99MRC
RC
12071^Platelets.Giant^99M
Neutropenia IS 12071 99MRC
RC
Lymphocytosis IS 12072 99MRC 12072^System Error^99MRC
Lymphopenia IS 12073 99MRC 12073^Status Abn^99MRC
Monocytosis IS 12074 99MRC 12074^Pancytopenia ^99MRC
Eosinophilia IS 34188-3 LN 34188-3^NRBC present^LN
12021-1^CRP Sample
Basophilia IS 12021-1 99MRC
Abnormal^99MRC
WBC Left 12080^CRP System
IS 12080 99MRC
Shift? Error^99MRC
Imm 12081^CRP Abnormal HCT
IS 12081 99MRC
Granulocytes? Calibrate^99MRC
Atypical IS 12082 99MRC 12082^CRP New Latex not

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 Lymphs? Calibrated^99MRC
rstRBC IS 12101 99MRC 12101^Aspiration Abn^99MRC
12102^WNB Analysis
Erythrocytosis IS 12102 99MRC
Abnr^99MRC
12103^WNB Abn
Anisocytosis IS 12103 99MRC
Scattergram^99MRC
12104^WBC
Macrocytes IS 12104 99MRC
Fragments?^99MRC
12105^Aspiration
Microcytes IS 12105 99MRC
Abnormal^99MRC

Table 28 Parameter Units in Communication

Parameter Units in
Parameter Units in Software
Communication (OBX-6)
10^12/L 10*12/L
10^9/L 10*9/L
10^4/L 10*4/L
10^3/L 10*3/L
10^6/uL 10*6/uL
10^4/uL 10*4/uL
10^3/uL 10*3/uL
10^2/uL 10*2/uL
mL/L mL/L
/nL /nL
/pL /pL
g/L g/L
g/dL g/dL
L/L L/L
mmol/L mmol/L
% %
fL fL
um^3 um\S\3
pg pg
fmol fmol
amol amol
year (age unit) yr
month (age unit) mo
day (age unit) d
hour (age unit) hr
week (age unit) wk
2. Some OBX messages uses custom enumeration values. See Table 29 for the meaning of
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 Table 29 HL7 and ASTM Enumeration Definitions

Data Value Enumeration

Take Mode Value enumeration:
“O” - open-vial
“A” - autoloading
“C” – closed-tube
Blood Mode Value enumeration:
“W”- whole blood
“P” - predilute
“B” – body fluid
“Q” – control
Test Mode Value enumeration:
Can be one of the following modes, or any
combination of the modes:
“CBC”
“DIFF”
“RET”
“NRBC”
“CBC+DIFF+RET+NRBC”
“CRP”
“CBC+DIFF+RET+NRBC+CRP”
“SMST”
“CBC+DIFF+RET+NRBC+CRP+SMST”
“CR/PLT-8X”
“CDR/PLT-8X”
Qc Level Value enumeration:
“L” - low
“M” - normal
“H” - high
Histogram discriminator adjusted flag and The data type of OBX-2 is “IS”. Value
other flags enumeration:
“T” - true
“F” - false
QC analysis date/time edited flag “E” - edited. Not transmitted if the date/time is
not edited.
Sample Type (Project Type) “BL”: blood
“BF”: body fluid
Gender “M”/“m”: Male
“F”/“f”: Female
“U”/“u”: unknow
Others: displayed as strings
4. Histogram data: the histograms can be transmitted in the following ways based on the
software configuration:
1) Do not transmit histogram data.
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the form of “^Image^BMP^Base64^……bitmap histogram data……”, where “Image” indicates
that the data in transmission is data of graphs, “BMP” is the custom subdata type, and
“Base64” is the way of coding the bitmap data.
3) Transmitted as binary histogram data. The data type field of OBX segment is “ED”, and the
data field is in the form of “^Application^Octet-stream^Base64^……histogram data……”,
where “Application^Octer-stream” is the HL7 standard subdata type, indicating the binary data
defined by the application, and “Base64” is the way of coding the bitmap data.
Note: the ID field in the OBX segment defines whether the histogram is transmitted in bitmap
or binary data.
5. Scattergram data: the data type field of OBX segment is “ED”, and the data field is in the
form of “^Image^BMP^Base64^……scattergram bitmap data……”, where
“Image^BMP^Base64” indicates that the data in transmission is BMP data coded by Base 64.
In the transmission of the greyout particle type array of scattergram, the data type of OBX
segment is “ED”; the data field is similar to “^Application^Octet-stream^Base64^……greyout
particle type array data……”, where the length is variable; the particle types are enumeration
values. See the table below for the matching between the enumeration values and the cell
types.
MinType 0x0 MIN Type
BasoGhost 0x0 Ghost
Baso 0x01 Basophil
BasoWbc 0x02 White blood cell
DiffGhost 0x03 Ghost

DiffLym 0x04 Lymphocyte

DiffMon 0x05 Monocyte
DiffEos 0x06 Eosinophil
DiffNeu 0x07 Neutrophil
DiffAly 0x08 Abnormal lymphocyte
DiffImm 0x09 Immature cell
RetRbc 0x0a Red blood cell
RetLfr 0x0b Low fluorescent RET
RetMfr 0x0c Middle fluorescent RET
RetHfr 0x0d High fluorescent RET
RetWbc 0x0e White blood cell
RetPlt 0x0f Platelet
Nrbc 0x10 Nucleated red blood cell
NrbcGhost 0x11 Ghost
NrbcWbc 0x12 White blood cell
Notype 0x13 Not differentiated

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DiffHf 0x14 High fluorescent cell -
body fluid
RetIpf 0x15 Immature platelet
MaxType 0x16 Maximal number of types

6. Communication of patient age: the age of the patient is transmitted in an OBX segment
which contains an integer and a unit. The age could be “<1” day (same as the labXpert UI).

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 Appendix D Base64 Encoding Process
1. Select the 3 adjacent bytes (i.e. 24 bit) from the data stream to be encoded; from left to right,
divide them into 4 6-bit groups; and then, the ASCII string is obtained by mapping based on
Table 30 below.

Raw data: 15H A3H 4BH

Binary data 00010101 10100011 01001011
6-bit groups obtained after dividing 000101 011010 001101 001011
Corresponding codes 5H 1AH 0DH 0BH
Corresponding characters F a N L

Table 30 Base64 Mapping

Value/Code Value/Code Value/Code Value/Code

0A 17 R 34 I 51 z
1B 18 S 35 j 52 0
2C 19 T 36 k 53 1
3D 20 U 37 l 54 2
4E 21 V 38 m 55 3
5F 22 W 39 n 56 4
6G 23 X 40 o 57 5
7H 24 Y 41 p 58 6
8I 25 Z 42 q 59 7
9J 26 a 43 r 60 8
10 K 27 b 44 s 61 9
11 L 28 c 45 t 62 +
12 M 29 d 46 u 63 /
13 N 30 e 47 v
14 O 31 f 48 w (pad) =
15 P 32 g 49 x
16 Q 33 h 50 y
2. Repeat step 1 continuously till the whole data stream is encoded.
When the data left is less than 3 bytes, 0 is added to the right to complement. If the 6-bit
groups obtained is composed of the complement bit (0) only, then it is mapped to the
“=“ character. When there is the last one byte left, there will be two “=“ characters in the
obtained coding string; when two bytes are left, then the obtained coding string consists of one
“=“ character. See the two examples below:

① Raw data 0AH

00001010
Data obtained after complementing 00001010 00000000 00000000
6-bit groups obtained after dividing 000010 100000 000000 000000
Corresponding codes 02H 20H 00H 00H
Corresponding characters C g = =

② Raw data 0AH 0BH

00001010 00001011
Data obtained after complementing 00001010 00001011 00000000

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6-bit groups obtained after dividing 000010 100000 101100 000000
Corresponding codes 02H 20H 2CH 00H
Corresponding characters C g s =

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 Appendix E Communication Log
To track the problems related to LIS and to apply 1-way/2-way LIS, the communication log
function is added to the labXpert, which includes: data sent and received by the analyzer, the
information of communication processes, communication errors and abnormalities.
The format of the log is shown in the figure below:
Begin Record :
2017-05-04 15:25:42.046 Begin Send Data
<0x0B>MSH|^~\&|LabXpert|Mindray|||20170504152542||ORU^R01|2|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE<0
x0D>
2017-05-04 15:25:42.047 Finish Send Data

2017-05-04 15:25:43.442 Begin Receive Data

<0x0B>MSH|^~\&|MRFlow|Mindray|||20170504152542||ACK^R01|101|P|2.3.1||||||UNICODE<
0x0D>
MSA|AA|2||||0<0x0D>
<0x1C><0x0D>
2017-05-04 15:25:43.443 Finish Receive Data
End Record .
The log is saved in the data folder under the installation directory of the labXpert. For example,
if the data folder path is : D:\LabXpertServerData\Log\LisDebug. The file name is formated as
No_Date_Sample Type_Sample ID.txt, for example, “4_20170503000000_Blood_kf1.txt”.
Each sample has a log file.
Any communication error/abnormal in the communication process is recorded in a separate
file, for example, Lis_f223de15-07cb-4a8e-a694-03055f8ff0dd_03.csv.

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 Appendix F Enable the Guest Account
Windows 7 or Windows 8
1. Open the control panel, and choose User Accounts.

2. Click Manage another account.

3. Click Guest.

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4. Click Turn On.

By now, the Guest account is activated.

Turn off the password sharing:

1. On the control panel, click Network and Sharing Center, and then click Change advanced
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2. Expand the Public profile.

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Windows 10
1. Click the Start button in the lower left corner of the task bar, and enter "cmd" in the search
box. Right-click the searched command, and select "Run as administrator".

2. At the command prompt, enter "net user guest /active:yes" to activate the Guest account.
3. At the command prompt, enter "net user guest “”" to clear the password of the Guest
account.
4. Turn off the network password. For details about the method, see the previous description
about "Turn off the password sharing" in the Windows 7 or Windows 8 system.

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 Appendix G JSON Standard
Refer to RFC4627.

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 Appendix H Figures and Tables
Figure 1 Sending a message from labXpert to LIS/HIS ..................................................... 7
Figure 2 Resending data .................................................................................................... 8
Figure 3 Bi-directional LIS/HIS communication from labXpert to LIS/HIS ......................... 8
Figure 4 Analysis results (QC data) communication process........................................... 16
Figure 5 Worklist searching communication process ....................................................... 16
Figure 6 Layers of the ASTM protocol .............................................................................. 44
Figure 7 Structure of the message body .......................................................................... 87
Figure 8 Bidirectional interaction with the LIS .................................................................. 87
Figure 9 Result communication ........................................................................................ 91
Figure 10 QC result interaction ...................................................................................... 102

Table 1 MSH Field Definitions .......................................................................................... 18

Table 2 MSA Field Definitions........................................................................................... 19
Table 3 Error Codes of MSA-6 Field................................................................................. 20
Table 4 PID Field Definitions ............................................................................................ 21
Table 5 PV1 Field Definitions ........................................................................................... 21
Table 6 OBR Field Definitions .......................................................................................... 22
Table 7 OBX Field Definitions........................................................................................... 24
Table 8 ORC Field Definitions .......................................................................................... 25
Table 9 Description of fields in the query message .......................................................... 88
Table 10 Values of TestItemType ...................................................................................... 88
Table 11 Description of fields in the response message .................................................. 89
Table 12 Count mode ....................................................................................................... 90
Table 13 Age unit .............................................................................................................. 90
Table 14 Gender ............................................................................................................... 91
Table 15 Description of fields in the sample result message ........................................... 92
Table 16 Count channels .................................................................................................. 95
Table 17 Parameter names .............................................................................................. 95
Table 18 Parameter flags ................................................................................................. 99
Table 19 Alerts .................................................................................................................. 99
Table 20 Histogram subtypes ......................................................................................... 101
Table 21 Scattergram subtypes ...................................................................................... 101
Table 22 Description of fields in the QC result message ............................................... 102
Table 23 Sampling modes .............................................................................................. 104
Table 24 Blood sample modes ....................................................................................... 104

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Table 25 HL7 Delimiters ................................................................................................. 105
Table 26 OBR-4 and ASTM Message Type Codes ........................................................ 109
Table 27 Data Type and Coding System ......................................................................... 110
Table 28 Parameter Units in Communication ................................................................. 121
Table 29 HL7 and ASTM Enumeration Definitions ......................................................... 122
Table 30 Base64 Mapping .............................................................................................. 125

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