ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 18812 First edition 2003-03-15 Health informatics Clinical analyser interfaces to laboratory information systems Use profiles Informatique de santé - Interfaces d'analyseur clinique pour systemes d'information de laboratoire Profils d'utilisation Reference number ISO 18812:2003(E) ISO @ ISO 2003 by IHS under lic itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO18812:2003(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The IsO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. ISO2003 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2003 - All rights reserved ermittedwithoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale ISO 18812:2003(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definition 4 Domains 4.1 User domain 4.2 Interface domain 5 Conformity 6 Profiles 6.1 General.... 6.2 Message descriptions... 6.3 Profile descriptions... 6.4 Sequencediagrams. 6.5 Attribute optionality and allowed values Annex A (informative) How to read this International Standard. Annex B (informative) Scenarios and models .... 14 Annex C (informative) Implementation guidelines, Bibliography Copyrght International Organizaionforsandardizationrights reserved nse from IHS Not for Resale ISO 18812:2003(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (IsO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO 18812 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 215, Health informatics @Iso 2003 - All rights reserved CopyrightI ional Organizationfor Standardization ISO 18812:2003(E) Introduction This International Standard describes messages for the transfer of data between analytical instruments (Als) andlaboratoryinformationsystems(LlSs) The cost of writing these interfaces can amount to between 10 % and 20 % of the total cost of the Lis. One of In the early 1990s, the E31 committee of the American Society for Testing and Materials (AsTM) published a standard entitled Standard Specification for Transferring Information Between Clinical Instruments and message and the syntax. It also attempted to standardize the data transferred in the messages, but suffered from implementation problems because: the vast choi