This class contains information regarding the transportation of a specimen. This class currently contains the shipment identifier and the method of transportation, but will be augmented in future iterations as we intend to model more details regarding chain of custody.

Attributes
«II» Id	shipmentId	"The identifier assigned by the shipment transportation provider that uniquely identifies this shipment from all other shipments by the same provider. The addressee for the shipment should be able to use this identifier to match a physical shipment with the electronic manifest for the shipment." - HL7 Version 2.8, SPM-32.
String	transportationMethod	Indicates "the means by which a sample reaches the diagnostic service provider. This information is to aid the lab in scheduling or interpretation of results. Possible answers: routine transport van, public postal service, etc." - HL7 Version 2.8, OBR-38.

Attributes inherited from  FHIM::Lab::SpecimenHandling

dateTimeBegin,  dateTimeEnd,  description,  highTemperature,  lowTemperature

 shipmentId

Public «II» Id shipmentId

"The identifier assigned by the shipment transportation provider that uniquely identifies this shipment from all other shipments by the same provider. The addressee for the shipment should be able to use this identifier to match a physical shipment with the electronic manifest for the shipment." - HL7 Version 2.8, SPM-32.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	SpecimenTransportation
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	1
Lower Value	(1)
Multiplicity	1
Name	shipmentId
Name Expression
Namespace	SpecimenTransportation
Opposite
Owner	SpecimenTransportation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Lab::SpecimenTransportation::shipmentId
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«II» Id
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 transportationMethod

Public String transportationMethod

Indicates "the means by which a sample reaches the diagnostic service provider. This information is to aid the lab in scheduling or interpretation of results. Possible answers: routine transport van, public postal service, etc." - HL7 Version 2.8, OBR-38.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	SpecimenTransportation
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	0
Lower Value	(0)
Multiplicity	0..1
Name	transportationMethod
Name Expression
Namespace	SpecimenTransportation
Opposite
Owner	SpecimenTransportation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Lab::SpecimenTransportation::transportationMethod
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	String
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public