This template represents the Specimen Collection Information in the Results Component
For Lab results, the effective time of the result is the physiological time of the specimen being tested. In other words, the result is a measurement of a characteristic of a specimen at the time the specimen was obtained/collected. Most electronic laboratory result systems will include the observation date/time (HL7 2.x OBR-7) in the result message and this information should be maintained as part of the clinically relevant meta-data attached to the result record.
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