Measles virus [Presence] in Specimen by Organism specific culture   76626-1

LOINC Code


LOINC code76626-1
nameMeasles virus [Presence] in Specimen by Organism specific culture
descriptionThis term represents the organism-specific culture for measles virus in clinical specimens for public health purposes. Acceptable specimen types include nasopharyngeal and conjunctival swabs, cervical and rectal swabs, vesicle fluid, stool, urine, serum, blood, CSF, and autopsy or biopsy specimens. This term was created for, but is not limited in use to, the Georgia State Department of Public Health.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentMeasles virus
propertyPrThr  =  Present or threshold:  The Property PrThr stands for “Presence or Threshold”, meaning either a) the actual presence or absence of an analyte, or b) that the amount of analyte detected is over some predetermined threshold.
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
systemXXX
scaleOrd  =  Ordinal:  Ordered categorical responses, e.g., 1+, 2+, 3+; positive, negative; reactive, indeterminate, nonreactive.
methodOrganism specific culture

Additional Names

short nameMeV Spec Ql Cult

Basic Attributes

classMICRO
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationBoth

Associated Observations

LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.

Member of these Groups

LG32756-5Measles virus

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.69
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name
change reasonThe PrThr property is used for LOINC terms whose results are reported using an ordered categorical scale, regardless of whether or not an internal threshold was used to make that determination. This change was approved by the Laboratory LOINC Committee in June 2016.

Related Names

C&S
Cult
Cultures
ID
Infectious Disease
InfectiousDisease
MeV
Microbiology
Misc
Miscellaneous
Msls
Ordinal
Other
Point in time
PR
QL
Qual
Qualitative
Random
Rubeola
Screen
Spec
To be specified in another part of the message
Unspecified

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