Serial sputum smears for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis panel - by Acid fast stain   79424-8

LOINC Code


LOINC code79424-8
nameSerial sputum smears for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis panel - by Acid fast stain
descriptionThis panel is used to report the results of serial sputum smears used to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis. Until 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended collecting three serial sputum specimens, including at least one first-morning specimen. In 2007, WHO reduced the number of specimens from three to two, but only in places with an established external quality assurance (EQA) system for smear microscopy. In locations without such an EQA system, collection of three specimens is still recommended. [http://www.who.int/tb/laboratory/policy_diagnosis_pulmonary_tb/en/] This panel originally only contained terms with the specific Method Acid fast stain.Ziehl-Neelsen but was updated in LOINC release 2.68 to accommodate the reporting of results for other acid fast stains.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentSerial smears for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis panel
property-
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.
systemSputum
scale-
methodAcid fast stain

Additional Names

short nameSerial TB smears Pnl Spt Acid fast Stn

Basic Attributes

classPANEL.MICRO
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationOrder

Panel Components

647-8Microscopic observation [Identifier] in Sputum by Acid fast stain.Ziehl-Neelsen
79375-2Microscopic observation [Identifier] in Sputum by Acid fast stain.Ziehl-Neelsen--2nd specimen
79376-0Microscopic observation [Identifier] in Sputum by Acid fast stain.Ziehl-Neelsen--3rd specimen

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.

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.68
last change typePANEL  - addition or removal of child elements or change in the conditionality of child elements in the panel or in sub-panels contained by the panel.
change reasonRelease 2.68: METHOD_TYP: Updated the Method from Acid fast stain.Ziehl-Neelsen so that this panel can be used for reporting results of other acid fast staining methods.

Related Names

Acd
Acid fast Stn
Acids
AFB stain
ID
Infectious Disease
InfectiousDisease
Lower respiratory
Lung
Microbiology
Pan
PANEL.MICROBIOLOGY
Panl
Pnl
Point in time
Pulm
Pulmonary
Pulmonology
Random
Respiratory
Serial TB smears Pnl
Spt
Sputum
St
Stains
Stn
TB

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