API Setup - Messaging Profile

• To report to the NAHLN: Username, Password, and Certificate are required.
• The Schema Definition is not required, but if present the API will validate the message before posting it to the NAHLN website.
• MSH.3 Sending Application is your Laboratories OID. OID Registry
• MSH.4 Sending Facility is your Laboratories Premise ID
• MSH 5 & 6 are NAHLN's information.

Patient PV1

Role ROL3

Next of Kin NK1

Patient Identifier PID3

Specimen SPM

NALHN only allows two specimen types for ASFtesting. Ensure that the appropriate SNOMED code is in the specimen setup.

• Tonsil: Tissue specimen from tonsil (specimen) Code: 811000009103
• Whole Blood Code: 258580003

Test Setup - Messaging Profile

• OCR.4 When selecting Reference Number Authority, please note a reference number in the accession header

• OBR.31 Setup up a test catalog question that is restricted to a value list of acceptable reasons for submission.

• OBX.5 This value should be the result name that holds the CT value in test setup

• OBX.8 This value should be the result name that holds the interpretation in test setup. This should be restricted to a value list with only the NAHLN approved interpretation results (NDET).