Biospecimen Collection Intervention or Procedure Performed Study Activity Method Code PCORnet CDM Lab Specimen Source
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Biospecimen Collection Intervention or Procedure Performed Study Activity Method Code PCORnet CDM Lab Specimen Source
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Any material sample taken from a biological entity for testing, diagnostic, propagation, treatment or research purposes, including a sample obtained from a living organism or taken from the biological object after halting of all its life functions. Biospecimen can contain one or more components including but not limited to cellular molecules, cells, tissues, organs, body fluids, embryos, and body excretory products.:The act of gathering things together; having been brought together in one place.:An activity that produces an effect, or that is intended to alter the course of a disease in a patient or population. This is a general term that encompasses the medical, social, behavioral, and environmental acts that can have preventive, therapeutic, or palliative effects.:Executed and carried through to completion.:A detailed examination, analysis, or critical inspection of a subject designed to discover facts about it.:An action taken in pursuit of an objective; the state of being active._A means, manner of procedure, or systematic course of actions that have to be performed in order to accomplish a particular goal.:A system of numbered categories for representation of data._Specimen source.
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Biospecimen Collection Intervention or Procedure Performed Study Activity Method Code PCORnet CDM Lab Specimen Source
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Definition:
Any material sample taken from a biological entity for testing, diagnostic, propagation, treatment or research purposes, including a sample obtained from a living organism or taken from the biological object after halting of all its life functions. Biospecimen can contain one or more components including but not limited to cellular molecules, cells, tissues, organs, body fluids, embryos, and body excretory products.:The act of gathering things together; having been brought together in one place.:An activity that produces an effect, or that is intended to alter the course of a disease in a patient or population. This is a general term that encompasses the medical, social, behavioral, and environmental acts that can have preventive, therapeutic, or palliative effects.:Executed and carried through to completion.:A detailed examination, analysis, or critical inspection of a subject designed to discover facts about it.:An action taken in pursuit of an objective; the state of being active._A means, manner of procedure, or systematic course of actions that have to be performed in order to accomplish a particular goal.:A system of numbered categories for representation of data._Specimen source.