NML LabWare sample primary key 2026-03-06T11:22:46Z https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/programs/national-microbiology-laboratory.html PCDS: 4589123 These metadata fields are defined specifically to describe Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) data fields. They are organizational constructs intended to support a particular template and underlying database and should not be reused to model metadata outside the intended context. Where possible, more general, template‑independent terms should be used instead. pending final vetting A numeric sample identifier assigned to a sample or specimen by the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) LabWare database. This number is the unique primary key of the NML Labware database SAMPLE table. NML LabWare sample id NML LabWare sample number NML LabWare sample number field NML LabWare sample number slot National Microbiology Laboratory LabWare sample number National Microbiology Laboratory LabWare sample number field National Microbiology Laboratory LabWare sample number slot PCDS: A numeric sample identifier assigned to a sample or specimen by the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) LabWare database. This number is the unique primary key of the NML Labware database SAMPLE table. PCDS: Provide the LabWare sample number exactly as generated by the NML Branch of the Public Health Agency of Canada and recorded in the NML LabWare system. It supports system-to-system integration and specimen tracking and should be included when available. PCDS:nml_labware_sample_number PHAC NML LabWare sample number Public Health Agency of Canada National Microbiology Laboratory LabWare sample number NML data field centrally registered identifier symbol