Cobas6800VL

Cobas6800VL Plugin

Roche Cobas 6800 viral load testing plugin using HL7.

Identification

• HL7 Pattern: Message contains Load Viral AND first line contains ^MPL

Protocol

Property	Value
Protocol	HL7
Transport	TCP/IP
Category	MOLECULAR
Manufacturer	Roche

Test Mappings

Analyzer Code	OpenELIS Test	Notes
Result	Viral Load	HIV viral load quantification

Message Format

• Format: HL7
• Separator: L\|1\|N
• Accession: OBR|1| segment
• Result: OBX|1| segment

Build

cd plugins/analyzers/Cobas6800VL
mvn clean package

Installation

Copy the built JAR to /var/lib/openelis-global/plugins/ and restart OpenELIS.

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Last Verified: 2026-02-02