ÖNORM EN 1614

This Standard provides a categorial structure for concepts properties, including quantities, in clinical laboratory sciences. The structure is intended to facilitate creation of systematic names, classifications, and codes for such concepts, to be used in electronic communication, collection and aggregation of data. It is applicable to all branches of clinical laboratory sciencesand it also applies to related areas such as measurement in the physicians office, at the bedside, and in the home. This system of concepts constitutes the essential basis for development of nomenclatures, classifications and coding systems intended for use in unambiguous and fully informative communication about properties which fall within the field of application. Every such communication, including requests to and reports from clinical laboratories, and information retrieval for management reporting, research and reimbursement, will require additional concepts which are outside the scope of this Standard. It is not the purpose of this Standard to standardize the language used by health care practitioners in requesting or reporting clinical laboratory data. It may, however, be used as a guide by those who wish to adopt systematic names for routine requesting and reporting of laboratory data.