TY - GEN
T1 - Clinical laboratory sciences data transmission
T2 - 22nd International Conference on Medical Informatics Europe, MIE 2009
AU - Pontet, Françoise
AU - Magdal Petersen, Ulla
AU - Fuentes-Arderiu, Xavier
AU - Nordin, Gunnar
AU - Bruunshuus, Ivan
AU - Ihalainen, Jarkko
AU - Karlsson, Daniel
AU - Forsum, Urban
AU - Dybkaer, René
AU - Schadow, Gunther
AU - Kuelpmann, Wolf
AU - Férard, Georges
AU - Kang, Dongchon
AU - McDonald, Clement
AU - Hill, Gilbert
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In health care services, technology requires that correct information be duly available to professionals, citizens and authorities, worldwide. Thus, clinical laboratory sciences require standardized electronic exchanges for results of laboratory examinations. The NPU (Nomenclature, Properties and Units) coding system provides a terminology for identification of result values (property values). It is structured according to BIPM, ISO, IUPAC and IFCC recommendations. It uses standard terms for established concepts and structured definitions describing: which part of the universe is examined, which component of relevance in that part, which kind-of-property is relevant. Unit and specifications can be added where relevant [System(spec)-Component(spec); kind-of-property(spec) = ? unit]. The English version of this terminology is freely accessible at http://dior.imt.liu.se/cnpu/ and http://www.labterm.dk, directly or through the IFCC and IUPAC websites. It has been nationally used for more than 10 years in Denmark and Sweden and has been translated into 6 other languages. The NPU coding system provides a terminology for dedicated kinds-of-property following the international recommendations. It fits well in the health network and is freely accessible. Clinical laboratory professionals worldwide will find many advantages in using the NPU coding system, notably with regards to an accreditation process.
AB - In health care services, technology requires that correct information be duly available to professionals, citizens and authorities, worldwide. Thus, clinical laboratory sciences require standardized electronic exchanges for results of laboratory examinations. The NPU (Nomenclature, Properties and Units) coding system provides a terminology for identification of result values (property values). It is structured according to BIPM, ISO, IUPAC and IFCC recommendations. It uses standard terms for established concepts and structured definitions describing: which part of the universe is examined, which component of relevance in that part, which kind-of-property is relevant. Unit and specifications can be added where relevant [System(spec)-Component(spec); kind-of-property(spec) = ? unit]. The English version of this terminology is freely accessible at http://dior.imt.liu.se/cnpu/ and http://www.labterm.dk, directly or through the IFCC and IUPAC websites. It has been nationally used for more than 10 years in Denmark and Sweden and has been translated into 6 other languages. The NPU coding system provides a terminology for dedicated kinds-of-property following the international recommendations. It fits well in the health network and is freely accessible. Clinical laboratory professionals worldwide will find many advantages in using the NPU coding system, notably with regards to an accreditation process.
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-044-5-265
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-044-5-265
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 19745311
AN - SCOPUS:72249104366
SN - 9781607500445
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 265
EP - 269
BT - Medical Informatics in a United and Healthy Europe - Proceedings of MIE 2009
PB - IOS Press
Y2 - 30 August 2009 through 2 September 2009
ER -