Standardized Reporting of Test Results

To describe test results properly, it is important that ah necessary information be included in the test description. Systems developed for expressing the results produced by the clinical laboratory include the Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINC) system and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry/International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IFCC)/IUPAC system. 

The LOINC system is a universal coding system for reporting laboratory and other clinical observations to fachitate 

The IFCC/IUPAC system recommends that the following items be included with each test result  

The name of the analyte (never abbreviated) with an initial capital letter 

The numerical value and the unit or its abbreviation The following example illustrates a correct description of 

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