Glossary of standardization terms

Standardization fieldHealth, environment and medical equipment
Technical committeeBAS/TC 25- Healthcare
Term (EN)referral laboratory
Definition (EN)external laboratory (3.20) to which a sample or data is submitted for examination (3.8) Note 1 to entry: A referral laboratory is one to which laboratory management chooses to submit a sample or sub- sample for examination, data for analysis or interpretation, or when routine examinations cannot be carried out. Note 2 to entry: This differs from a laboratory to which submission of samples is required by regulation, or a so called reference laboratory, e.g. public health, forensic, tumour registry, or a central (parent) facility to which submission of samples is required by structure.
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Term (BS)referalni laboratorij
Definition (BS)vanjski laboratorij (3.20) u koji se upućuju uzorci za ispitivanje (3.8) Napomena 1: Referalni laboratorij je onaj koji je rukovodstvo laboratorija odabralo za upućivanje uzoraka ili poduzoraka za ispitivanje, podataka za analizu ili tumačenje, ili kada rutinska ispitivanja ne mogu biti izvršena. Napomena 2: Ovo se razlikuje od laboratorija u koji je slanje uzoraka zahtijevano po zakonskoj regulativi, ili od takozvanog referentnog laboratorija, npr. javno zdravstvo, forenzika, registar tumora, ili centralna (matična) ustanova u koju se upućivanje uzoraka zahtijeva po strukturi.
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Date2025-01-13
StandardsBAS EN ISO 15189:2025