Properties and units in the clinical laboratory sciences. Part VIII. Properties and units in clinical microbiology (Technical Report) (IFCC-IUPAC 1999)

Abstract

The document describes the use of the concept property and the presentation of results in clinical microbiology. Systematic names in clinical microbiology require the use of a nominal-scale kind-of-property to describe taxonomy. For this purpose the kind-of-property "taxon" is introduced. The document further lists properties commonly used in clinical microbiology. The documents follows the IUPAC-IFCC systematic syntax, and this creates a basis for integration of the format of clinical microbiology laboratory reports in the general clinical laboratory sciences laboratory reports format.