Properties and units in the clinical laboratory sciences, Part XXIII. The NPU terminology, principles and implementation -a user's guide (Technical Report 2011) (IFCC-IUPAC).

This document describes the application of the syntax, semantic rules and format of the NPU terminology for coded dedicated kinds-of-property in the various subject fields of the clinical laboratory sciences. The document sums up considerations and reasoning by the C-SC-NPU and collects the experience with the system through some 8 years of application in electronic health communication. Access to the NPU terminology in English is currently at www.