Title: examination traceability
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - examination traceability
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.10016
Status: current

Definition
Property of an examination result whereby it can be related to a reference through a documented unbroken chain of examination calibrations, each contributing to the examination uncertainty.

Note
The ISO Technical report (TR 79:2015) characterizes reference materials for "qualitative properties".

Related Terms
- examination calibrations: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10021
- examination result: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/09999
- examination uncertainty: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10004

Source
- PAC, 2018, 90, 913. 'Vocabulary on nominal property, examination, and related concepts for clinical laboratory sciences (IFCC-IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 928 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2011-0613)

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Citation: Citation: 'examination traceability' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10016
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