Nomenclature, Properties and Units (C-NPU) in collaboration with International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
The IFCC-IUPAC coding system
Provides a terminology for Properties and Units in the Clinical
Laboratory Sciences. The availability of electronic patient records
would greatly increase the quality of health care, reduce health
care cost and facilitate epidemiological surveys to the benefit of
patient's worldwide. In developing a generalized architectural
build up and adherent structures, there is a need for systems and
schemes in each of the medical domains to support and populate the
electronic patient record. In the domain of clinical laboratory
medicine the guidelines from IFCC-IUPAC on the structuring of
properties, on kind-of-properties and on units are needed if a
coherent system with global acceptance is to be worked
out.
The C-NPU maintains the website below to make available the
complete contents of the generic C-NPU database for electronic
downloading. The website outlines the structure of the NPU
terminology and provides instructions for using the database. NPU
Laboratory Terminology website: http://www.sst.dk/EnglishNPU
A current version of the C-NPU database (in English) is also
available for direct download
A searchable database can be accessed by clicking on this link
IFCC-IUPAC / C-NPU documents
The background for the IFCC-IUPAC coding system for laboratory
investigations is described in the publications.
Also a series of documents from the Word Health Organization, from
the European Standardization Committee and many international
organizations have been adhered to in the course of the project, in
particular for coding of concepts defined by these organizations
e.g. CAS, ATCC, UMLS, CLSI, UMD, INN, ISTH, OMIM.
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"An Ontology of Property for Physical Chemical and
Biological Systems", by Dr. René Dybkaer: http://ontology.iupac.org/
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Published papers on Properties and Units in the Clinical
Laboratory Sciences include:
- IUPAC-IFCC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
& International Federation of Clinical Chemistry, Commission on
Clinical Chemistry), 1967. Quantities and units in clinical
chemistry. Recommendation 1966. Prepared for publication by Dybkær
R, Jørgensen K. Copenhagen: Munksgaard.
- J.C.Riggs, S.S.Brown, R.Dybkær, and H.Olesen,: Compendium of
terminology and nomenclature of properties in clinical laboratory
sciences ('The Silver Book'). IUPAC: Oxford: Blackwell Science,
1995, 290 pp. a volume in the IUPAC Nomenclature Books series ('The
Silver Book'). Synopsis
- H.P. Lehmann, X.Fuentes-Arderiu and L.F.Bertello, Glossary of
Terms in quantities and units in clinical Chemistry, Pure and
Applied Chemistry 1996:68:957-1000.
CEN/TC251, ENV 1614, Health Informatics - Structure for
nomenclature, classification and coding of properties in clinical
laboratory sciences.
Nomenclature, Properties and Units (C-NPU), in collaboration
with International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
Membership
|
Name |
Position |
Country |
Term |
Time in
Office |
| R. Flatman |
Chair |
AU |
1st |
2012 01 - 2014 12 |
| U. Forsum |
Member |
SE |
1st |
2011 01 - 2013 12 |
| A. Jabor |
Member |
CZ |
1st |
2013 03 - 2015 12 |
| U.M. Petersen |
Member |
DK |
2nd |
2012 01 - 2014 12 |
| K. Yamauchi |
Member |
JP |
1st |
2012 06 - 2014 12 |
| R. Dybkaer |
Consultant |
DK |
Working group on the Silver Book revision
| Name |
Position |
Country |
Term |
Time in Office |
| G. Férard |
Chair |
FR |
2nd |
2010 01- 2012 12 |
| F. Pontet |
IUPAC
co-Chair |
FR |
2nd |
2010 01- 2012 12 |
| R. Dybkaer |
Member |
DK |
2nd |
2010 01- 2012 12 |
| X. Fuentes-Arderiu |
Member |
ES |
2nd |
2010 01- 2012 12 |
| D. Kang |
Member |
JP |
2nd |
2010 01- 2012 12 |
| C. McDonald |
Member |
US |
2nd |
2010 01- 2012 12 |
| G. Hill |
Expert
Corresponding Member |
CA |
2nd |
2010 01- 2012 12 |
Terms of Reference
- To continuously provide advice in relation to the management,
updating and publishing of NPU terminology.
- To make recommendations on NPU for reporting clinical
laboratory data that conform to or adapt current standards of
authoritative organizations, and that will improve their
utilization for health care.
- To provide a connection with other organizations concerned with
NPU, such as the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM),
the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and, by
extension, clinical laboratory sciences societies, such as the
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), and the
in vitro diagnostics industry, to ensure that problems encountered
by health care professionals in the area of NPU are considered by
those organizations.
- To act as a consultant group on NPU in clinical chemistry and,
by extension, in the rest of clinical laboratory sciences to
international scientific panels, regional and national clinical
laboratory sciences organizations, editors of scientific journals,
manufacturers of clinical laboratory instrumentation and products,
and to individual clinical laboratory professionals and other
health care professionals.
- To report and offer advice to the SD Chair and the SD Executive
Committee on matters concerning NPU in all its aspects (all items
above).
Current Projects
- Transfer of the NPU generic database to IFCC site : help and
advice on training the future IFCC NPU database manager(s) in
relation to the installation, updating and management of the
database, and on its relationship relations with other national
versions.
- Mapping of the IFCC-IUPAC laboratory coding system to SNOMED
CT.
- Securing and structural updating of information in the NPU
coding system and its environment.
- Development of an international vocabulary for nominal
examinations in scientific communication.
List of Corresponding Members, nominated by Full
Members' Societies
|
Name
|
Full Member
Society |
| Gilbert Hill |
Canadian Society of
Clinical Chemistry (CSCC) |
| Helle Johannessen |
Denish Society of
Clinical Biochemsitry (DSKB) |
| Aracelis Germán |
Colegio Dominicano de
Bionalistas (CODOBIO) |
| Florian Scherrer |
Société Française de
Biologie Clinique (SFBC) |
| Masayuki Totani |
Japan Society of Clinical
Chemistry (JSCC) |
| Dalius Vitkus |
Lithuanian Society of
Laboratory Medicine |
| Valentina Koloska |
Macedonian Society of
Medical Biochemists |
| Jens Georg Gleditsch |
Norwegian Society of
Medical Biochemistry |
| Nada Majkic-Singh |
Society of Medical
Biochemists of Serbia (DMBS) |
| Ariadna Padró-Miquel |
Sociedad Española de
Bioquímica Clínica y Patología Molecular (SEQC) |
| Arden Forrey |
American Association for
Clinical Chemistry (AACC) |
List of Corresponding Members, nominated by Corporate
Members
|
Name
|
Corporate
Member |
| Dave Armbruster |
ABBOTT Diagnostics |
Committee Chair's contact:
Mr. Robert Flatman
Assistant Manager Biochemistry
Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
PO Box 344
Indooroopilly
4068 Brisbane
Australia
Tel.: +61 7 3377 8526
E-mail: Robert_Flatman@snp.com.au