reference laboratory

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08116
Laboratory that applies a reference measurement procedure, a reference examination procedure, or performs a calibration.
Notes:
  1. The term "reference laboratory" may have other connotations in a national context.
  2. In laboratory medicine, a reference measurement laboratory is defined in ISO 15195.
Source:
PAC, 2021, 93, 997. 'Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1037 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0819)