examination procedure

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09990

Detailed description of an examination according to one or more examination principles and to a given examination method and any decision algorithm necessary to obtain an examination result.

Example: Working instructions, or "standard operating procedure", at laboratory A to examine a sample for a possible mutation in the gene for haemochromatosis (HFE).
Notes:
  1. An examination procedure specifies the dedicated kind-of-nominal-property involved, any sampling, examining system, nominal reference material(s) needed, and the nominal property value set used. The examination procedure also specifies how many examined values that are necessary to obtain an examination result and how to estimate the expected examination uncertainty.
  2. The information presented in an examination procedure is intended to be operational and should be sufficient for a trained operator to perform an examination satisfactorily.
  3. An examination procedure can include a statement concerning a target examination uncertainty.
Source:
PAC, 2018, 90, 913. 'Vocabulary on nominal property, examination, and related concepts for clinical laboratory sciences (IFCC-IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 919 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2011-0613)