examination traceability

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10016

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".
Source:
PAC, 2018, 90, 913. (Vocabulary on nominal property, examination, and related concepts for clinical laboratory sciences (IFCC-IUPAC Recommendations 2017)) on page 928 [Terms] [Paper]