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In the development of pan CanadianStandardsfor Canadian Standards for Laboratory Messaging and Nomenclature, much has been focused on the electronic exchange of information. The base nomenclature standard used for electronic exchange and mapping of laboratory tests in Canada is the pan Canadian LOINC Observation Code Database (pCLOCD). It is based on the international LOINC® standard developed and maintained by the Regenstrief Institute.
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Leveraging previous work done by the British Columbia Provincial Laboratory Coordinating Office the following guiding principles and the accompanying set of rules were developed and used to establish a pan Canadian viewer name. These rules were collaboratively developed by a Standards Collaborative Working Group (SCWG) 5 taskforce comprised of laboratory subject matter experts from Infoway,British Columbia,Saskatchewan,New Brunswickand Brunswick and an international nomenclature subject matter expert from 3M.
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