Forrey A W, McDonald C J, DeMoor G, Huff S M, Leavelle D, Leland D, Fiers T, Charles L, Griffin B, Stalling F, Tullis A, Hutchins K, Baenziger J
University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Clin Chem. 1996 Jan;42(1):81-90.
Many laboratories use electronic message standards to transmit results to their clients. If all laboratories used the same "universal" set of test identifiers, electronic transmission of results would be greatly simplified. The Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINC) database aims to be such a code system, covering at least 98% of the average laboratory's tests. The LOINC database should be of interest to hospitals, clinical laboratories, doctors' offices, state health departments, governmental healthcare providers, third-party payors, organizations involved in clinical trials, and quality assurance and utilization reviewers. The fifth release of the LOINC database, containing codes, names, and synonyms for approximately 6300 test observations, is now available on the Internet for public use. Here we describe the LOINC database, the methods used to produce it, and how it may be obtained.
许多实验室使用电子信息标准将结果传输给客户。如果所有实验室都使用同一套“通用”测试标识符，结果的电子传输将大大简化。逻辑观察标识符名称和代码（LOINC）数据库旨在成为这样一种代码系统，涵盖至少98%的普通实验室测试项目。医院、临床实验室、医生办公室、州卫生部门、政府医疗服务提供者、第三方支付方、参与临床试验的组织以及质量保证和利用情况评审人员都应该会对LOINC数据库感兴趣。LOINC数据库的第五版现已在互联网上供公众使用，其中包含约6300个测试观察项目的代码、名称和同义词。在此，我们将介绍LOINC数据库、创建该数据库所使用的方法以及如何获取该数据库。
