Category User guide Organisation Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) Type Standard Version 2020 Access Open Status Active Updated May-20 This document is the eighth section of the Users' Guide for LOINC. LOINC is an international standard for identifying health measurements, observations and documents such as laboratory and clinical test results. Section 8 lays out how the LOINC model for naming collections (e.g. panels) is being refined for better consistency and ease of use, and to avoid increasing numbers of names. Main sections:- Goals and general approach- Collections as orders and observations- LOINC Scale for collections Access Users' Guide: 8 - Evolving principles for naming collections v2020 By accessing this content, you are leaving this website. The Agency takes no responsibility for the accuracy of content on the destination page.