National Clinical Laboratory Network

**Semantic type:** Professional or Occupational Group

**Definition:** A laboratory network capable of providing centralized, well-characterized assays. It features a centralized specimen biorepository and the support of centralized data reporting and offers validated assays following harmonized standardized operating procedures (SOPs) while implementing uniform assay workflow, instrumentation, and data analysis across network labs.

**Synonyms:** - NCLN - NCLN