The action of moving material between containers, or containers between transport devices. This term is of particular importance in clinical chemistry.
Source:
PAC, 1989, 61, 1657
(Nomenclature for automated and mechanised analysis (Recommendations 1989))
on page 1662
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry
http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/T06440.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic