The phrase "a preliminary screening" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an initial evaluation or assessment process, often in contexts like research, medical examinations, or job applications.
Example: "Before the final selection, we will conduct a preliminary screening of all applicants to narrow down the candidates."
Alternatives: "an initial assessment" or "a first evaluation".
For competition experiments, a preliminary screening to select high-affinity anti-NadA mAbs was performed.
Simple rules of thumb were presented for a preliminary screening of these distances.
An animal in the United States tested positive in a preliminary screening test for mad cow disease, Agriculture Department officials said on Friday.
In October 2008 and March 2009, a preliminary screening for arenaviruses was conducted during the process of describing the African wood mouse H. pamfi as a new species10.
A preliminary screening by colony PCR was subjected to these 40 positive clones to identify clones with full-length inserts before identification by sequencing.
As an important antigen, glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) has been proposed as a preliminary screening test target for CDI.
A preliminary screening analysis over a large set of process parameter was performed using a full factorial design.
A preliminary screening on different types of pultruded profiles was performed, highlighting the relevance of adhesion to LLDPE in order to prevent debonding of the reinforcing pultruded profiles.
The only justification for such a preliminary screening is the absence of the built-in pecuniary brake upon frivolous appeals which is present in nonindigent cases.
After crossing the border, a U.S. asylum officer performs a preliminary screening to determine whether their fears of persecution are credible enough to deserve a hearing with an immigration judge.
A preliminary screening is performed to evaluate the removal ability of four lab-made coagulants.
