Latin-American Confederation of Clinical Biochemistry

Dra. Q.F. Graciela Queiruga

President COLABIOCLI

• Confederación Unificada Bioquímica de la República Argentina CUBRA

• Sociedad Boliviana de Bioquímica Clínica SBBC

• Sociedade Brasileira de Análises Clínicas SBAC

• Sociedad Chilena de Química Clínica SCHQC

• Colegio Nacional de Bacteriología Colombia CNB

• Colegio de Microbiólogos y Químicos Clínicos de Costa Rica

• Sociedad Cubana de Patología Clínica

• Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Bioquímica Clínica SEBIOCLI

• Colegio de Profesionales del Laboratorio Clínico de

El Salvador

• Asociación Española de Farmaceúticos Analistas AEFA

• Asociación de Químicos Biólogos de Guatemala AQBG

• Colegio de Microbiólogos y Químicos Clínicos de Honduras

• Colegio Mexicano de Ciencias de Laboratorio Clínico, A.C. CMCLC

• Asociación de Microbiólogos y Químicos Clínicos de Nicaragua AMQCN

• Colegio Nacional de Laboratoristas Clínicos de Panamá CONALAC

• Asociación Bioquímicos de Paraguay ABP• Asociación Peruana de Profesionales del

Laboratorio Clínico• Colegio Dominicano de Bioanalistas

CODOBIO• Asociación Bioquímica Uruguaya

ABU• Colegio de Tecnólogos Médicos de Puerto Rico

CTMPR• Federación de Colegios de Bioanalistas de

Venezuela FEDECOBIOVE

The main purpose of the Confederation is the permanent improvement of the profession in all aspects: ethical, technical and economical

President Dr. Q.F. Graciela Queiruga (Uruguay)Vice- President Dr. Q.F. Stella Raymondo (Uruguay)Secretary B.C. Cecilia Queijo ( Uruguay)Treasurer MSc. BC. Paola Audicio (Uruguay)1st. member Dr. Alvaro Justiniano Groz (Bolivia)2nd. member Dr. Rosa Isabel Sierra Amor (México)3rd. member Lic. Angelita Angeles (R.Dominicana)

ABU - Uruguay, as headquarters of COLABIOCLI proposes for this period

the following:

• 1. Intensive technical growth of the Lab professionals

• 2. Improving the service the Lab offers

• 3.Continuos International Agreements

• 4. Revuew Internal Vision

Intensive technical growth of the Lab professionals

• Stimulating permanent training, maintaining and promoting Distance Learning Courses

• Programming Exchange Scholarships for Clinicians.

• Strengthening the Lab Staff by promoting the unification of curricula and accreditation courses

• Revaluating the work at the Clinic Lab, through diagnosis, and tackling the problems in the different countries.

Improving the service the Lab offers

*Stimulate Latin American Cooperation to help the Labs progress*Promote and encourage Neonatal Screening in all Latin American countries stimulating prevention*Create a Catalog of Latin American Experts to organize technical advice*Guidance and advice in the field of Bioethics*Promote the Standarization of Creatinine for all Latin America*Implement a system to Buy Lyophilised Sera for the entire region*Promote and stimulate Accreditations of Clinical Labs

In respect to International Agreements

• We will continue with the agreement COLABIOCLI-OPS in the area of quality

• We will continue performing joint activities with IFCC to stimulate mutual growth

Internal Vision

• We would be very interesting if we can improve our inner organization

• We have thought of evaluating the present statute to update it

• Studying the possibility of creating a fixed secretariat to facilitate the management of the Confederation

• And updating and giving more diffusion of our web page