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World organization1955

European branch1991

EU section1993

EFCC 2007

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European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

40 member countriesAlbaniaAustriaBelgium Bosnia-HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCzech Republic CyprusDenmark Estonia Finland France Germany GreeceHungaryIceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo (provisional member)Latvia

LithuaniaLuxembourgMacedoniaMontenegroNetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSerbiaSlovak RepublicSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited Kingdom

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Past President: Vic Blaton (Belgium)

President: Andrea Rita Horvath (Hungary)

President-Elect: Ian Watson (United Kingdom)

Secretary: Hans van Pelt (The Netherlands)

Treasurer: Peter Schuff-Werner (Germany)

Member-at-Large: Kari Pulkki (Finland)

Member-at-Large: Mario Pazzagli (Italy)

Mariam Klouche(Germany)

Sverre Sandberg(Norway)

Jean-Claude Libeer(Belgium)

Elizabeta Topic(Croatia)

Simone Zerah(France)

Peter Schuff-Werner(Germany)

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Structure

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Goals of EFCCPromotion of science and education within CCLM

Improve patient outcomes and the quality and safety of patient care

Represent CCLM at European level

Represent professional interests of European specialists

Promote the profession of laboratory medicine

Certify and register professionals in Europe (EC4 Register)

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Key strategic areas

Structure and Organization

Representation of the profession at European level

Collaboration with other organizations

Scientific and research activities (pre-and postanalytical and patient focus)

Education and training

Quality management

Professional affairs

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EFCC Strategic goals and activity plan 2010-2011

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Public and Professional Relations

Updating and maintaining EFCC contacts

Generation of EFCC’s corporate image

Supporting EFCC’s publication activity

Editing and maintaining EFCC´s website

Publishing EFCC´s newsletter

‘Open lab – open mind’

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Science CommitteeWG Biological Variation explores the sources of variation in and develops a critical appraisal checklist for papers on biological variation.

WG Post-analytical external quality assessment which carries out international surveys amongst general practitioners and investigates how doctors use and interpret laboratory tests commonly used for managing patients in primary care.

WG Test Evaluation sets evidence-based standards and develops practical tools for designing research studies for the evaluation of the clinical value and impact of new biomarkers.

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Science CommitteeWG Cardiac Markers investigates, via European surveys, how the reporting, interpretation and use of cardiac markers impact on patient outcomes in different countries.

WG Creatinine Standardization investigates the effects of IVD 98/79 on creatinine standardisation and the clinical effects of creatinine re-standardisation.

WG Guidelines – develops standards for guidelines– assesses the quality and content of guidelines on SMBG– develops guidance for and website on reflective testing www.reflectivetesting.com

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Standardisation and improvement of pre-analytical procedures for current and future in-vitro diagnostics.

The project is coordinated by QIAGEN GmbH.

The SPIDIA project

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Quality Management Committee

Supports the establishment of effective accreditation schemes and quality management systems in all European countries

Liaises with ISO, CEN and the European Accreditation body (EA).

WG Accreditation and ISO/CEN, represents EFCC in EA, ISO TC212 and CEN TC140. The WG focuses on influencing ISO/CEN standards and harmonisation of accreditation by international surveys, education and training of assessors related to specific professional standards of ISO 15189 and on setting European procedures for accreditation according to the flexible scope.

WG IVD Directive, provides guidance for the application of the Directive in laboratory practice and during accreditation of laboratories..

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organises conferences, educational programs, workshops, courses

organises exchange programs, scholarships

transfers the knowledge via traditional educational programs, videoconferences and webinars

assists collaboration among different professionals in healthcare

publish educational materials

Education and Training Committee

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5th Euregio Conference of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 27 March, 2009 Liège Belgium.

Euromedlab, Innsbruck, June 7-11, 2009 – two EFCC sessions

IFCC-EFCC Course on Evidence-Based Laboratory Medicine, 7-11 October, Supetar, Croatia.

5th EFCC Symposium for Balkan Region: Proteins: from electrophoresis to proteomics. 7-10 October. 2009, Belgrade, Serbia

9th EFCC Continuous Postgraduate Course in Clinical Chemistry: New Trends in Classification, Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Diseases. 25-26 October, 2009 Dubrovnik, Croatia

WG Congresses and Postgraduate Education

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European Federationof Clinical Chemistry and

Laboratory Medicine

Croatian Society of Medical Biochemists

Slovenian Associationfor Clinical Chemistry

Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik

The 10th EFCC Continuous Postgraduate Course in Clinical Chemistry

NEW TRENDS IN CLASSIFICATION, DIAGNOSIS

AND MANAGEMENT OF THROMBOPHILIA

Under the auspices of

23-24 October 2010

Dubrovnik, Croatia

European Thrombosis Research Organization

Scholarships are available for young course participants (under 40 years).

Grant application form may be downloaded from the web site: http://www.hdmb.hr/.

Application deadline: July 1st, 2010.

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The First European Videoconference on Quality in Laboratory Medicine and Accreditation in Medical Laboratories. Paris,12 February 2009. (Paris, Zagreb, Szeged)

EFCC / Beckman Coulter Webinar: Prostate Health Index (phi), an Innovation in Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment, March 25, 2010

The Second European Videoconference on Quality in Laboratory Medicine and Accreditation in Medical Laboratories. Paris,12 February 2009. (Paris, Prague) 16 October 2010, Lisbon, Portugal

WG Distance and e-learning

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Aims:– to achieve legal recognition of the Register at European

Commission/Parliament level via co-regulation, regulation, an act or a law

– to raise the profession’s profile through lobbying of the European Parliament

WG EC4Register Commission is independently funded

EC4RC is member of CEPLIS– WG on Healthcare: Simone Zerah, Janet Mc Murray,

Rob Jansen, Mike Hallworth

– WG on education: Thomas Zima from the C-ET

CEPLIS assists in liaising with the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee

Profession Committee

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EC4RC activities at EC level

The EC4 Register is accepted as an EC-approved self-regulation initiative by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) that provides a common basis for assessing laboratory professionals across the EU.

Self-Regulation is a soft-law, i.e. a recommendation of the EC to EU countries

The Register is included on the EESC/SMO (Single Market Observatory) database and website: www.eesc.europa.eu/selfandcoregulation/index.asp/full.asp?ID=121

INSCRIPTIONS AU 14.11.05

* Scientists only *** MDs only

Country ClinChem EurClinChem Fraction

Austria 450 13 2,9%

Belgium 910 40 4,4%

Denmark 120* 0 0,0%

Finland 309 73 23,6%

France 10000 1265 12,7%

Germany 500* 103 20,6%

Greece 600 85 14,2%

Ireland 15 13 86,7%

Italy 4000 163 4,1%

Luxembourg 56 6 10,7%

Netherlands 315 96 30,5%

Poland 1000 12 1,2%

Portugal 1300 27 2,1%

Spain 2900 139 4,8%

Sweden 120*** 0 0,0%

United Kingdom 600 83 13,8%

TOTAL 23195 2118 9,1%

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Publications, surveys, pilots

Code of conduct (The European Register for Specialists in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine : Code of Conduct - Version 2 - 2008. Clin Chem Lab Med 2009; 47(3) : 372-375)

Guide to EC4 Register (Accepted for publication in CCLM)

Revision of the EC4 European Syllabus

for post-Graduate Training in Clinical Chemistry and laboratory medicine: Version 3 – 2005. Zerah S. et al. Clin Chem Lab Med 2006;44(1):110 – 120.

UEMS-EFCC Questionnaire on the practice and training in LM in Europe

Pilot with the Dutch Society linking the EC4 Register and the national official Register

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On-line application form:

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Join the EC4 Register!

Collaboration with other organizations

IFCC

EDMA and Corporate members (Beckman, Roche, Abbott, Bio-Rad, BD)

UEMS

European Council of Liberal Profesions (CEPLIS)

European co-operation for Accreditation (EA)

Clinical Societies (ESC, ETRO)

Awarded every two years “to honour an individual from an EFCC member country who has made unique contributions to the promotion and understanding of

clinical chemistry throughout Europe or who has made one or more contributions that have had a major

impact on clinical chemistry”

EFCC-Roche Scientific Award for Laboratory Medicine

Awarded every two years “to the best published paper, as judged by an independent panel of experts, which demonstrated improved outcomes (clinical and/or

economic) arising out of the application or improved utilisation of an in-vitro diagnostics test”

The EFCC-Abbott Labs are Vital Award for Excellence in Outcomes Research

in Laboratory Medicine

EUROMEDLAB Milano 201320th IFCC-EFCC European Congress of Clinical Chemistry

and Laboratory Medicine

May 2013Milano Convention Center MIC plus

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See you in Europe…!