New IFCC Android and iOS App

Written by Super User Jelečević. Posted in vijesti

Dear all,

The IFCC Communications and Publications Division (CPD) is pleased to announce the release of the IFCC app on both iOS and Android platforms. The app is free to download from iTunes or Google Play and is the latest communication tool for use by all IFCC officers, member society members, and other lab medicine professionals.

The app is available for both Apple and Android phones or tablets and provides:

direct access to the IFCC website
the latest news from IFCC
IFCC calendar of upcoming conferences and other events
access to the eAcademy eLearning modules
ability to browse the latest issues of the eNewsletter and eJournal, even when you are offline

Everything in one place, accessible with a single click.

Search for the app in the Apple AppStore or Google Play using "IFCC" today!

Committee for information and public relations

New paper - Fasting is not routinely required for determination of a lipid profile

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EFLM is happy to announce that a joint recommendation from the European Atherosclerosis Society and the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine has been recently published.

In the attachment you can find a new paper „Fasting is not routinely required for determination of a lipid profile: clinical and laboratory implications including flagging at desirable concentration cut-points—a joint consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society and European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine", Nordestgaard BG, Langsted A, Mora S, Kolovou G, Baum H, Bruckert E et al. European Heart Journal DOI:10.1093/eurheartj/ehw152

This is a pivotal paper documenting the possibility of a real change of practice: it is the first international recommendation that fasting is no longer necessary before lipid testing.

This will improve patients compliance to preventive treatment with the ultimate goal to reduce the global burden of cardiovascular disease.

Associate Professor Daria Pašalić
EFLM National Representative

Prof.Dr. Gerard Siest has passed away

Written by Super User Jelečević. Posted in vijesti

Dear members,

It is with great sadness that we inform you that prof.dr.Gerard Siest has passed away. He was president of IFCC (1991-1996) and for 12-year period he was Editor-in-Chief of CCLM. His last "pet project" was the foundation of the European Society for Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Therapy in which he was a president. Please find in attachment a letter from Prof. Dr. Michael Neumaier (on behalf of the EFLM Executive Board),vice president of EFLM.

Committee for information and public relations

Publication of National Societies’ Guidelines on the EFLM website

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Dear All,

The EFLM Communication Committee is planning to post the Guidelines issued by the EFLM National Societies on the EFLM website.

At this page http://www.eflm.eu/index.php/national-societies-guidelines.html you see those three guidelines already posted.

If you are interested to give visibility to your National Society's activities, please send the guidelines from your National Society to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Guidelines must be in English, issued in the last few years and related to any topic in the field of Laboratory Medicine.

Should you have any further questions, please write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

EFLM Communication Committee

Recording of the EFLM webinar"Non-fasting lipid profiles" available on line!

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Dear members,

For those who were not able to join the EFLM webinar on June 7 or for those attendants who want to recall presented ideas, we are happy to inform you that the recording of the last EFLM webinar on "Non-fasting lipid profiles: implications for lipoprotein measurement and reporting" by professr Michel Langlois is now available.

http://www.ceva-edu.cz/pluginfile.php/9433/mod_resource/content/1/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo8dwQwO47k&feature=youtu.be

If you attend the webinar, we would be very pleased if you can fill in short feedback questionnaire about it.

We thank professor Michel Langlois for sharing this material.

Committee for information and public relations