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

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

Poštovani članovi i članice,

iznimno nam je zadovoljstvo objaviti dobitnike edukacijskih stipendija za sudjelovanje na 12. kongresu Hrvatskog društva za medicinsku biokemiju i laboratorijsku medicinu s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem, koji će se održati od 15. do 18. listopada 2026. godine u Srebrenom.

Hrvatsko društvo za medicinsku biokemiju i laboratorijsku medicinu raspisalo je natječaj za dodjelu 10 edukacijskih stipendija, koje uključuju pokrivanje troškova pune rane kotizacije, prijevoza te tri noćenja u hotelu Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera u dvokrevetnoj sobi.

Na natječaj su pristigle 34 pravovaljane prijave. S obzirom na velik interes i iznimnu kvalitetu prijavljenih sažetaka, Glavni odbor Društva donio je odluku o dodjeli 12 edukacijskih stipendija.

Nakon pregleda priložene dokumentacije i bodovanja koje je provela tročlana komisija, dobitnici edukacijskih stipendija navedeni abecednim redom i pripadajući sažetci su: 

1. Petra Andrašić (Klinika za dječje bolesti Zagreb): „Determination of coagulation parameters using analyzers of different measurement methods in the case of asparaginase-induced lipemia interference“
2. Ivana Bilkić (KBC Zagreb): „Validation of low-volume lithium heparin blood collection tubes for emergency laboratory testing in intensive care unit patients“
3. Merima Čolić (Klinika za dječje bolesti Zagreb): „Can citrate plasma samples be used for aPTT testing after 24 hours at +4°C? A comparison analysis of two coagulation analyzers“
4. Lucija Franin (KBC Rijeka): „Indirect reference intervals for free thyroxine and triiodothyronine on the Beckman Coulter DxI 9000 analyzer“
5. Sonja Homar (KBC Rijeka): „Indirect reference intervals for vitamin D using refine R“
6. Tomislav Hrgović (KBC Osijek): „Verification of Low Dose Ristocetin Induced Platelet Aggregation on the Thrombomate XRA analyzer“
7. Marina Kovačević (KB Dubrava): „Clinical validation of digital PCR-based ESR1mutation detection in circulating cell-free tumor DNA from patients with breast cancer“
8. Antonio Lukenda (KB Dubrava): „Analytical verification and method comparison of alpha-1-antitrypsin (A1AT) measurement on an immunonephelometric analyser“
9. Marko Matusina (Sveučilište u Zagrebu Farmaceutsko biokemijski fakultet): „Effect of second elution and plasma input volume on the extraction efficiency of circulating cell-free DNA in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia“
10. Ivan Ožvald (Neuropsihijatrijska bolnica dr. Ivan Barbot Popovača): „Hyponatremia as a Source of Interference in CBC Measurements“
11. Ivana Prpić (Poliklinika Breyer): „Impact of ABCB1and CES1 variants on clinical outcomes of dabigatran therapy“
12. Marija Razum (KBC Sestre milosrdnice): „Comparison of Sampson-NIH and Friedewald equations for LDL-C estimation against direct LDL-C measurement across different triglyceride concentrations“

Dobitnicima čestitamo! Vjerujemo da će na kongresu steći brojna nova znanja i ideje!

Molimo izabrane kandidate da se za daljnje dogovore o načinu preuzimanja stipendije jave administrativnoj tajnici HDMBLM Jasni Đogić na e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

doc. dr. sc. Andrea Čeri
Povjerenstvo za edukaciju HDMBLM

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