Call for IFCC nominations - Committee on “Harmonization of Autoimmune Tests (C-HAT)”

Dear All,

Kindly find enclosed a letter on behalf of Prof. Ian Young and Prof. Philippe Gillery, respectively IFCC Scientific Division Chair and Chair-elect, announcing a Call for Nominations for membership positions for the Committee on "Harmonization of Autoimmune Tests (C-HAT)" to be established as of January 2017.

Applications should be directly submitted to the IFCC Office (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by January 31st, 2017, using the enclosed application form.

Thanking you in advance for supporting IFCC and related activities, I remain

Sincerely yours

Paola Bramati

4th EFLM-BD European Conference on Preanalytical Phase

Dear Colleagues,

after meeting in Parma (2011), Zagreb (2013) and Porto (2015), with great pleasure, on behalf of the conference organizers, you are invited to the 4th EFLM-BD European Conference on Preanalytical Phase, to be held on 24-25 March 2017 in Amsterdam (NL).

The conference is organized by the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) and sponsored by BD Diagnostics, Preanalytical Systems. The focus of the conference is the quality of the preanalytical phase of the laboratory work. It is the largest such conference in Europe.

The conference program has been tailored by the scientific committee to deliver up-to-date knowledge in the field and create an open forum for interactive discussions. Your feedback during the previous meetings has guided us in the selection of the topics of this one.

Our guiding principle was to be different, pragmatic, practical and interactive, to address challenges, to raise questions and offer answers.

More info is available at http://www.preanalytical-phase.org/

Publication of National Societies’ Guidelines on the EFLM website

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

“November” issue of the EFLM corner

Dear All,

Please find in attachment the "November" issue of the EFLM corner published in "LabMedica International". The contents of this issue:

4th Joint EFLM-UEMS Congress: Reports from EFLM Bursary Recipients
4th EFLM-BD Conference on Preanalytical Phase 2017: EFLM bursary program and conference awards
EFLM Publications in 2016: An Update
News from the EFLM Education and Training Committee
Upcoming EFLM Webinars

With kindest regards,

Harjit Pal Bhattoa,
EFLM Newsletter Editor