New EFLM webinar „Preanalytical mysteries“

Dear members,

We invite you to participate in EFLM webinar„Preanalytical mysteries“ which will be held on 27th November 2018. at 6 PM.

The speaker will be professor Pieter Vermeersch who is working as a clinical pathologist at the University Hospitals Leuven. He is the head of the special chemistry laboratory unit and responsible for evidence-based laboratory medicine and metabolic disease. He is also the past president of the Royal Belgian Society of Laboratory Medicine. His special interests are optimizing the pre- and post-analytical phase including and test interpretation of diagnostic test utilization. He is Corresponding Member the EFLM Working Group “Preanalytical Phase” and Member of the EFLM Working Group „Personalised medicine“.

The aim of this webinar is to make participants aware of the wide range of possible causes of preanalytical errors, both outside the laboratory and inside the laboratory and illustrate these a number of mysteries from routine practice which ultimately allowed the identification of a pre-analytical problem

The participation is free of charge - The number of attendees is limited! Registration at: https://elearning.eflm.eu/enrol/index.php?id=36

See all our previous recorded webinars at https://elearning.eflm.eu/

Committee for information and public relations

New issue od eJIFCC

Dear members,

The new issue of eJIFCC (2018, vol29, no3) is now available and can be downloaded here.
Main topic of this issue is „Laboratory medicine – meeting the needs of Mediterranean nations (part1).

Committee for information and public relations

EFLM Working Group on “Accreditation and ISO/CEN standards” - Call for nominations for 2 Full Member positions and 1 Young Scientist Member

Dear All,

Kindly find attached a communication from Dr. Wim Huisman, Chair of the EFLM Quality & Regulations Committee, announcing the call for nominations for 2 Full Member positions and 1 Young Scientist Member for the EFLM Working Group “Accreditation and ISO/CEN standards” (WG-A/ISO).

Specific requirements for the candidates are mentioned in the attached invitation letter. Nominations should be sent to the EFLM Office (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by December 2, 2018.

Commitee for information and public relations

5th EFLM Conference on Preanalytical Phase – call for abstracts

Dear All,

We wish to give a special emphasis to the abstract submission of your scientific works. You have the opportunity to present a poster and deliver an oral presentation! Just one month left to deadline December 1, 2018 h 23:59 CET! Submit your abstract now!

Take advantage of the early registration fee and save money. Also check the special rate for hotel accommodation, reserved for you at the conference venue. Don' t miss the oportunity and register now!
The conference will be accredited by UEMS-EACCME. CME accreditation granted by the UEMS-EACCME® provides a guarantee to participants from all over the world that the content of the CME provided is of a high quality, unbiased and didactic and, for European doctors, that this quality will be recognised in their home country.

Commitee for information and public relations