Don't miss the opportunity to attend the 12th International Scientific Meeting „Standardization in laboratory medicine and pateint safety“ which will be held in Milano, 29 November 2018.
This scientific meeting is organized by The Research center for metrological traceability in laboratory medicine (CIRME) of the University of Milano that was created in 2006 with the scope to join in a unique entity teachers and investigators of various University of Milano Departments interested in the development of higher order metrological calibration materials and reference methods in the field of the Laboratory Medicine.
More information about program and registration fees you can find in offical leaflet.

Committee for information and public relations

Speaker: Stephen Church (UK)
Date: 2018-09-18 at h. 18.00 CET

This webinar will overview the risks associated with blood collections from VADs, the type of VAD from which samples may be collected and also provide recommendations on best practices to obtain the highest quality sample and ensure patient care.
Registration at: https://elearning.eflm.eu/course/info.php?id=35

The participation is free of charge - The number of attendees is limited!

Committee for information and public relations

The EFLM Walter Guder Preanalytical Award is granted to a young scientist for significant contribution to the improvement of the preanalytical phase. EFLM is very pleased to have partnered with BD on this award, through which we intend to achieve wider recognition of the importance of high quality research in the field of the preanalytical phase among laboratory professionals in Europe.

Eligibility criteria
The applicant must fulfill the following criteria:

• Age under 40 years
• Member of an EFLM member country
• Study accepted for peer-reviewed publication by the submission deadline in which the nominee must be the first author

Award timing
The EFLM Walter Guder Preanalytical Award is awarded biannually. This year, the award will be presented at the 5th EFLM Conference on Preanalytical Phase: "Preanalytical challenges - time for solutions" to be held in Zagreb (HR) on 22-23 March 2019.

Award details
The selected young scientist will receive an award of € 5000 and the costs for attending the 5th EFLM Conference on Preanalytical Phase (economy class travel, reasonable accommodation and the registration fee).

Submission details
The applicants should send the reprint of their article or a copy of the editor’s letter indicating final acceptance for publication to the EFLM office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Articles must have been published or accepted for publication between 1 January 2017 and 30 September 2018. Entries must be published in English in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Applicants should also send a statement signed by all authors of the publication consenting to submission of the paper for the Award and to the conditions of entry. Submissions will be judged by an independent panel of experts. The nominee must be the first author and a member of an EFLM member society. The Award will be presented to the first author, who is responsible for division of the award among his/her co-authors.

• Applications deadline: October 1, 2018
• Winner will be notified: November 1, 2018

For further information on the submission process please contact the Chair of the EFLM WG-Preanalytical Phase, Prof. Ana-Maria Simundic: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.