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

Dear members,

We invite you to participate in e-seminar „The estimate of measurement uncertainty" on May 10th 2016 at 18:00 CET.

The estimate of measurement uncertainty is important in Laboratory Medicine because it is required for reference measurement laboratories to obtain/maintain the accreditation according to ISO 17025:2003 and ISO 15195:2005 and for clinical laboratories to obtain the accreditation according to ISO 15189:2012. There are two approaches to estimate measurement uncertainty, the so-called 'bottom-up' and 'top-down' approaches.

Seminar will be given by Infusino Ilenia, BSc, specialized in Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology. She works at the Clinical Pathology Unit of the "Luigi Sacco" University Hospital in Milan, and she is the Quality Manager of the Centre for Metrological Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (CIRME) of the University of Milan. She published 21 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Registration at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/eflm20163

Link to e-seminar room: https://connect.cesnet.cz/eflm (login as Guest - write your name)

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

Committee for information and public relations

Dear Members,

The 4th Joint EFLM-UEMS Congress will be held in Warsaw 21.-24.09.2016. More than 50 international experts in the field of clinical medicine and laboratory diagnostics will present state of the art lectures and more than 700 participants, both laboratory professionals and clinicians, from all over the world are expected.

The deadline for abstract submission is May 15th, 2016. More about the application can be found in the invitation.

New information about the congress can be found in the 4. EFLM-UEMS Congress newsletter.

Committee for information and public relations