4th EFLM-UEMS Congress: abstract submission deadline extended to May 30, 2016!

Dear Members,

The 4th Joint EFLM-UEMS Congress will be held in Warsaw 21.-24.09.2016.

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to May 30, 2016!

Abstracts of scientific contributions, covering the field of clinical chemistry, clinical molecular biology and laboratory medicine in broader sense are welcome. Among all accepted abstracts for poster display, some of them will be selected also for Oral Presentation. Accepted abstracts will be published in the CCLM Journal (on-line version).

Abstracts can only be submitted via the congress website at:
http://www.eflm-uems.warsaw2016.eu/registration.html

All presenting authors (max two abstracts per person) must register as delegates at the congress.

Guidelines for authors: http://www.eflm-uems.warsaw2016.eu/abstracts.html

Committee for information and public relations

Survey of the EFLM TFG for Standardization of the colour coding for blood collection tube closures- NEW DEADLINE

Dear Members,

this is to inform you that the deadline to reply to the survey of the EFLM TFG for Standardization of the colour coding for blood collection tube closures has been postponed to June 1st, 2016.

We look forward to receiving as many replies as possible at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TFG-STCC

Associate Professor Daria Pašalić
EFLM National Representative

4th Asia–Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine Congress - Call for abstracts

Dear Members,

The 4th Asia–Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine Congress (APFCB) will be held 26.-29.11.2016. in Taipei, Taiwan.

More than 75 international experts are invited to the Congress as speakers. A well-completed tentative program is ready for your perusal. You are cordially invited to submit abstract and have a conversation with the congress experts.

We especially encourage you to participate in Student Travel Award.

The deadline for abstract submission is May 31st, 2016. More can be found in the invitation.

Committee for information and public relations

New paper - Fasting is not routinely required for determination of a lipid profile

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