World organization
1955
European branch
1991
EU section
1993
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EFCC 2007
European Federation of Clinical
Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
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40 member countries
Albania
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Kosovo (provisional member)
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Mariam Klouche
(Germany)
Sverre Sandberg
(Norway)
Jean-Claude Libeer
(Belgium)
Elizabeta Topic
(Croatia)
Simone Zerah
(France)
Peter Schuff-Werner
(Germany)
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Past President: Vic Blaton (Belgium)
President: Andrea Rita Horvath (Hungary)
President-Elect: Ian Watson (United Kingdom)
Secretary: Hans van Pelt (The Netherlands)
Treasurer: Peter Schuff-Werner (Germany)
Member-at-Large: Kari Pulkki (Finland)
Member-at-Large: Mario Pazzagli (Italy)
Structure
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Goals of EFCC
Promotion of science and education within CCLM
Improve patient outcomes and the quality and
safety of patient care
Represent CCLM at European level
Represent professional interests of European
specialists
Promote the profession of laboratory medicine
Certify and register professionals in Europe
(EC4 Register)
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Key strategic areas
Structure and Organization
Representation of the profession at
European level
Collaboration with other organizations
Scientific and research activities (pre-and
postanalytical and patient focus)
Education and training
Quality management
Professional affairs
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EFCC Strategic goals and activity plan 2010-2011
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Public and Professional Relations
Updating and maintaining EFCC contacts
Generation of EFCC’s corporate image
Supporting EFCC’s publication activity
Editing and maintaining EFCC´s website
Publishing EFCC´s newsletter
‘Open lab – open mind’
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www.efcclm.eu
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Science Committee
WG Biological Variation explores the sources of
variation in and develops a critical appraisal checklist
for papers on biological variation.
WG Post-analytical external quality assessment which
carries out international surveys amongst general
practitioners and investigates how doctors use and
interpret laboratory tests commonly used for managing
patients in primary care.
WG Test Evaluation sets evidence-based standards and
develops practical tools for designing research studies
for the evaluation of the clinical value and impact of new
biomarkers.
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Science Committee
WG Cardiac Markers investigates, via European surveys,
how the reporting, interpretation and use of cardiac
markers impact on patient outcomes in different countries.
WG Creatinine Standardization investigates the effects of
IVD 98/79 on creatinine standardisation and the clinical
effects of creatinine re-standardisation.
WG Guidelines
– develops standards for guidelines
– assesses the quality and content of guidelines on SMBG
– develops guidance for and website on reflective testing
www.reflectivetesting.com
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The SPIDIA project
Standardisation and improvement of pre-analytical
procedures for current and future in-vitro diagnostics.
The project is coordinated by QIAGEN GmbH.
www.efcclm.org
www.spidia.eu
Quality Management Committee
Supports the establishment of effective accreditation schemes and
quality management systems in all European countries
Liaises with ISO, CEN and the European Accreditation body (EA).
WG Accreditation and ISO/CEN, represents EFCC in EA, ISO TC212
and CEN TC140. The WG focuses on influencing ISO/CEN
standards and harmonisation of accreditation by international
surveys, education and training of assessors related to specific
professional standards of ISO 15189 and on setting European
procedures for accreditation according to the flexible scope.
WG IVD Directive, provides guidance for the application of the
Directive in laboratory practice and during accreditation of
laboratories..
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Education and Training Committee
organises conferences, educational programs,
workshops, courses
organises exchange programs, scholarships
transfers the knowledge via traditional educational
programs, videoconferences and webinars
assists collaboration among different professionals in
healthcare
publish educational materials
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WG Congresses and Postgraduate Education
5th Euregio Conference of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory
Medicine, 27 March, 2009 Liège Belgium.
Euromedlab, Innsbruck, June 7-11, 2009 – two EFCC sessions
IFCC-EFCC Course on Evidence-Based Laboratory Medicine, 7-11
October, Supetar, Croatia.
5th EFCC Symposium for Balkan Region: Proteins: from
electrophoresis to proteomics. 7-10 October. 2009, Belgrade,
Serbia
9th EFCC Continuous Postgraduate Course in Clinical Chemistry:
New Trends in Classification, Diagnosis and Management of
Thyroid Diseases. 25-26 October, 2009 Dubrovnik, Croatia
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The 10th EFCC Continuous
Postgraduate Course
in Clinical Chemistry
European Federation
of Clinical Chemistry and
Laboratory Medicine
Under the auspices of
NEW TRENDS IN
CLASSIFICATION, DIAGNOSIS
AND MANAGEMENT OF
THROMBOPHILIA
European Thrombosis
Research Organization
23-24 October 2010
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Scholarships are available for young course participants
(under 40 years).
Croatian Society of
Medical Biochemists
Grant application form may be downloaded from the web site:
http://www.hdmb.hr/.
Application deadline: July 1st, 2010.
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Slovenian Association
for Clinical Chemistry
Inter-University
Centre Dubrovnik
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WG Distance and e-learning
The First European Videoconference on Quality in
Laboratory Medicine and Accreditation in Medical
Laboratories. Paris,12 February 2009. (Paris, Zagreb,
Szeged)
EFCC / Beckman Coulter Webinar: Prostate Health
Index (phi), an Innovation in Prostate Cancer Risk
Assessment, March 25, 2010
The Second European Videoconference on Quality in
Laboratory Medicine and Accreditation in Medical
Laboratories. Paris,12 February 2009. (Paris, Prague) 16
October 2010, Lisbon, Portugal
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Profession Committee
Aims:
– to achieve legal recognition of the Register at European
Commission/Parliament level via co-regulation, regulation, an
act or a law
– to raise the profession’s profile through lobbying of the
European Parliament
WG EC4Register Commission is independently funded
EC4RC is member of CEPLIS
– WG on Healthcare:
– WG on education:
Simone Zerah, Janet Mc Murray,
Rob Jansen, Mike Hallworth
Thomas Zima from the C-ET
CEPLIS assists in liaising with the European
Commission and the European Economic and Social
Committee
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EC4RC activities at EC level
The EC4 Register is accepted as an EC-approved
self-regulation initiative by the European
Economic and Social Committee (EESC) that
provides a common basis for assessing
laboratory professionals across the EU.
Self-Regulation is a soft-law, i.e. a
recommendation of the EC to EU countries
The Register is included on the EESC/SMO
(Single Market Observatory) database and
website:
www.eesc.europa.eu/selfandcoregulation/index.asp/full.asp?ID=121
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Country
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INSCRIPTIONS AU 14.11.05
Fraction
Austria
450
13
2,9%
Belgium
910
40
4,4%
Denmark
120*
0
0,0%
Finland
309
73
23,6%
France
10000
1265
12,7%
Germany
500*
103
20,6%
Greece
600
85
14,2%
Ireland
15
13
86,7%
4000
163
4,1%
Luxembourg
56
6
10,7%
Netherlands
315
96
30,5%
Poland
1000
12
1,2%
Portugal
1300
27
2,1%
Spain
2900
139
4,8%
120***
0
0,0%
600
83
13,8%
23195
2118
9,1%
Italy
Sweden
United Kingdom
TOTAL
* Scientists only
*** MDs only
Publications, surveys, pilots
Code of conduct (The European Register for Specialists in
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine : Code of Conduct - Version
2 - 2008. Clin Chem Lab Med 2009; 47(3) : 372-375)
Guide to EC4 Register (Accepted for publication in CCLM)
Revision of the EC4 European Syllabus
for post-Graduate Training in Clinical Chemistry and laboratory medicine:
Version 3 – 2005. Zerah S. et al. Clin Chem Lab Med 2006;44(1):110 –
120.
UEMS-EFCC Questionnaire on the practice and
training in LM in Europe
Pilot with the Dutch Society linking the EC4
Register and the national official Register
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Join the EC4 Register!
On-line application form:
www.ec4register.eu
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Collaboration with other organizations
IFCC
EDMA and Corporate members
(Beckman, Roche, Abbott, Bio-Rad, BD)
UEMS
European Council of Liberal Profesions
(CEPLIS)
European co-operation for Accreditation (EA)
Clinical Societies (ESC, ETRO)
EFCC-Roche Scientific Award for
Laboratory Medicine
Awarded every two years “to honour an individual
from an EFCC member country who has made unique
contributions to the promotion and understanding of
clinical chemistry throughout Europe or who has
made one or more contributions that have had a major
impact on clinical chemistry”
The EFCC-Abbott Labs are Vital Award
for Excellence in Outcomes Research
in Laboratory Medicine
Awarded every two years “to the best published paper, as
judged by an independent panel of experts, which
demonstrated improved outcomes (clinical and/or
economic) arising out of the application or improved
utilisation of an in-vitro diagnostics test”
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EUROMEDLAB Milano 2013
20th IFCC-EFCC European Congress of Clinical Chemistry
and Laboratory Medicine
May 2013
Milano Convention Center MIC plus
See you in Dubrovnik, Lisbon
Berlin, Milan…
See you in Europe…!