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Contributed by Rosa I Sierra-Amor, PhD, Past President AMBC
The Mexican Association of Clinical Biochemistry (AMBC), a full member society of IFCC and COLABIOCLI, organized the XXXth National Congress in Clinical Biochemistry at the Poliforum Leon. The main sponsors were: Applied Biosystems, Mexico, Asistencia Tecnica y Distribuci�n Especializada S.A. de C.V. (ATYDE), Diagnostic Systems (DIASYS) Italy, Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics S. de R.L. de C.V., Becton Dickinson de M�xico, S.A. de C.V., Bio-Rad S.A., Carpermor, S.A. de C.V., DiaSorin Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Estudios Cl�nicos TJ Oriard S.A, Laboratorio Lic�n, S.A., Laboratorio Dr Moreira, and Sanofi-Aventis. Several other distributors of In Vitro Diagnostics products contributed to the event.
The Organizing committee, composed of Martha Sanchez Rodriguez (chair), Mario Garcia, Ma del Pilar Cedillo and Carmen Melchor, together with the scientific committee, Ma Teresa Ramirez (chair), Jose Francisco Mu�oz-Valle, Karina Chavez-Rueda, Domingo Sanchez-Francia, and Beatriz Nieva contributed to the success of this event. Connie Yerena, Isaias Sanchez, and Miguel Angel Gonzalez coordinated the Poster presentations.
Congress Organizing Committee: Martha Sanchez and Mario Garcia (in the center) with members of the Scientific Committee.
The Mayor of the city of Le�n sponsored several social activities that included the Folkloric Ballet performance during the Opening ceremony, and a �Callejoneada�, walking and guided tour around the historical colonial city of Guanajuato located 25 minutes from Le�n, Capital city of the Guanajuato State. During the Opening, there were representatives from the Minister of Health of the State of Guanajuato, from the government and from different universities and other organizations involved in healthcare and laboratory accreditation.
Immediately after the Opening ceremony, Rosa I Sierra Amor accompanied by the Minister of Health of Guanajuato State, inaugurated the Lab Exposition. A mariachi band accompanied the congress attendees to the lab exposition where industry representatives welcomed them in a warm and friendly environment full state of the art technology.
Get together at the Lab exposition
The scientific program included three plenary conferences: a) Alzheimer disease: models, updates and hopes; b) Seven years of experience with the �Mexican Method� of allogeneic stems cell transplantation, and c) Uncertainty of the measurements. Other topics included quality assurance on POC testing; proficiency testing and external quality-assurance schemes, and challenges and success implementing medical laboratory accreditation, certification of professionals, international and national regulations, bioethics, food technology, pharmacy and informatics, bone biochemistry, infectious diseases, neonatal screening, transfusion medicine, HPV, AIDS, autoimmune diseases, diabetes and genetics, metabolic syndrome, among others. Round Table discussions topics on kidney function, hepatitis, mycology, torch, immuno-hematology, traceability, applied molecular biology, rheumatoid arthritis, etc., sponsored by BIORAD gave the opportunity to share experiences with the industry team leaders.
The students in Clinical Biochemistry held their meeting simultaneously to the Congress. On this occasion, Maria Antonieta Garza-Galindo, Past President AMBC (at center) was honored as Emeritus member, and recognized for her services and contributions becoming the first member awarded with the AMBC award for Services and Contributions to the Profession.
Maria Antonieta Garza-Galindo at center, AMBC awardee on Services and Contributions to the profession with two AMBC members.
Awards
The award for the best thesis in clinical biochemistry, selected by the AMBC and sponsored by Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostic, was �Comparison of two methods for the diagnosis of peritoneal infection in patients with Ambulatory Continuous Peritoneal Dialysis at the IMSS Regional Hospital no 25, by Ines Gonzalez Chavez.
AMBC awardee to the best thesis in Clinical Biochemistry, Ines Chavez Gonzalez and Magnolia Mendoza, from Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostic
The Dr Moreira Laboratory award for Laboratory Quality Systems, given to high and low complexity laboratories was given to the Laboratorio de Analisis Clinicos Especializados (L.A.C.E.) from Tapachula, Chis and from Tijuana, BC., directed by Consuelo Chang, MS, and Laboratorio de Analisis Cl�nicos de Servicio a la Comunidad, directed by Elda Leal Orozco.
Consuelo Chang being congratulated after receiving Dr Moreira award for Laboratory Quality Systems by Rosa I Sierra Amor, Norma Gonzalez y Angela Susana Ramirez
The TJ Oriard poster presentation awards included topics on total quality, molecular biology, and education in clinical biochemistry, hematology, immunology, microbiology, and clinical chemistry.
The nine hundred and eighty congresses from all around the country who participated to the event in Le�n shared experiences in a very warm and friendly environment. We look forward to the next year�s meeting!!
Congratulation to the Asociaci�n Mexicana de Bioqu�mica Cl�nica as provider of proficiency testing programs!
Submitted by Rosa I Sierra Amor, PhD, Past President AMBC
The Asociaci�n Mexicana de Bioqu�mica Cl�nica (AMBC) www.ambc.org.mx obtained the recognition PEA-CLI-01 as provider of proficiency testing programs according to the competency requirements for proficiency testing providers (ILAC G13:2000) in the area of clinical chemistry. With this recognition, given by the Mexican Entity of Accreditation (www.ema.org.mx ) on December 18, 2006, the AMBC becomes the first external quality assurance program in Mexico. The clinical chemistry area included 24 analytes/procedures that are: uric acid, CK-MB activity, alanino transferase, albumin, amylase, aspartate aminotransferase, total bilirrubin, calcium, chloride, cholesterol, creatinine, creatinin kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase, phosphate, gamma-glutamyltransferase, glucose, lipase, magnesium, potassium, total proteins, sodium, triglycerides and urea.
AMBC thus fulfills another step since 1985 after it provided the first external quality assurance scheme program started in Mexico through the IFCC Project Mexico (BIOQUIMIA, 1986; 8: 107-108) (BIOQUIMIA 2006; 31 Supl. A:124). The ABMC provides also other proficiency testing programs in urinalysis, hematology, bacteriology, parasitology and coagulation, and very soon will start the glycated hemoglobin program (Bioquimia 2007; 32 Suppl. A: 83).
Congratulations to the AMBC, the Executive Board, the Chairs and Working Group Members of the PEEC AMBC Digitalpt for this important achievement and for having internationalized the program and brought it to top-level.
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