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On behalf of the IFCC Executive Board, we are delighted to inform you that the WorldLab Congress in Seoul has been rescheduled to January 6-10, 2021.
The new dates were chosen based on the recommendation of the local organizing committee as well as congress and hotel space availability. Suitable space was not available during the fall of 2020.
We are looking forward to welcoming all our invited speakers, registered delegates, and exhibitors to this rescheduled conference in the beautiful city of Seoul. We also apologize for any inconvenience caused by rescheduling the conference and hope to see all of you at this important international event to celebrate the end of the COVID-19 epidemic!
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eJIFCC Vol 31 n° 1 is now available. Guest edited by Dr. Gabriel Lima-Oliveira, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Univ of Verona - Italy, and member of the WG-Preanalytical Phase -COLABIOCLI - the theme of this issue is "Improving the Preanalytical Phase in Laboratory Medicine"
The preanalytical phase is responsible for the most frequent errors in laboratory medicine [1], which represents a major source of result variability. Five original articles, two case reports, and two critical reviews offer different perspectives to help all clinical laboratory players – physicians, nurses, technicians, in vitro diagnostic devices providers, and laboratory professionals – to reduce the clinical laboratory variability.
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