Advancing excellence in laboratory medicine for better healthcare worldwide
About us (C-EBLM)
Terms of reference
The aims and objectives of the Committee on Evidence-based Laboratory Medicine are to:
1. Promote the understanding and the methodology of EBLM by educating laboratory professionals about
- how to find the evidence
- how to appraise the evidence
- how to act on evidence
2. Support rational laboratory use by implementation of results from EBLM into daily practice. This can be achieved by methodological research, international surveys and by educating laboratory professionals in the following topics:
- How to perform primary diagnostic studies
- How to carry out systematic reviews in laboratory medicine
- How to make evidence-based guideline recommendations in laboratory medicine
- How to implement evidence-based diagnostic guidelines in clinical practice
3. Promote the international dissemination of and collaboration in EBLM
Committee membership
Terms of members are indicated in the C-EBLM page of the IFCC website
Members
Members are indicated in the C-EBLM page of the IFCC website
Consultants
- Wytze P Oosterhuis, Department of Clinical Chemistry, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, Tilburg, 5022 GC, The Netherlands: wytzeoosterhuis@gmail.com (former member of IFCC EMD EPO WG; former member of C-EBLM)
- Sverre Sandberg, Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen N-5021, Norway: sverre.sandberg@isf.uib.no sverre.sandberg@isf.uib.no (former chair of IFCC's TF on Global Campaign on diabetes mellitus; former chairman of C-EBLM)
List of Corresponding Members, nominated by National Societies
| Name | Full Member Society |
| A. Fares Taie | Confederacion Unificada Bioquimica de la Republica Argentina (CUBRA) |
| K. Cheng | Australasian Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine INC (AACB) |
| D. Rogic | Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry (HDMB) |
| R. Lange | German Society of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine |
| M. Dakhundaridze | Laboratory Medicine Association of Georgia (GLMA) |
| V. Takhur | Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBI) |
| Y. Dickstein | Israel Society for Clinical Laboratory Science |
| P. Pezzati | Italian Society of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology (SIBioC) |
| M. Murakami | Japan Society of Clinical Chemistry (JSCC) |
| V. Banys | Lithuanian Society of Laboratory Medicine |
| H. Isah | Association of Clinical Chemists Nigeria (ACCN) |
| H.K.Ayesha | Pakistan Society of Chemical Patholosgists |
| G.J. Sousa | Portugese Society of Clinical Chemistry (SPQC) |
| N. Majkic Singh | Society of Medical Biochemists of Serbia (SMBS) |
| J. Vavrik | Slovak Society of Clinical Biochemistry (SSKB) |
| X. Filella | Sociedad Española de Medicina de Laboratorio (SEQCML) |
| D. Green | American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) |
| S. Demir | Turkish Biochemical Society (TBS) |
| R.Vinod Mahato | Nepalese Association for Clinical Chemistry (NAAC) |
List of Corresponding Members, nominated by Corporate Members
| Name | Corporate |
| R. Schneider | Abbott Laboratories |
| R. Thomae | PHC Europe B.V. |
| K. Olson | Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics |
Collaborations
- AACC EBM Working Group (Chair: Robert H Christenson)
http://www.aacc.org/ - AGREE Collaboration (Chair: Francoise Cluzeau)
http://www.agreecollaboration.org/ - Cochrane Collaboration, Cochrane Screening and Diagnostic Tests Methods Group (Liaisons: Constantine Gatsonis, Jon Deeks)
http://www.cochrane.org/index0.htm - GRADE Working Group (Chair: Andy Oxman: oxman@online.no)
http://www.gradeworkinggroup.org/ - Guidelines International Network(Chair: Guenther Ollenschlager)
http://www.g-i-n.net/ - Guideline committee of the EFCC/UEMS(C-EBLM liaison:WP Oosterhuis)
- IFCC Global Campaign on Diabetes Mellitus(Chair and C-EBLM liaison: Sverre Sandberg)