15^th June 2021
Don't miss the next IFCC webinar!

Registration link is

https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=3762578129337370

Dear Colleagues,

Next IFCC webinar on "Quality in Clinical Laboratories" will be held on June 15, 2021.

It is widely recognized that errors in laboratory medicine could significantly compromise patient safety independently of time, place and measurement procedure. All clinical laboratories have to implement measures to detect high-risk processes, and to identify incidents and associated risks to patient safety. A wide number of instruments have been implemented to maintain the so-called “quality” of the process in clinical laboratories, and recently the IFCC have created a new task force on Global Lab Quality with the aim of providing scientific support teams to train and develop training programs for participating laboratories.

Certificate of participation will be provided at the end of this webinar. Please feel free to share this event in your social media with #IFCCwebinar.

Please ensure you register to attend the live event and have access to the recording and to the certificate.

Registration link is: 

https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=3762578129337370

• Schedule: 20 min per speaker plus 20 min panel discussion
• Time Zones: Live presentations starting at: 9:00AM EDT - 10:00AM Buenos Aires- AR; 3:00PM European Time; 9:00PM CST-Beijing.
  Important: Please ensure that you carefully determine the time that the presentation will start in your global time zone. Click here to convert to your time-zone.
• Recorded webinar: available on demand
• Certificate of Participation: available for all registrants 

The IFCC Live Webinar Series is partially sponsored by Siemens and Boston Children's Hospital

Dear Colleagues,

the on demand content of the IFCC webinar on “Clinical Applications of Thrombosis and Hemostasis - 血栓与止血的临床应用”  held on June 6, 2021 is available at this link.

Thrombosis and hemostasis tests are of importance for the diagnosis of hemorrhagic diseases and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). They are laboratory determinants for the mechanism of thrombosis occurrence, the classification and diagnosis of thrombotic diseases and thrombophilia, as well as the indices of the monitoring of anticoagulant therapy. Several studies showed that thromboembolic events were a serious complication of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Autopsy revealed that the death was associated with pulmonary thromboembolism and DIC. In this webinar we provided an overview on the clinical application of thrombosis and hemostasis tests in the monitoring of new oral anticoagulants, in the diagnosis of thrombosis and hemostasis, and the performance of thrombosis and hemostasis tests in COVID-19 patients.

The IFCC Live Webinar Series is partially sponsored by Siemens and Boston Children's Hospital

Please complete the form and submit it to receive the registration link

For more information on the 
IFCC Task Force for Young Scientists (TF-YS)
click here

Dear Colleagues,

the on demand content of the IFCC webinar on “Clinical Applications of Thrombosis and Hemostasis - 血栓与止血的临床应用”  held on June 6, 2021 will be soon available.

Thrombosis and hemostasis tests are of importance for the diagnosis of hemorrhagic diseases and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). They are laboratory determinants for the mechanism of thrombosis occurrence, the classification and diagnosis of thrombotic diseases and thrombophilia, as well as the indices of the monitoring of anticoagulant therapy. Several studies showed that thromboembolic events were a serious complication of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Autopsy revealed that the death was associated with pulmonary thromboembolism and DIC. In this webinar we provided an overview on the clinical application of thrombosis and hemostasis tests in the monitoring of new oral anticoagulants, in the diagnosis of thrombosis and hemostasis, and the performance of thrombosis and hemostasis tests in COVID-19 patients.

The IFCC Live Webinar Series is partially sponsored by Siemens and Boston Children's Hospital

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New IFCC Task Forces

• Outcome Studies in Laboratory Medicine (TF-OSLM)
  5 Members: 1 who will serve as Chair and 4  Members. Time in office July 2021 - December 2023.
  Deadline to receive nominations and supporting documents: June 30^th, 2021.

• Global Reference Interval Database (TF-GRID)
  5 Members: 1 who will serve as Chair and 4  Members. Time in office July 2021 - December 2023.
  Deadline to receive nominations and supporting documents: June 30^th, 2021.

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Education and Management Division

• Committee on Kidney Disease (C-KD): one member position - time in office 2021-2023.
  Deadline to receive nominations and supporting documents: August 20^th 

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Applications for these positions should be submitted by IFCC members (National Societies or Corporate members). If you are interested, please refer to your National Representative or Corporate Representative for information on procedures for nominations. Find your representative HERE

For further information on the open Calls for Nominations, please visit the IFCC Call for Nominations page.

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IFCC eNews: June 2021

Full PDF version

IN THIS ISSUE:

• EDITORIAL
  • Message from the eNews Editor

• THE VOICE OF IFCC 
  • IFCC President's message – June 2021
  • Survey of commercial AI-driven software platforms for genomic analysis and interpretation of clinical sequencing data
  • Register for the next IFCC webinar! “Clinical Applications of Thrombosis and Hemostasis”

•  IFCC: THE PEOPLE
  • IFCC call for nominations

• IFCC: THE YOUNG SCIENTISTS
  • Register for the IFCC TF-YS educational webinar “Emerging Clinical Mass Spectrometry Applications”

• CONTRIBUTE TO THE IFCC eNEWS
  • Detection and management of thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy for improving maternal and offspring outcomes

• NEWS FROM REGIONAL FEDERATIONS AND MEMBER SOCIETIES
  • News from the Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQCML)
  • News from the Malawi Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (MAMLS)
  • Call for nominations for the EFLM Working Group “Laboratory Medicine Credit Points”

• IFCC WELCOMES A NEW FULL MEMBER
  • The Peruvian Medical Association of Clinical Pathology (AMPPC)
  • Clinical pathology versus anonymous epidemics in Peru

• IFCC'S CALENDAR OF CONGRESSES, CONFERENCES & EVENTS
  • Calendar of IFCC Congresses/Conferences and Regional Federations' Congresses
  • Corporate Member Events with IFCC auspices
  • Other events with IFCC auspices

6^th June 2021
Don't miss the next IFCC webinar!

Registration link is

https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=6876560247232785

Simultaneous translation in Chinese

Dear Colleagues,

Next IFCC webinar on “Clinical Applications of Thrombosis and Hemostasis” will be held on June 6, 2021.

Thrombosis and hemostasis tests are of importance for the diagnosis of hemorrhagic diseases and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). They are laboratory determinants for the mechanism of thrombosis occurrence, the classification and diagnosis of thrombotic diseases and thrombophilia, as well as the indices of the monitoring of anticoagulant therapy. Several studies showed that thromboembolic events were a serious complication of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Autopsy revealed that the death was associated with pulmonary thromboembolism and DIC. In this webinar will provide an overview on the clinical application of thrombosis and hemostasis tests in the monitoring of new oral anticoagulants, in the diagnosis of thrombosis and hemostasis, and the performance of thrombosis and hemostasis tests in COVID-19 patients.

Please ensure you register to attend the live event and have access to the recording and to the certificate.

Registration link is:

https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=6876560247232785

• Schedule: 20 min per speaker plus 20 min panel discussion
• Time Zones: Live presentations starting at 7:00 PM Beijing Time; 7:00 AM Eastern Time US; 1:00 PM European Time
  Important: Please ensure that you carefully determine the time that the presentation will start in your global time zone. To calculate this, you can use the time zone converter tool at: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html.
• Recorded webinar: available on demand
• Certificate of Participation: available for all registrants 

The IFCC Live Webinar Series is partially sponsored by Siemens and Boston Children's Hospital

IFCC Information Guide on COVID-19

Click aquí para descargar el Resumen traducido de la Guía de Información de la IFCC sobre COVID-19
Kliknutím zde stáhnete českou verzi IFCC informačního  souhrnu o COVID 19 z 16 . dubna 2020

Coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated to COVID-19, is an emerging global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As the number of individuals infected with COVID-19 continues to rise globally and healthcare systems become increasingly stressed, it is clear that the clinical laboratory will play an essential role in this crisis, contributing to patient screening, diagnosis, monitoring/treatment, as well as epidemiologic recovery/surveillance. This guide aims to organize relevant available information on laboratory screening, testing protocols, diagnosis, and other general information on COVID-19 for laboratory professionals, including links to helpful resources and interim guidelines. It will be continually updated as new guidelines and literature become available.

Click here to access to the different chapters of the IFCC Guide 

In the IFCC Annual report, you will find reports from IFCC Officers on key projects covering a wide range of clinical, scientific, educational, and communication-related topics. National or Area Societies and Regional Federation reports are also included, allowing the opportunity to communicate their activities to other members.

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