World organization 1955

2. World organization 1955 European branch 1991 EU section 1993 EFCC 2007

3. European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

4. 40 member countries • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Montenegro • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • Serbia • Slovak Republic • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine • United Kingdom • 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

5. 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) Mariam Klouche (Germany) Sverre Sandberg (Norway) Jean-Claude Libeer (Belgium) Elizabeta Topic (Croatia) Simone Zerah (France) Peter Schuff-Werner (Germany)

6. Structure

7. 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)

8. 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

9. EFCC Strategic goals and activity plan 2010-2011

10. 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’

11. www.efcclm.eu

12. 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 assessmentwhich 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.

13. 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

14. 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.spidia.eu

15. 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..

16. Education and Training Committee • organisesconferences, educational programs, workshops, courses • organises exchange programs, scholarships • transfers the knowledge via traditional educational programs, videoconferences and webinars • assists collaboration amongdifferent professionals in healthcare • publish educational materials

17. 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

18. 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 Croatian Society of Medical Biochemists Scholarshipsare available for young course participants (under 40years). Grant application form may be downloaded from the web site: http://www.hdmb.hr/. Application deadline: July 1st, 2010. Slovenian Association for Clinical Chemistry Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik

20. 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

21. Profession Committee • Aims: • to achieve legal recognition of the Register atEuropean 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 EC4RegisterCommission is independently funded • EC4RC is member of CEPLIS • WG on Healthcare: Simone Zerah, JanetMc Murray, Rob Jansen, Mike Hallworth • WG on education:Thomas Zima from the C-ET • CEPLIS assistsin liaising with the European Commission and the EuropeanEconomic and Social Committee

22. EC4RC activities at EC level • The EC4 Register is accepted as an EC-approved self-regulation initiative by the EuropeanEconomic 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 recommendationof 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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24. 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 Questionnaireon the practice and training in LM in Europe • Pilot with the Dutch Society linking the EC4 Registerand the national official Register

25. Join the EC4 Register! On-line application form: www.ec4register.eu

26. 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)

27. 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”

28. The EFCC-AbbottLabs are Vital Award for Excellence in Outcomes Research in Laboratory Medicine Awarded every two years “to the best published paper, as judged by an independentpanel of experts, which demonstrated improved outcomes (clinical and/or economic)arising out of the application or improved utilisation of an in-vitro diagnostics test”

30. EUROMEDLAB Milano 2013 20th IFCC-EFCC European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine May 2013 Milano Convention Center MIC plus www.milan2013.org

31. See you in Dubrovnik, LisbonBerlin, Milan…See you in Europe…!