European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

1. www.eflm.eu

2. Belarus, Malta, Moldova
are the only European Countries
that still have to join EFLM
With its 40 Full Members,
EFLM represents almost half
of the total IFCC members.
EFLM aims to act as a collector of
proposals and/or concerns from
EFLM members and, if necessary,
to bring these to the attention of
the international community.

3. GOVERNING
BODY
The EFLM
General
Meeting
EXUCUTIVE
BODY
The EFLM
Executive
Board
OPERATIVE
UNITS
The EFLM
Functional
Units

4. 40 Full National Society Members
ALBANIA Albania Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
AUSTRIA Austrian Society of Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Chemistry
BELGIUM Royal Belgian Society of Laboratory Medicine
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA Association of Medical Biochemists in Bosnie-Herzegovina
BULGARIA Bulgarian Society Clinical Laboratory
CROATIA Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
CYPRUS Association of Clinical Laboratory Directors, Biomedical and Clin. Laboratory Scientists
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech Society of Clinical Biochemistry
DENMARK Danish Society of Clinical Chemistry
ESTONIA Estonian Society of Laboratory Medicine
FINLAND Finnish Society of Clinical Chemistry
FRANCE Societe Francaise de Biologie Clinique
GERMANY German Society of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
GREECE Greek Society of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry
HUNGARY Hungarian Society of Laboratory Medicine
ICELAND Icelandic Society of Laboratory Medicine
IRELAND Association of Clinical Biochemists in Ireland
ISRAEL Israel Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
ITALY SIBioC - Laboratory Medicine (The Italian Soc. of Clin. Bioch. and Clin. Molecular Biology)
KOSOVO Kosova Association of Clinical Chemistry
LATVIA Latvian Society of Laboratory Specialists
LITHUANIA Lithuanian Society of Laboratory Medicine
LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg Society of Clinical Biology
MACEDONIA Macedonian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
MONTENEGRO Montenegrian Association of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
NETHERLANDS Netherlands Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
NORWAY Norwegian Society of Medical Biochemistry
POLAND Polish Society for Laboratory Diagnostics
PORTUGAL Portuguese Society of Clinical Chemistry, Genetics and Laboratory Medicine
ROMANIA Romanian Association of Laboratory Medicine
RUSSIA Ass. of Laboratory Specialists and Organizations «Federation of Laboratory Medicine»
SERBIA Society of Medical Biochemists of Serbia
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Slovak Society of Clinical Biochemistry
SLOVENIA Slovenian Association for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
SPAIN Spanish Society for Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology
SWEDEN Swedish Society for Clinical Chemistry
SWITZERLAND Swiss Society of Clinical Chemistry
TURKEY Turkish Biochemical Society
UK The Association for Clinical Biochemistry & Laboratory Medicine
UKRAINE Association of Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine of Ukraine
1 EFLM Provisional Member
With observer status:
1 EFLM Affiliate Member
SPAIN Spanish Ass.of Analytical Pharmacists
SLOVAK REP Slovak Society for Laboratory Medicine

5. MIchael NEUMAIER Sverre SANDBERG Ana-Maria SIMUNDIC
(Germany) (Norway) (Croatia)
Silvia CATTANEO
(Italy)
PRESIDENT PAST-PRESIDENT PRESIDENT-ELECT
SECRETARY TREASURER MEMBERS AT LARGE
Giuseppe LIPPI Hubert STORM Jose Tiago GUIMARAES Tomáš ZIMA
(Italy) (The Netherlands) (Portugal) (Czech Rep)

6. Communication Committee
Chair: MariaStella Graziani (IT)
• WG: Promotion and Publications
Quality & Regulation Committee
Chair: Wim Huisman (NL)
• WG: Accreditation and ISO/CEN
standards
Education & Training Committee
Chair: Daria Pasalic (HR)
• WG: Congresses and Postgraduate Educ.
• WG: Laboratory Medicine Credit Points
• WG: Distance Education and e-Learning
• TG: European Syllabus
Science Committee
Chair: Eric Kilpatrick (UK, Qatar)
•WG: Biological Variation
• TG: Biological Variation Database
•WG: Guidelines
• TG: Cardiac Marker
•WG: Harmonisation Total Testing Process
•WG: Patient Focused Laboratory Medicine
•WG: Personalized Laboratory Medicine
•WG: Postanalytical Phase
•WG: Preanalytical Phase
•TFG: Standardization of the colour coding for
blood collection tube closures
•WG: Test Evaluation
•TG: Performance spec. based on outcome studies
Profession Committee
Chair: Gilbert Wieringa (UK)
• WG: Register

7. National Society
Members
40 Full Members
1 Affiliate Member
1 Provisional Member
Representing
around 20.000
European Specialists
of Laboratory Medicine
Functional Units
and Officers
5 Committees
14 Working Groups
4 Task Groups
1 Task & Finish Group
Involving 151 officers
representing 29 Countries

8. WG: Biological Variation
TG: Biological Variation Database
WG: Guidelines
TG: Cardiac Marker
WG: Harmonisation Total Testing Process
WG: Patient Focused Laboratory Medicine
WG: Personalized Laboratory Medicine
WG: Postanalytical Phase
WG: Preanalytical Phase
TFG: Standardization of the colour coding for
blood collection tube closures
WG: Test Evaluation
TG: Performance spec. based on outcome studies

9. Chairs,
Full Members,
Experts
Additional
Corresponding
Members
Chairs,
Full Members,
Experts
Additional
Corresponding
Members
ALBANIA LATVIA
AUSTRIA 1 1 LITHUANIA 0 1
BELGIUM 3 0 LUXEMBOURG
BOSNIA H. MACEDONIA 1 0
BULGARIA MONTENEGRO
CROATIA 8 2 NETHERLANDS 12 0
CYPRUS 0 1 NORWAY 5 1
CZECH REP. 4 5 POLAND 2 0
DENMARK 2 1 PORTUGAL 2 0
ESTONIA 0 1 ROMANIA 1 1
FINLAND 1 1 RUSSIA 0 3
FRANCE 4 2 SERBIA 0 5
GERMANY 3 2 SLOVAK REP.
GREECE 0 3 SLOVENIA 1 2
HUNGARY 2 0 SPAIN 20 3
ICELAND SWEDEN 2 1
IRELAND 1 3 SWITZERLAND
ISRAEL TURKEY 4 7
ITALY 12 2 UK 9 2
KOSOVO UKRAINE 0 1

10. AACC (American Association of Clinical Chemistry)
AACB (Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists)
CEN-CENLEC
CEPLIS (European Council of the Liberal Professions)
COLABIOCLI (Latin America Confederation of Clinical Biochemistry)
EC (European Commission)
EA (European co-operation for Accreditation)
EAPM (European Alliance for Personalised Medicine)
EAS (European Atherosclerosis Society)
EASL (European Association for the Study of Liver)
EDMA (European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association)
EuPA (European Proteomics Association)
IFCC (International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Med)
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
EPMA (European Ass. for Predictive, Preventive & Personalized Medicine)
EQALM (External Quality Assurance Programmes in Laboratory Medicine)
ESPT (European Society for Pharmacogenomics and Theranostics)
MedTech Eurpope (European trade ass medical technology industries)
UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists)
AACC (American Association of Clinical Chemistry)
AACB (Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists)
CEN-CENLEC
CEPLIS (European Council of the Liberal Professions)
COLABIOCLI (Latin America Confederation of Clinical Biochemistry)
EC (European Commission)
EA (European co-operation for Accreditation)
EAPM (European Alliance for Personalised Medicine)
EAS (European Atherosclerosis Society)
EASL (European Association for the Study of Liver)
EDMA (European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association)
EuPA (European Proteomics Association)
IFCC (International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Med)
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
EPMA (European Ass. for Predictive, Preventive & Personalized Medicine)
EQALM (External Quality Assurance Programmes in Laboratory Medicine)
ESPT (European Society for Pharmacogenomics and Theranostics)
MedTech Eurpope (European trade ass medical technology industries)
UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists)

11. To promote the active collaboration
between EFLM and its National Society Members,
EFLM supports the attendance of its Executive Board
members at National Congresses
We encourage EFLM National Society Members to
apply for the EFLM grant to have a member of the
EFLM Executive Board at their National Congresses
The EFLM grant covers travel/accommodation cost for the EB representative!

12. 13 Young Scientists members are
currently active in EFLM Working Groups
A number of bursary programs to attend the
main EFLM events are available
(an important part of the EFLM budget is allocated to this)
Invite your Young Scientists Members to join the EFLM circulation list at
www.eflm.eu to receive information on EFLM opportunities for them!

13. An agreement on mutual
cooperation between EFLM
and CCLM journal has
been signed for the duration
of 7 years (2014-2020)
Many opportunities for EFLM National Societies have been
included in the contract
(for information, please refer to the Chair of the EFLM
Comunication Commitee: Maria Stella Graziani)

14. Logo , website and
newsletter:
WHAT’S NEW

15. EuroLabNews
"EuroLabNews“ is the NEW
bi-monthly newsletter of EFLM
It is a completely new EFLM
newsletter with the aim to
strengthen the communication
with our National Societies and
their members.
Write to news@eflm.eu
to have your National Society
news published on EuroLabNews

16. GOVERNING
BODY
The EFLM
General
Meeting
EXUCUTIVE
BODY
The EFLM
Executive
Board
OPERATIVE
UNITS
The EFLM
Functional
Units

17. the EFLM Executive Board aims to strengthen and
develop collaborative models of engagement with
corporate partners, through mutual benefits,
appreciating and recognizing their role in the field.
on-going collaborations with:

18. 2nd EFLM Strategic Conference
“The end of laboratory medicine as we know it?”
Mannheim (Germany), 18-19 June 2018

19. 5th EFLM-UEMS Joint Congress
“Laboratory Medicine at the Clinical Interface”
Antalya (TR), 10-13 October 2018

20. 5th EFLM-BD European Conference on Preanalytical Phase
Zagreb (Croatia), 23-25 March 2019

21. Keep updated with EFLM activities!
Join the EFLM circulation list at www.eflm.eu