EPTIS: who, what, where
by Johannes van de Kreeke, EPTIS Secretariat
You may know EPTIS: the website www.eptis.org on which PT providers publish and announce their PT schemes. Today, we list around 1350 PT schemes from 300 PT providers in 30 countries. Laboratories worldwide can use this free and easy service to find a suitable PT scheme. But do laboratories really use EPTIS and do they use it worldwide?
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| IFCC - Members of the IFCC workshop team with their hosts in Manila, Philippines, March 2011 |
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IFCC and international accreditation activities
by Janet Smith, Chair of IFCC Education and Management Division
The International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) is the global body for setting and promoting high standards of practice in clinical laboratories. This includes the promotion of medical laboratory accreditation worldwide. Its membership includes recognised and established national societies of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, diagnostic companies and research establishments active in the specialty and allied international and national societies or groupings interested in the science and practice of laboratory medicine. In 2009, a Memorandum of Understanding was agreed between ILAC and IFCC to inform and support cooperation of the two bodies in the area of medical laboratory accreditation.
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| Participants at the 2011 WADA advanced training session |
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ILAC-WADA collaboration
The International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have been successfully working together for nearly 10 years.
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