Linking IFCC Activities with Clinical Associations

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Linking IFCC Activities with Clinical Associations
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• Countries participating
• USA
• Iceland
• Paraguay
• Greece
• Estonia
• UK
• Fance
• Czech R
• Australia

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• IFCC International
• Clinical Organisations
• INITIATE CONSULT
• National Clinical Laboratory Societies
• ADVISE
• National Clinical Organisations

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Priorities

• IFCC should collaborate with International
  Clinical Associations with formal agreements
• IFCC to work with National Societies and assist
  them working with their National Clinical
  Societies
• National Societies should feedback issues of
  relevance/ recommendations to IFCC

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Priorities

• Clinical Laboratory Societies must initiate
  collaboration with their own National Clinical
  Societies
• Formal Agreements
• Symposia
• Web-Links
• Reviews
• Guidelines

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Priorities

• IFCC needs 2-way communication with member
  organisations
• When IFCC communicates with International
  Societies this need to be informed by IFCC Member
  Organisations goals
• TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION

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Priorities

• Laboratory Medicine Unique Selling Points
• Relevance
• Relevant Clinical Examples HbA1c eGFR
• Expertise
• Analysis
• Turnaround time POCT v Central Lab
• Total Error pre- post- analytical biological
  variability
• Sensitivity/Specificity/Likelihood Ratios
• Interpretation
• Knowledge Communication

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Priorities

• IFCC to establish a targeted mailbase/internet
  forum with National Representatives
• IFCC to Promulgate Effective Use of Laboratory
  Tests with Member and International Clinical
  Organisations

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Priorities

• IFCC to help educate members to communicate
  effectively with physicians
• IFCC to follow-up success of Interactions
• Guidelines
• Audit
• Data Mining

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• IFCC International
• Clinical Organisations
• INITIATE CONSULT
• National Clinical Laboratory Societies
• ADVISE
• National Clinical Organisations