#IFCCWebinar: Mark your calendar for IFCC Live Webinar-2 on Advancing Internal and External Quality Assurance on Global Scale
October 15, 9 AM Eastern Standard Time; 3 PM European Time; 11 PM Sydney.
https://ifcc.org/ifcc-news/20-09-30-save-the-date-ifcc-live-webinar-on-advancing-internal-and-external-quality-assurance-on-global-scale/

#eJIFCC: “HaHaHa; I can’t believe it. It is Mission Impossible. How will you be able to visit every country, every corner, infect millions of people and, in the process, cause thousands of deaths in such a short time?”
https://ifcc.org/media/478621/ejifcc2020vol31no3pp183-185.pdf
Article by Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis

How important is the clinical laboratory in healthcare today?
A conversation with two leading experts with globally recognized best practices in this area - Dr. Ellie Dow and Dr. Tim James.
https://ifcc.org/media/478602/ifccenewsseptember2020.pdf#page=20

Thank you, Prof. Graham Beastall, past-president of IFCC, for everlasting contribution to Joint Committee for
Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (#JCTLM). Read more at #IFCCeNews: https://ifcc.org/media/478602/ifccenewsseptember2020.pdf#page=24

"We weren’t asked about it, but I believe that, in fact, we are all part of the greater COVID-19 Task Force. Whether we accept it or not, one thing is for sure: “Coming out of our cages”, we likely now have to re-introduce ourselves"
#eJIFCC article: https://ifcc.org/media/478622/ejifcc2020vol31no3pp186-189.pdf

#IFCCeNews: Artificial Intelligence in the developing vaccines
https://ifcc.org/media/478602/ifccenewsseptember2020.pdf#page=26

Have you wondered how does someone’s name becomes associated with a reaction or method?
#eponym #eJIFCC
https://ifcc.org/media/478623/ejifcc2020vol31no3pp190-196.pdf

#IFCCWebinar: Advancing Internal and External Quality Assurance on a Global Scale
Date: Thursday 15 October 2020
Time: 9 AM (Toronto), 3 PM (European Time), 11 PM (Australia)
Registration: https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=4461943776992598
Speakers: Sverre Sandberg [Norway], Mario Plebani [Italy] and Graham Jones [Australia]
Chair: Khosrow Adeli (Canada)

"This is an opportune time to reflect, ask tough questions and look to see how laboratories can do better to help reduce environmental degradation. Let us not waste this glorious opportunity." - Joseph Lopez
#IFCCeNews: https://ifcc.org/media/478602/ifccenewsseptember2020.pdf#page=28

This study published in #eJIFCC shows that leptin levels are associated with overweight/obesity in Mexican young adults, but this is not related to the presence of the Q223R polymorphism in the LEPR gene, so the underlying mechanisms for a possible disturbance in leptin signaling in obese Mexican young adults await further studies.
https://ifcc.org/media/478624/ejifcc2020vol31no3pp197-207.pdf

#eJIFCC article: A systematic review and meta-analysis of extra-analytical clinical laboratory errors in Africa.
https://ifcc.org/media/478625/ejifcc2020vol31no3pp208-224.pdf

What are the advantages and disadvantage of online meeting?
Do not forget to read this interesting article by Prof Tahir Pillay, Chair (IFCC-Communication & Publication Division)
https://ifcc.org/media/478602/ifccenewsseptember2020.pdf#page=30
#IFCCeNews

Invitation to all IFCC colleagues for Symposium on "Standardisation and Harmonisation in Clinical Chemistry"
Date and time: Friday, October 16th, 2020 [10.30-12.00, EEST]
Free registration:
https://congress.medeventspro.com/register/klxm2020_eng.aspx?lang=2&utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=October_16th_2020_Invitation_to_all_IFCC_colleagues!&utm_medium=email

#IFCCeAcademy: IFCC Guidelines on Molecular Diagnostic Testing of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Infection
Speaker: Giuseppe Lippi
https://eacademy.ifcc.org/topics/ifcc-live-webinars-series/ifcc-guide-on-covid-19/?ctype=1154&cid=2148

#IFCC interim guidelines on molecular testing of SARS-CoV-2 infection, now available for free download from Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)
https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/cclm/ahead-of-print/article-10.1515-cclm-2020-1412/article-10.1515-cclm-2020-1412.xml

#IFCC interim guidelines on serological testing of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, now available for free download from Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)
https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/cclm/ahead-of-print/article-10.1515-cclm-2020-1413/article-10.1515-cclm-2020-1413.xml

#IFCC interim guidelines on biochemical/hematological monitoring of COVID-19 patients, now available for free download from Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)
https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/cclm/ahead-of-print/article-10.1515-cclm-2020-1414/article-10.1515-cclm-2020-1414.xml

#IFCCeAcademy: IFCC Guidelines on Serological Testing of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies
Speaker: Prof Khosrow Adeli
https://eacademy.ifcc.org/topics/ifcc-live-webinars-series/ifcc-guide-on-covid-19/?ctype=1154&cid=2150

#IFCCeAcademy: IFCC Interim Guidelines on Biochemical and Haematological Monitoring of Patients with COVID-19
Speaker: Prof Rita Horvath
https://eacademy.ifcc.org/topics/ifcc-live-webinars-series/ifcc-guide-on-covid-19/?ctype=1154&cid=2143