| From the EFLM Newsletter Editor
The first issue of this year is inaugurated by the New Year Message from the EFLM President Mario Plebani. Snezana Jovicic, EFLM Executive Board Secretary, is extending the EFLM Executive Board’s call for nomination for the EFLM Young Laboratory Medicine Professional Award – 2025 Edition. For the 2024 Edition, Vidali Matteo has been selected and will be awarded the EFLM Academy Award at the 26th IFCC-EFLM EuroMedLab Congress in Brussels. Silvia Cattaneo, from the EFLM Office, announces the EFLM call for 27 vacancies in various EFLM Committees. Hikmet Can Çubukçu, MD, EuSpLM, EFLM Committee: Accreditation and ISO/CEN standards, gives us a brief summary of the APS Calculator and its availability on an unrestricted website. Medine Alpdemir, Full Member of the C-BNOA, gives us an overview of the biomarkers of diagnosis and follow-up of Nitrous Oxide Abuse. Timo Kouri, Chair, EFLM Task and Finish Group Urinalysis, highlights the key achievements of the European Urinalysis Guideline 2023. Tara Rolic, Chair of the EFLM Task Group European Laboratory Day, gives her perspective on the success of the European Laboratory Day 2024. Tomris Ozben, Chair of the EFLM Committee “Green & Sustainable Laboratories”, focuses on the four simple actions to be more sustainable and green in your laboratory. Josipa Raguž, EUSpLM, Croatia, shares her experience in Brussels as a bursaries‘ recipient in the EFLM LabX Program. Alessia Carere, EFLM Office, lists the latest EFLM Scientific papers. Tara Rolic, EFLM Executive Committee Member Communication Division, recaps the past EFLM Events and announces the forthcoming EFLM webinars and events. Under News from National Societies, the Spanish, the Serbian, the Georgian and the Balkan Societies are presenting their latest happenings. Under its regular column, the IFCC corner presents global perspectives in Laboratory Medicine. The Calendar of Events lists major happenings in the field of Laboratory Medicine
Harjit Pal Bhattoa, Editor EFLM EuroLabNews |
