7th CIRME INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING, 2013

7^th CIRME INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING

AND POST-CONGRESS SATELLITE MEETING OF

EUROMEDLAB MILANO 2013

Stresa, 24 May 2013

METROLOGICAL TRACEABILITY AND ASSAY STANDARDIZATION

 MEETING PROGRAM 2013                                   SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS (souvenir)

REPORT OF THE MEETING

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• Meeting inauguration
  M. Panteghini (Milan, IT)

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• An introduction to metrological traceability in Laboratory Medicine
  L. Thienpont (Ghent, BE)

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• Reference measurement procedures of higher metrological order
  D. Bunk (Gaithersburg, USA) 

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• Role of primary and secondary reference materials
  H. Schimmel (Geel, BE)

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• Define performance goals in standardization: fitness for medical purpose is the key
  D. Stöckl (Ghent, BE)

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• Survey assay and laboratory performance in the traceability era: closing the loop with analytical traceability by appropriate quality control                                                                                                  G. Jones (Sidney, AU)
  

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• A brief history of systems of measurement
  A. Mosca (Milan, IT), F. Dati (Marburg, DE)

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• Standardization of creatinine: finally achieved?
  G. Myers (Washington DC, USA) 

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• Standardization in clinical enzymology: still a challenge?
  F. Ceriotti (Milan, IT)

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• Standardization of hemoglobin A1c: myth or reality?
  A. Mosca (Milan, IT)

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• Standardization of troponin I: is there a light at the end of the tunnel?                                                   J. Tate (Brisbane, AU)
  

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• Implementation of traceability: is the IVD industry’s approach really fulfilling obligations?
  D.A. Armbruster (Abbott Park, USA) 

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