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Vol.
25 No. 2
March-April 2003
Internet
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Providing
brief overviews of helpful chemistry resources on the
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www.ifcc.org
- Serving
Laboratory Medicine Worldwide
by
Craig Webster
As
discussed in the feature article by Renze Bais (see
page 10), the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry
and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) is an organization dedicated
to the performance and development of high-quality laboratory
medicine. IFCC achieves its goals by publishing information
and guidelines on education; by defining principles and recommendations
for the standardization of analytical procedures; by promoting
meetings through congresses, symposia, and workshops; and
by encouraging dialogue with clinicians on matters of common
interest.
One
way it accomplishes these goals is through its versatile Web
site <www.ifcc.org>.
The site, which is the main portal to the organization's activities,
news, and associated conferences, features a number of useful
resources:
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an online bookstore at <www.ifcc.org/store> that features
IFCC publications, international collaboration publications,
proceedings from a variety of conferences, and Spanish language
documents
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the IFCC media database, <www.ifcc.org/media/ default.asp>,
which allows users to download royalty free images of laboratory
activities
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the IFCC documents database, <www.ifcc.org/ documents/database.asp>,
which provides an easy way to search all of the IFCC publications
- IFCC
News, a bi-monthly newsletter that reports on the organization
and its members' activities, the latest version of which
can be found at <www.ifcc.org/news/subscribe.htm>
The
site also has extensive sections on each functional division
of the IFCC: scientific, communications and publications,
congress and conference, and education and management.
The
Congress and Conference Division section of the site provides
an online meetings database at <www.ifcc.org/divisions/CCD/meets/Default.asp>,
which enables users to search for meetings relevant to their
areas of interest. Users can also advertise their meetings
by adding them to this database using the online forms. The
most important forthcoming congresses can be found at <www.ifcc.org/products/
IFCCAwards/Congresses%202002-2003.html>. This section also
includes information and guidelines for organizing conferences.
The
Communications and Publications Division publishes the Journal
of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and
Laboratory Medicine, which can be found at <www.ejifcc.org>.
Any
feedback on the IFCCs work or its Web site is welcome.
Contact:
IFCC
OFFICE
Via Carlo Farini 81
20159 Milano, Italy
Tel: +39 02 66809912
Fax:
+39 02 60781846
Email: [email protected]
Craig
Webster <[email protected]>
is IFCC WWW coordinator; he is based at the
Department of Clinical Chemistry of Nottingham City Hospital
in Nottingham, UK.
www.ifcc.org
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modified 13 March 2003.
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