Latest news # Title / Description Posted on 1 Seventeenth Intercomparison Study completed 19-Aug-2010   The intercomparison studie of this year to re-approve (or not) the individual network laboratories is completed. All laboratories kept their approved status. The list of approved network laboratories can be found on this website (see "Approved Network Laboratories"). 2 Candidate Reference Laboratory France 25-May-2010   The Network of Reference Labs welcomes the Laboratoire de Biologie et de Recherche Pdiatriques, American Memorial Hospital, CHU Reims, France as candidate reference laboratory. 3 Candidate Reference Laboratory China 10-Mar-2010   The Network of Reference Labs welcomes the Shanghai Center for Clinical Laboratory, China, as candidate reference laboratory. 4 Annual Meeting of the IFCC WG 23-Feb-2010   The IFCC Working Group had its annual meeting in Cape Town. Issues discussed were the status of the implementation of the IFCC units in respective countries, the Master Equation IFCC-JDS/JSCC and the initiation of the IFCC Integrated Project. 5 IFCC units implemented in the Netherlands 12-Nov-2009   The IFCC units are implemented in the Netherlands. The process is coordinated by a Steering Committee with representatives of patient organisations, associations of professionals and the society for clinical chemistry. A professional communical campaign to guide the change is coordinated by the umbrella organisation NDF, financially supported by the ministry of health. For documentation see "www.nieuwediabeteswaarde.nl" 6 Implementation IFCC units in UK 8-Sep-2009   The IFCC units are implemented in the UK. The change is described in a campaign guided by NHS, see NHS Leaflet. 7 Sixteenth Intercomparison Study completed 24-Aug-2009   The sixteenth Intercomparison Study of the HbA1c Netowrk of Reference Laboratories is completed. All laboratories kept their approved status. The list of approved network laboratories can be found on this website (see "Approved Network Laboratories"). 8 IFCC Numbers in mmol/mol 5-Sep-2008   Following the Consensus Statement all Network Laboratories will start reporting their IFCC HbA1c results in mmol/mol starting from the 1st of October 2008. Manufacturers and EQA organisers collaborating with the Network are informed on this by mail. 9 Fifteenth Intercomparison Study completed 3-Sep-2008   The HbA1c Network of Reference Laboratories organises two intercomparison studies a year to re-approve (or not) the individual network laboratories. The updated list of approved network laboratories can be found on this website (see "Approved Network Laboratories" at the homepage). 10 Third Statistics Paper 10-Jul-2008   For the HbA1c Network specific statistics have been developed. The last paper in a series of three -on statistics of Master Equations- appeared in Clin Chem (Clin Chem 2008;54:1379-85). Two previous papers appeared in 2006: on rules for approval of network laboratories (Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Mar. 2006, vol. 34, No. 2) and on uncertainty calculations in the setting of networks (Accred Qual Assur (2006) 11: 319-328). 11 e-AG Study completed 24-Jun-2008   The Study to investigate the relation between HbA1c and Mean Blood Glucose (as referred to in the Consensus Statement) was published (Diabetes Care 2008;31) 12 Paper IFCC Network 18-Feb-2008   Publication: The IFCC Reference Measurement System for HbA1c: A 6-Year Progress Report (Clin Chem 2008;54:240-8). Stability of the Master Equation IFCC-NGSP is documented. 13 Annual Meeting of the IFCC HbA1c Working Group 28-Jan-2008   The Annual Meeting was organised by Prof. H. Reinauer and Dr. P. Kaiser at the INSTAND institute in Duesseldorf, Germany. A major decision was the full confirmation of the Consensus Statement. 14 Manufacturer Meeting Milan 12-Dec-2007   Under auspicies of the IFCC Scientific Division and the IFCC Working Group a meeting was organised for Manufacturers to discuss the implications of the Consensus Statement. The minutes of this meeting can be found on the IFCC website: http://www.ifcc.org/Report HbA1c Meeting or in Clin Chem 2008;54:1098-9 15 Position Paper IFCC Working Group 26-Nov-2007   The Position Paper was published in Clin Chem Lab Med (Clin Chem Lab Med 2007, 45: 1077-1080) 16 Consensus Statement signed 26-May-2007   In May 2007 the Consensus Statement on HbA1c was signed by the IFCC, ADA, EASD and IDF (Diabetes Care 2007;30:2399-2400) Back