Scientific societies

  • SULM (Swiss Union of Laboratory Medicine)
  • SSH (Swiss Society of Hematology)
  • SSAI (Swiss Society of Allergology and Immunology)
  • SSM (Swiss Society of Microbiology)
  • SSGM (Swiss Society of Medical Genetics )
  • ASSM (Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences)

Authorities

Quality Assurance, Quality Control Bodies

  • CSCQ (Centre Suisse de Controle de Qualité)
  • MQ (Verein für medizinische Qualitätskontrolle)
  • QUALAB (Schweizerische Kommission für Qualitätssicherung im medizinischen Labor; Commission suisse pour l'assurance de qualité dans le laboratoire médical; Commissione svizzera per l'assicurazione di qualità nel laboratorio medico)
  • ERNDIM (European Research Network for evaluation and improvement of screening, Diagnosis and treatment of Inherited disorders of Metabolism)
  • INSTAND (Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Qualitätssicherung in medizinischen Laboratorien e.V.)
  • UK NEQAS (United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Service)
  • Labquality
  • CLSI (Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute)
  • CAP (College of American Pathologists)

Swiss Medical Organisations

  • FMH (Swiss Medical Association)
  • FAMH (FOEDERATIO ANALYTICORUM MEDICINALIUM HELVETICORUM)
  • H+ (The Swiss Hospitals)

International Organisations

  • IFCC (International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine)
  • EFLM (European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine)
  • ADLM (Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC))
  • DGKL (Deutsche Vereinte Gesellschaft für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin e.V.)
  • ÖGLMKC (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Laboratoriumsmedizin und Klinische Chemie)

Service and training resources

  • Lab Tests Online, a public resource on clinical lab testing. Main site from US, Germany, UK (others also available).
  • SCDAT (Swiss Committee for Drug of Abuse Testing) guidelines
  • Clinical Chemistry Trainee Council, an online free education material resource in laboratory medicine, edited by the AACC
  • EFLM e-learning: Webinars, recordings of presentations and e-learning courses that cover pivotal topics of Laboratory Medicine provided by the EFLM.

Journals and publications

Other Foundations and Associations in Laboratory Medicine

  • AFABS (Association pour la Formation en Analyses de Biologie Spécialisée)
  • ARL (Association des responsables de laboratoire de la Suisse romande)
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