Links

SULM organisation

• SULM (Swiss Union of Laboratory Medicine)

Scientific societies

• 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

• BAG/OFSP/UFSP (Federal Office of Public Health)
• BSV/OFAS/UFAS (Federal Office for Social Security)

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

• Pipette (Official publication of the SULM - Swiss Union of Laboratory Medicine)
• Diagnostics - Clinical Laboratory Medicine Section (Association des responsables de laboratoire de la Suisse romande)

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)