Special Session 3

SPECIAL SESSION #3

Traceability for Laboratory Medicine

The goals and objectives of this special session coincide with the goals and objectives announced on the official website of the Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM), namely:
The aim of JCTLM is to support worldwide equivalence and comparability of measurement results in laboratory medicine, for the purpose of improving health care, and facilitating national and international trade in in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices, by:

• promoting the concept of traceability of measurement results to the SI or, where necessary, to other internationally agreed references;
• evaluating reference materials, reference measurement procedures and reference measurement services for laboratory medicine for conformity with appropriate international standards;
• producing educational materials and activities promoting the value of traceability in laboratory medicine and raising awareness amongst stakeholders;
• facilitating the identification and prioritization of measurands requiring international traceability and equivalence, and thereby encouraging appropriate organizations to accept responsibility for the development of suitable reference measurement procedures and certified reference materials;
• encouraging the IVD industry to apply the agreed reference measurement systems;
• encouraging External Quality Assessment (EQA) organizers to apply reference measurement procedure values to commutable EQA materials.

Yuriy Kuzmenko is Deputy Director General for Metrology, Conformity Assessment and Scientific Activities, Representative of Ukraine in CIML.