The IFCC is deeply sad to announce that IFCC Past President Prof. S. Donald Young passed away on 4th July. Prof Young was a well known and respected figure in the international clinical biochemistry community and within the IFCC. Among many other prominent activities, he became President in 1985, after a three-year term as Vice-President. During his six years as President, he much contributed to IFCC growth and development. Prof Young was a mentor and role model for many Clinical Biochemistry colleagues and will be greatly missed.
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The IFCC is pleased to publish an online resource about COVID19 providing key information on laboratory guidelines, biosafety, and other important resources to assist member societies around the world and their clinical laboratories as they face the challenges posed by the COVID-19 outbreak.


The page is constantly updated with the most recent information. The next update will be available on 10 August 2020, and updates will continue on a biweekly basis.

This week updates include:
- New publications for molecular, serological testing a swell as biochemical monitoring (e.g. pediatrics, pregnancy, hepatic/renal manifestations, and hematology parameters).
- Additional publications forwarded to us by several colleagues
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The IFCC Working Group Ibero-American Nomenclature and Translations (WG-IANT) is happy to announce the availability of two new documents.

El Grupo de Trabajo de Iberoamérica de Nomenclatura y Traducción WG-IANT) se complace en anunciar la disponibilidad de dos nuevos documentos:
• La metrología y sus herramientas aplicables a la bioquímica y medicina del laboratorio
• Codificación de Pruebas de Laboratorio con Nomenclatura Sistemática en Español
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