NCCLS eNews - 8 December 2004 (Plain Text Version)

Return to Graphical Version | Search back issues | Print all articles

In this issue:
Note on printing single articles: Each selected individual article will appear at the bottom of this screen...please scroll down to view/print the selected article.

News
Executive Vice President’s Message
NCCLS’s Name Will Change, But our Mission and Values Remain the Same
Press Releases
Standards Status
Notice of Vote and Comment Deadline for Consensus Document
Recently Approved Documents
Recently Published ISO Standards
Focus on Global Terminology
Seeking Expert Opinions and Volunteer Participation – Call for Nominations
Events and Exhibits
Meeting Calendar
Upcoming Events and Exhibits
Membership
Join Us
New and Sustaining Members
Update Your Subscriptions

Seeking Expert Opinions and Volunteer Participation – Call for Nominations

NCCLS is seeking subcommittee membership for the following proposed project:

Validate and Implement Secondary Reference Materials

This guideline will provide recommendations on tests or procedures that should be performed to characterize secondary reference materials in a patient sample matrix. The document will provide implementation guidelines for established published procedures, and will describe procedures that have not already been established. The document will consist of two parts:

The first part will address material characterization such as linearity, parallelism, commutability, matrix effects, and interferences. The second part will address issues related to transfer of values from a secondary reference material to an analytical measurement system.

Requested Expertise: Members should have knowledge and expertise in the characterization of blood- and/or urine-based secondary reference materials and/or matrix-based calibrators. Further, knowledge and experience in producing these materials and using them to calibrate clinical testing systems or to assign values to in-house calibrators is needed.

This proposed project is undergoing a progressive review process to assess the need and market potential for consensus document development.

Review the objective of the proposed project and the requested volunteer expertise, and:

Submit a nomination:
The deadline to submit the nomination form, including a curriculum vitae and disclosure of interests form, to the NCCLS Executive Offices is 10 January 2005.

Give us your expert opinion on the value of the project:
To provide input on the need for, and utility of, this proposed new project, click here.