Database of higher-order reference materials,
measurement methods/procedures and services

A new call for nominations of available higher-order reference materials, reference measurement methods or procedures and reference measurement services for laboratory medicine and in vitro diagnostic measurement systems is being made.

> > JCTLM Working Group 1 Cycle VII (2010) call for nominations for reference materials and reference measurement procedures

The process for nominating reference materials and reference measurement methods or procedures can be accessed from the following link :

http://www.bipm.org/en/committees/jc/jctlm/jctlm-wg1/wg1_cycle7.html

> > JCTLM Working Group 2 Cycle V (2010)  call for nominations for reference laboratory measurement services

The process for nominating reference measurement laboratory services can be accessed from the following link :

http://www.bipm.org/en/committees/jc/jctlm/jctlm-wg2/wg2_cycle5.html

 Closing Date : 30 April 2010

New higher-order reference materials (RMs) have been approved for publication after the completion of the sixth review cycle of the Working Group 1 of the JCTLM.  Additionnal available higher-order RMs have been listed in the JCTLM database in the field of Drugs, Enzymes, Non-peptide hormones, Nucleic Acids and Proteins.

New reference measurement services that can be offered by reference laboratories have been approved for publication after the completion of the fourth review cycle of the Working Group 2 of the JCTLM in the field Metabolites and Substrates and Non-Peptide Hormones. There are currently 16 reference laboratories having reference measurement services listed in the JCTLM database.

In response to the requirements of the European Directive on in vitro diagnostic devices, the Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM) publishes lists of available higher-order reference materials, measurement methods or procedures, and measurement services delivered by reference laboratories for IVD devices.