JCTLM Working Group on Traceability is charged to produce and promote educational materials to demonstrate the value of traceability in laboratory medicine as a means to reduce between method variability in the interests of improved clinical outcomes and patient safety. Terms of Reference

Chairperson:

• Dr Graham Beastall  (IFCC)

Members:

• Dr Tony Badrick  [RCPAQAP, Australia]
• Prof. Baorong Chen  [Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co.Ltd., China]
• Dr Vincent Delatour  [LNE, France]
• Dr David Ducroq  [WEQAS, UK]
• Dr Graham Jones  [ILAC]
• Dr Anja Kessler  [RfB, Germany]
• Ms Penny Moyahabo Manganyi  [NMISA, South Africa]
• Dr Aída Porras  [Quick SAS, Colombia]
• Dr Jeanita Pritchett  [NIST, USA]
• Dr Silvia Quiroga de Lasala  [ProgBA, Argentina]
• Prof. Elvar Theodorsson  [EURACHEM, Sweden]
• Prof. Marta Torres  [ProgBA, Argentina]
• Dr Albert Tsui  [Alberta Public Laboratories, Canada]
• Dr Maksim Vonsky  [VNIIM, Russia]
• Dr Robert I. Wielgosz  [BIPM]
• Dr Paul Yip  [Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada]
• Ex Officio:
  Dr Gary Myers (JCTLM Chair)
  Dr Stéphanie Maniguet (BIPM & TEPWG Secretary)

JCTLM Auspices:

JCTLM is interested in granting its Auspices for meetings, conferences and congresses which comply with the guidelines below, in order to assist conference organizing committees to promote their meeting and attract a large professional participation. Please use the procedures and request form available on this webpage to apply for JCTLM Auspices.

• Guidelines, Procedures and Request Form for JCTLM Auspices

Meetings under JCTLM Auspices:

• ReMiND 2019 - Biomolecules in Neurodegenerative Diseases, PTB - Braunschweig (Germany), 20-27 June 2019:
  Presentation of the meeting


• 13th International Scientific Meeting of the Centre of Metrological Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (CIRME) "The internal quality control in the traceability era", Milan (Italy), 28 November 2019:
  Programme of the meeting

Publications and communications on metrological traceability in laboratory medicine:

1. The Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine - its history and operation, Jones G.R.D., Jackson C., Clinica Chimica Acta 2016; 453:86-94


2. The clinical value of assay standardization and traceability, Morris H.A., Newsletter of the Asian Pacific Federation of Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine 2015; 58-59


3. Understanding the Silver Book - An important reference for standardised nomenclature in clinical laboratory sciences, Flatman R., Ferard G., Dybkaer R., Clin Chim Acta 2016 (submitted for publication)


4. The Joint Committee on Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM): A global approach to promote the standardization of clinical laboratory test results. Armbruster D., Miller R.R., Clinical Biochemistry Rev 2007; 28:105-113


5. Harmonization of clinical laboratory test results: The role of the IVD industry, Armbruster D., Donnelly J., eJIFCC 2016; 27:37-47

JCTLM portal:

• JCTLM portal for promoting Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (TLM)

JCTLM resources:

• JCTLM Leaflet
• Why become a JCTLM Member Organization?
• Presentation on Metrological Traceability in Laboratory Medicine
• Poster on the Role of Traceability in Laboratory Medicine


• Review article:
  The Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM) - its history and operation
  Graham R.D. Jones, Craig Jackson
  Clinica Chimica Acta, 453 (2016), 86-94


• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)


• JCTLM Newsletter:
  Issue 6: April 2019 Issue 5: April 2018 Issue 4: March 2017 Issue 3: February 2016 Issue 2: March 2015 Issue 1: April 2014

Accrediting bodies:

• ILAC Full Members offering accreditation to ISO 15195/ISO-IEC 17025

External links:

• IFCC HbA1c Networks of reference laboratories
• IFCC SD C- TLM: Scientific Division Committee Traceability in Laboratory Medicine