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Contributed by Xavier
Fuentes-Arderiu, ACCLC President, and IFCC News Working Group, and
Jaume Mir�-Balagu�, ACCLC Vice-President
The Catalan Association for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (ACCLC)
recently has published a white book on the clinical laboratory in
Catalonia, a nation in the kingdom of Spain (European Union), whose
autonomous government holds the healthcare administration.
This short book
reviews the evolution of the clinical laboratory in this country in
the last 20 years and shows a detailed picture of their present.
Later on, the book contain a SWOT analysis that shows the internal
strengths and weaknesses, and an external opportunities and threats
of the clinical laboratory community. From this analysis, many
strategic lines are derived. Finally, the book shows many proposals
of improvement to be addressed to different academic or
governmental institutions. Although these proposals are generally
of local scope, some of them are applicable to many countries:
- promotion of accreditation according the standard IS
15189,
- promotion the use of nomenclature and units recommended by
IFCC-IUPAC,
- establishment of national or international metrological
requirements,
- promotion of objective structured professional examinations
(OSPE) for clinical laboratory professionals,
- creation of a university degree in clinical laboratory science
(called clinical biology by the European Council) at master or
doctoral level.
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