Joseph Lopez

APFCB President

APFCB Report

IFCC EB Meeting and GENERAL

CONFERENCE, ANTALYA, TURKEY,

13 APRIL 2008

ORGANIZATION

COUNCIL

Executive

Board

APFCB

Office (S’pore)

Scientific Communications Lab

Management Education

Scholarships

APFCB News

Awards

Standing Committees

Ad Hoc Committees

APFCB Officers, 2007-2010

The following were elected for term of office October 2007- 2010:

Executive Board:

President: Joseph Lopez (MACB, Malaysia)

Vice-President: Leslie Lai (MACB)

Secretary: Elizabeth Frank (ACBI, India)

Treasurer: Sunil Sethi (SACB, Singapore)

Immediate Past President (ex officio): Chris Lam (HKSCC, Hong Kong)

Chairs of Committees:

Communications: Prof Shen Ziyu (CSLM, Mainland China)

Education: Endang Hoyaranda (IACC, Indonesia)

Laboratory Management: Samuel Vasikaran (AACB Australia)

Scientific: Kiyoshi Ichihara (JSCC, Japan)

Auditors:

Prof Tjin-Shing Jap (CACB, Taipei)

Dr Tony Badrick (AACB)

CONGRESSES

Trienniel Asian-Pacific Congresses of

Clinical Biochemistry (APCCB)

11 APCCB, Oct 2007 Beijing

12th APCCB – 2010, Korea

13th APCCB – 2013, Bali, Indonesia

Education: Travelling Lectureships

APFCB Travelling Lectureship

APFCB – Beckman Coulter

Educational Symposium, 2007

IFCC Visiting Lectureship

APFCB Travelling Lectureship, 2007-08

Lecturer: Leslie Lai, Malaysia

Theme: Metabolic syndrome

Sponsor: Abbott Diagnostics and Abbott Diabetes Care

Itinerary has been arranged by Education Committee

Plenary Speaker at 11th APCCB, Beijing

Location Date

Beijing, China 11 APCCB, 17 Oct

2007

Taipei, Taiwan 11 Nov 2007

Hong Kong 7 March 2008

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia July 2008

Hanoi, Vietnam 16 Oct 2008

Indonesia Nov 2008

APFCB Travelling Lectureship, 2007-08

APFCB – Beckman Coulter

Educational Symposium, 2007

Lecturer: Sunil Sethi, Singapore

Theme: Emerging issues in Laboratory Management

Visits to about 4 countries

Sponsor: Beckman Coulter

2009 lecturership will be on Anaemias

IFCC Visiting Lectureship, 2007

Lecturer: Andrea Rita Horvath,

Hungary

Theme: Evidence-Based Laboratory

Medicine

2nd leg tour undertaken in October

2007 - Hong Kong, Taiwan,

Singapore; Plenary Speaker at 11th

APCCB, Beijing

Country Date (2008)

1 Japan Aug 30

2 Taiwan 1 Sept

3 Hong Kong 3 Sept

4 Mainland China 5 Sept

5 Malaysia 8 Sept

6 Indonesia 12 Sept

7 Australia 15 Sept

6 India 2009

2008 VLP, Prof.

Mauro Panteghini - Itinerary

Regional Scientific Projects

Reference values project

Completed, published in Feb 2008 issue of Clin Chem

New expanded survey to be undertaken to include

more analytes and we hope more cities

eGFR: Results from study presented in Beijing.

Study will continue, as a collaborative effort

among Sam Vaiskaran, Kiyoshi Ichihara and Ken

Sikaris. (Note: SV is a member of the IFCC WG

on this subject)

Laboratory Management

Projects proposed, 2007-2010

Assessment of interpretative comments: requires very little cost

Letters of invitation issued

a group of Chemical Pathologists/Senior Scientists will be convened to form an over-sight sub-committee

Workshop on QA and Laboratory Safety: planned for 2009 in Sri Lanka, jointly with ACB-SL and with IFCC, pending improvement in security situation

Workshop to be a prototype for similar activities in other countries, e.g. Nepal

HbA1c: since 2005; 2008 survey planned, invitations issued organised out of Taiwan; expected to continue

Communications

Communications Committee Terms of reference of Communications Committee endorsed by APFCB Council in Beijing

APFCB News: 2007 issue printed in March 2008

Clinical Biochemist Reviews The CBR is a quarterly reviews journal,

PubMed indexed

published by AACB in association with APFCB.

Bulk distributed to at reduced subscription to clinical biochemists in the Asia-Pacific through APFCB member associations.

APFCB Website: Work to re-develop APFCB web-site is underway

APFCB Publications

Membership

Membership is growing; 3 categories

Ordinary members: total 16

New members admitted March 2008

PAMET (Philippines),

NAMLS (Nepal)

Corporate: total: 14

Subscription fees kept low to attract regional companies

New member: admitted 2008

Affiliate: one

Chinese Association of Clinical Laboratory Management

APFCB Philanthropic Fund,

Scholarships

Philanthropic Fund:

Est. 2005

Aim: to to fund scholarships to young

scientists (<40 years)

IFCC annual grants to APFCB have been

transferred to the Fund :

7500 CHF in 2005

7500 CHF in 2006

10,000 CHF in 2007

APFCB Scholarships

2008 Scholarships Selection Committee

has been formed

Silver Jubilee scholarships:

5 scholarships were provided to young

scientists from the APFCB region to attend

11th APCCB, Beijing

Scholarships for ICCCLM Fortaleza:

2 scholarships each SGD5000 (USD 3600)

APFCB-Anon scholarship: 2006-2008

Speciality Meetings in the Region

AACC has organised speciality meetings

with AACB (1) and SACB (2) over the

past few years.

Next meeting: AACC-AACB, November

13-14, 2008, Honolulu.

Proposal received: AACC-APFCB-

MACB speciality meeting on automation

in Kuala Lumpur in the fall of 2009

Bilateral Activities Among

Members

Australasian ACB (AACB)and Vietnam

QAP

AACB and Malaysian ACB, Laboratory

Quality Management, Kuala Lumpur .

Other similar arrangements being

planned to assist lesser developed

countries

Finance

Membership is FREE for ordinary members

The APFCB’s only sources of regular income are from:

20% of surplus from APCCBs held once every 3 years

Subscriptions from corporate membership

APFCB raises money for its activities by appeals to its corporate members for each project

Administration and Financial

Management

APFCB registered with the government of

Singapore.

APFCB Office is in Singapore; takes care

of al regulatory activities

Bank acccount is in Singapore

Challenges - Membership

Increasing our Membership: Many countries, areas within Asia are still not members or not ready for membership

Iran (IFCC member)

South Asia – Bangladesh

Central Asian Republics – Asian republics of former USSR

South East Asia –Myanmar, Laos Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines (Affiliate)

Mongolia

Pacific and Indian Ocean islands (e.g. Fiji, Mauritius, Maldives)

Vietnam Thailand

Singapore

Pakistan

Malaysia

Korea

Japan

India Indonesia Hong Kong China P.R.

China-Taipei

Australia

Thank you

Philippines Nepal

Sri lanka