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