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Organisations

Council of Europe

European Accreditation

European Board for Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education in Clinical Microbiology

European Biosafety Association

European Center for Prevention and Disease Control

European Commission

European Commission: public health

European Committee for External Quality Assessment Programmes in Laboratory Medicine

European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association

European Directory of DNA diagnostic Laboratories (EDDNAL)

European Federation for Immunological Societies

European Federation of Immunogenetics

European Hematology Association

European Laboratory Medicine

European Plasma Fractionation Association

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

European Society of Mastology

Federation of European Microbiological Societies

Standing Committee of the Hospitals of the European Union (HOPE)
HOPE organises an exchange programme to promote better understanding of the functioning of health care and hospital systems within the EU and in Central and Eastern Europe, in particular to facilitate co-operation and the exchange and free movement of staff.

Federation of European Cancer Societies (FECS)

International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science

International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboatory Medicine

World Health Organisation

European information: issue and kep topics

EU Tissues and Cells Directive
Directive 2004/23/EC on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells.

Questions and Answers on organ donation and transplantation in the EU

Implementation of the directives on Good Laboratory Practice
Overview of how EU Member States have applied the GLP Directives

Questions and Answers on EU regulation of blood and its derivatives

European clinical guidelines for bioterror agents

Avian Influenza and Influenza Pandemic: Key documents

Patient mobility and healthcare developments

SARS: Key documents

Blood and blood transfusion: key documents

EU-Q-Blood-SOP - Development of a pan-European standard operating procedure (SOP) methodology reflecting European best practice

Questions and Answers on Human Tissues and Cells

Health Threats: Tissues and Cells
Human cells and tissues: Commission adopts safety rules for processing, preservation, storage and distribution. more

Health Threats: Tissues and Cells
Questions and Answers on Human Tissues and Cells. more

Tissues and Cells: Key Document
Commission Directive 2006/86/EC as regards traceability requirements, notification of serious adverse reactions and events and certain technical requirements for the coding, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells. more

 

Miscellaneous

Academic Jobs EU
http://www.academicjobseu.com
Academic and related vacancies for universities, medical centres, and research institutes in the EU. All services are free of charge including job posting, searching, resume registration and e-mail job alerts.

Martindale Centre
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators3.html
Science calculators, tests and experiments