An overview of EFLM harmonization activities in Europe

Affiliations

¹ Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Division Chief, Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Pathology, Sidra Medicine, 2nd Mezzanine Level, PO Box 26999, Doha, Qatar.
² Norwegian Quality Improvement of Laboratory Examinations, Bergen, Norway.

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Eric S Kilpatrick et al. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2018.

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. 2018 Sep 25;56(10):1591-1597.

doi: 10.1515/cclm-2018-0098.

¹ Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Division Chief, Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Pathology, Sidra Medicine, 2nd Mezzanine Level, PO Box 26999, Doha, Qatar.
² Norwegian Quality Improvement of Laboratory Examinations, Bergen, Norway.

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Keywords: EFLM; harmonization; laboratory medicine.

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