EC4: PRESENT AND FUTURE ACTIVITIES

EC4 is the organization for clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine in the European Union. The main goals of EC4 are the recognition of professional qualifications, the influencing of ISO and CEN documents relevant for the profession, monitoring EU directives relevant for the profession, reaching equivalence of standards in accreditation in Europe for medical laboratories, defining guidelines on the laboratory investigation of disease, harmonization of laboratory data via calibration. The European register of specialists in clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine is maintained by the EC4 Registration Commission. A number of working groups are active in reaching the goals set. In this article present and future activities are described. .