EFCC-Labs Are Vital Award Notice

EFCC and Labs Are Vital™ are pleased to announce the EFCCLabs Are Vital Award for Excellence in Outcomes Research in Laboratory Medicine, sponsored by Abbott. The Award will be given to the best published paper, as judged by an independent panel of experts, which demonstrates improved outcomes (clinical and/or economic) arising out of the application or improved utilisation of an in-vitro diagnostics test.

This award will be presented for the first time at IFCC/Euromedlab 2011 in Berlin and thereafter it will be awarded every two years at an EFCC conference. The Award will consist of a certificate and the sum of 15,000 Euro. All entries must be published in English in a peer-reviewed medical, scientific or health economics journal, and must have been published or finally accepted for publication between February 1, 2009 and February 1, 2011. Applications and additional details are available at www.efcclm.org.