Labs Are Vital and the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry (EFCC) have launched the Award for Excellence in Outcomes Research in Laboratory Medicine.
This award programme will recognise the clinical laboratory or laboratory professional in Europe whose published work best demonstrates improved clinical and/or economic outcomes through the utilisation of in-vitro diagnostic tests.
Judged by an independent panel of experts, the EUR15,000 award, sponsored by Abbott, will be presented at the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC)/Worldlab meeting in Berlin in 2011, and will be presented at an EFCC conference every two years thereafter.
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 1 February 2009 and 1 February 2011.
