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INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL for STANDARDIZATION in HAEMATOLOGY
ICSH News
February 2024
The International Council for Standardisation in Haematology welcomes Dr Ben Hedley
Medical scientist with a distinguished career in laboratory haematology, Dr Ben Hedley is appointed to the Board of the ICSH - here
NEW ICSH Guidance
12 JANUARY 2024
ICSH review of internal quality control policy for blood cell counters
Richard McCafferty | George Cembrowski | Barbara de la Salle | Mingting Peng | Eloisa Urrechaga
This paper is a report of an ICSH review of policies and practices for internal quality control (IQC) policy for haematology cell counters among regulatory bodies, cell counter manufacturers and diagnostic laboratories. The ICSH is pleased to announce it is available online - here
NEW ICSH Guidance
08 JANUARY 2024
ICSH guidance for internal quality control policy for blood cell counters
Richard McCafferty | George Cembrowski | Barbara de la Salle | Mingting Peng | Eloisa Urrechaga
The International Council for Standardization in Haematology set out to review practices for internal quality control (IQC) of blood cell counters worldwide and to issue a consensus guidance. The ICSH is pleased to announce it is available online - here
NEW ICSH Report
DECEMBER 2023
Report of the International Council for Standardization in Haematology working group for standardization of reticulocyte parameters
Amrom E. Obstfeld | Bruce H. Davis | Jin-Yeong Han | Eloisa Urrechaga
The International Council for Standardization in Haematology convened a working group to assess and propose improvements upon the state of
standardization and harmonization of reticulocyte parameters among commercial hematology analyzers.....continued - here
NEW ICSH Guidance
22 NOVEMBER 2023
International Council for Standardisation in Haematology recommendations on fibrinogen assays, thrombin clotting time and related tests in the investigation of bleeding disorders
Authors: Ian Mackie, Alessandro Casini, Marlien Pieters, Rajiv Pruthi, Chris Reilly-Stitt, Atsuo Suzuki.
Prepared on behalf of the ICSH by an international working group of clinicians and scientists. The document focuses on tests and assays used for the assessment of fibrinogen function, particularly in the scenario of bleeding disorders.
NEW ICSH Guidance
16 NOVEMBER 2023
International Council for Standardization in Haematology Guidance for New Lot Verification of Coagulation Reagents, Calibrators, and Controls
Lead by Robert C Gosselin, This guideline has been written on behalf of the ICSH to provide the framework and provisional guidance for
clinical laboratories for evaluating and verifying the performance of new lot reagents used for coagulation testing.
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