June 20-25, 2010 • Honolulu, Hawai’i
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islh 2013 • MAY 10-12
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL
FOR STANDARDIZATION IN
HAEMATOLOGY
(
Non-CME)
The General Assembly Meeting will be held before the
ISLH Meeting in Toronto.
Date: Thursday, May 9th, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location: Sheraton Hotel, Civic Ballroom South
All are invited but must register first by contacting Gini
Bourner (Meeting Secretary) at [email protected].
Please note that space may be limited.
ICSH was originally founded as a standardizing
committee associated with the European/African division
of ISH (International Society of Haematology) in 1963.
The structure of the council was ratified in 1964 and
was registered as an independent foundation in the
Netherlands in 1968. In 1990, the committee was
registered as a Council.
The aim of ICSH is to achieve reliable and reproducible
results in haematology laboratory analysis. All
guidelines are freely available.
Recent guidelines that have been published:
1.
ICSH recommendations for the measurement of
haemoglobins A2 and F
2.
ICSH Guidelines for the Validation of Fluorescence
Cell-based Diagnostic Assays
3.
ICSH recommendations for identification, diagnostic
value and quantification of schistocytes
4.
Towards a reference method for leukocyte differential
counts in blood: Comparison of 3 flow cytometric
candidate methods
Current guidelines in process:
1.
Extended Differential Reference Method
2.
Evaluation of Automated Haematology Analysers
3.
Standardisation of Cell Morphology Grading
4.
Guidelines for the Diagnostic Use of Flow Cytometry
in AML and MDS
5.
MPV Standardisation
6.
Standardisation of Bone Marrow
Immunohistochemistry
7.
Guidelines for the Automated Counting of Body Fluids
8.
Peripheral Blood Film Review and Reporting by
Physicians
New proposals are welcome, please contact the
Scientific Secretary, Dr. Gina Zini at
ICSH General Assembly
