Non-profit national scientific and professional society
Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
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Abbreviation
| CSCC
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Formation
| 1956
(
1956
)
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Type
| Professional Association
for
clinical chemists
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Purpose
| Providing leadership in the practice of clinical biochemistry and clinical laboratory medicine; establishing standards for diagnostic services.
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Headquarters
| Kingston, Ontario
, Canada
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Region served
| Canada
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Official language
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President
| Ted Dunn
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Website
| Official website
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The
Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
(
CSCC
) is a nonprofit scientific society that represents
clinical chemists
(also known as clinical biochemists) in
Canada
. The organization aims to advance the practice of
clinical chemistry
in Canada through the promotion of importance in education, research, and practice, working at the international, national, provincial, and local levels.
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The CSCC is a full member of the
International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
(IFCC), which is associated with the
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
(IUPAC).
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Background
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In Canada, clinical chemists work as members of the
medical laboratory
management team, which consists of
pathologists
, laboratory managers, and senior technologists. They are primarily responsible for setting the standards of performance for the clinical biochemistry laboratory. The knowledge they acquired from post doctoral training programs is applied to maintain efficiency in the lab.
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History
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The founding meeting for the CSCC was held in
Montreal
,
Quebec
on October 17, 1956.
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Since that time, the membership has grown to several hundred clinical chemists. In 1986 the Canadian Academy of Clinical Biochemistry was established as the academic body of the CSCC to oversee training, certification, accreditation, and professional development of clinical chemists in Canada. A syllabus for post doctoral training in clinical biochemistry was developed and is maintained by the CACB as a guide to program directors and trainees.
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The CSCC holds an Annual Scientific Congress and Annual General Meeting. The 61st annual CSCC conference was held in
San Diego
,
CA
, USA from July 31-August 4, 2017 as a joint meeting with the
AACC
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Activities
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The CSCC monitors the quality of testing services and acts as technical experts to evaluate and select methods and instrumentation. They apply their clinical and technical knowledge to assist physicians in selecting and interpreting tests, as well as supporting the laboratory's research and teaching activities.
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The society also produces publications, including the scientific journal
Clinical Biochemistry
,
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a member newsletter
CSCC News
, and position papers on current issues such as cardiac
troponin
testing.
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Special interest groups have been developed to advance knowledge and produce solutions in
Clinical Toxicology
,
Point-Of-Care Testing
, Pediatric and Perinatal Biochemistry,
Monoclonal Gammopathy
, Autoverification of test results, and the Canadian Laboratory Initiative on Paediatric Reference Intervals - CALIPER.
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References
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