26th International Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 17th Congress of Arab Federation of Clinical Biology 10th Saudi Society for Clinical Chemistry Annual Meeting 8th UAEGDA International Genetic Disorders Conference Emirates Clinical Chemistry Society الجمعية الإماراتية للكيمياء السريرية In cooperation with ABSTRACT BOOK Clinica Chimica Acta International Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine S.M. Awadallah (University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) H.M.E. Azzazy (American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt) S. Bernardini (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy) R. Blankenstein D. Bullock (UK NEQAS, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK) J.L. Camargo (Clinics Hospital of Porto Alegre, PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil) E. Cavalier (CHU de Liège, Liège, Belgium) J.-W. Chen (Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC) C.-W. Cheng (Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC) T.K. Christopoulos (University of Patras, Patras, Greece) C. Cobbaert (Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands) W.B. Coleman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA) J. Contois (Liposcience Inc., Raleigh, NC, USA) G. Csako (National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA) A. Dasgupta (University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX, USA) S. Devaraj (Sugar Land TX 77479, USA) J.G. Donnelly (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Tarrytown, NY, USA) T.K. Er (Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan) R. Erasmus (Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa) J. Favresse, PhD student (Namur, Belgium) P. Gillery, MD, PhD (Reims Champagne-Ardenne University, Reims, France) E.González. Reyes (Immunoassay Center, La Habana, Cuba) P.E. Hickman (Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia) M.H. Hirata (Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo, Brazil) Y.-S. Hsieh (Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC) A. Inazu (Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan) I. Jo (Korean National Institute of Health, Seoul, South Korea) S. Jortani (University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA) J.-T. Kao (National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC) I. Kasvosve (University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe) J.Q. Kim (Seoul National University (SNU), Jonglo-Gu, Seoul, South Korea) G.J. Kost (Davis, CA, USA) G.M. Kostner (Technische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria) M.-D. Lai (Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China) C.-W. Lam, MBChB PhD (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong) M. Langlois (Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium) J.-J. Li (Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, China) S. Li (Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia) M. Maekawa (Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan) Q. Meng (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA) T. Miida (Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan) R. Moresco (Federal University of Santa Maria, SANTA MARIA, Brazi) M.M. Müller (Austrian Society of Quality Assurance and Standardisation, Wien, Austria) M. Mussap (Università di Cagliari, Calgari, Italy) K. Nakajima (Tokai University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan) N. Okumura (Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan) J. Ordonez-Llanos (Barcelona, Spain) M. Panteghini (Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy) O. Perez-Mendez (National Institut of Cardiology, Mexico City, Mexico) T. Pillay (University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa) C.P. Price (Daglingworth, Cirencester, UK) K.J. Pulkki (University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland) P.M. Rainey (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA) L.A. Salazar (Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile) N.E. Saris (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland) L.M. Silverman (Virginia Commonwealth University, Charlottesville, VA, USA) P.M. Sluss (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA) L.J. Sokoll (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, USA) Z. Sun (Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China) J.G. Toffaletti (Duke University, Durham, NC, USA) M. Tozuka (Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan) L.-Y. Tsai (Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC) B. Wang (Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China) X.P. Wang (Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, China) P.R. Wenham (Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, UK) S.H. Wong (Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA) J.S. Woodhead (Mol. Light Technology Research Ltd., Cardiff, UK) A.H. Wu, PhD (Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America) J. Wu (Shanghai Clinical Research Center, Shanghai, China) Editorial Board Editors-in-Chief Joris Delanghe University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium William Clarke The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Reviews Editor Greg Makowski Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA Associate Editor Marc De Buyzere University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium Ming Guan Huashan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China Special Issue IFCC WorldLab Dubai 2024 Accreditation, Patient Safety, Risk management, Quality Assurance, Audit Aging & Longevity Artificial intelligence, clinical decision support and machine learning Biological Cellular Therapies Clinical Chemistry Data Science, Digital health, big data and smart technologies Demand/test utilization management Disease specific biomarkers: autoimmune, bone, cardiac, can- cer, diabetes, neurological, sepsis, traumatic brain injury, … Emerging and Analytical technologies, applications and limitations Emerging biomarkers (-omics type, …) Endocrinology Epigenetics Evidence based medicine, including Guidelines Genetic diseases Geriatric testing Green laboratories Gut Microbiome Healthcare reform: from curative to preventive Hematology and hemostasis Immunology Kidney diseases and transplantation, urinalysis, urinary biomarkers Laboratory consolidation, Total lab automation and process design Laboratory Information Systems and globalization of NPU Laboratory Management, Medical leadership Metabolic diseases Metrological traceability and test standardization/ harmonization Microbiology - Infectious diseases including COVID 19 Molecular diagnostics, including CTC and ctDNA Neonatal and paediatric laboratory medicine, including pre- natal testing Nutrition Trace Elements and Vitamins Others Point of Care testing, critical care, emergency medicine Precision Diagnostics and Precision Medicine Rare Diseases Recruitment, Education and Training of workforces in Laboratory Medicine Regulations and Regulatory Science, including suboptimal tests and post-market follow-up Remote monitoring and preanalytical challenges Test Evaluation, outcome studies, clinical utility of biomarkers Total Test process, including preanalytics, analytics and postanalytics Toxicology and TDM Trends towards regional/national/global ICT connectivity and networks Speakers Abstracts doi:10.1016/S0009-8981(24)01954-5 Clinica Chimica Acta 558 (2024) iii Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Clinica Chimica Acta journal homepage: www.elsevier .com/locate /cca CONGRESS PRESIDENT Won-Ki Min University of Ulsan, Korea CONGRESS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Tomris Ozben, Congress President Khosrow Adeli, Co-Chair Anwar Borai, Co-Chair Paivi Laitinen Alexandre Haliassos Samia Sobki Christa Cobbaert Christian Haddad Osama Najjar Maryam Matar Angel De La Fuente Vincent Chen Stefano Montalbetti United Arab Emirates (UAE) Advisory Group to COC & SPC Hady Elkhodary Aaron Han Rita Tanios Laila Abdel Wareth Fayha Salah Ahmed Rana Nabulsi Jyoti Shetye Mahammad Althahyabat Scientific Program Committee (SPC) Samia Sobki, Co-Chair Christa Cobbaert, Co-Chair Salam Saadaddin Nader Rifai Mario Plebani Abderrazek Hedhili Myrna Germanos Haddad Santiago Fares Taie Shaikha Almazrouei International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) Anna Carobene (EFLM) Snezana Jovicic (EFLM) Michel Langlois (EFLM) Abdurrahman Coskun (EFLM) Timo Kouri (EFLM) Tze-Ping Loh (APFCB) Endang Hoyaranda (APFCB) Tony Badrick (APFCB) Bolonghoge Dayanath (APFCB) Leslie Lai (APFCB) José Francisco Muñoz-Valle (COLABIOCLI) Marlene Vélez de la Vega (COLABIOCLI) Cecilia Tapia Paredes (COLABIOCLI) Cristina Servetto (COLABIOCLI) Alvaro Justiniano Grosz (COLABIOCLI) Rajiv Erasmus (AFCC) Adekunle Okesina (AFCC) Tahir Pillay (AFCC) Vanessa Steenkamp (AFCC) Mari DeMarco (NAFCC) Stacy E. Melanson (NAFCC) Qing Meng (NAFCC) AbdulRazaq A. H. Sokoro (NAFCC) Alison Woodworth (NAFCC) Abstract Evaluation Committee Adekunle Bashiru Okesina Abderrazek Hedhili Abdurrahman Coskun Ana Lena Ana Ninic Andrea Mosca Angela Fung Antonio Fortunato Ashlin Rampul Ayman W. El-Hattab doi:10.1016/S0009-8981(24)01955-7 Clinica Chimica Acta 558 (2024) iv-v Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Clinica Chimica Acta journal homepage: www.elsevier .com/locate /cca Benjamin Jung Bremadesam Raman Lakshmi Christa M. Cobbaert David Vauzour Davide Giavarina Endang Hoyaranda Enza Pavanello Ettore Capoluongo Evelyne Bischof Fahad Al Zadjali Fatima Jamali Ferruccio Ceriotti Florent van Stapel Giuseppe Banfi Greg Ward Hanan Jambi Ian Young Iva Perovic Blagojevic Janne Cadamuro John Anetor Jorge Hernández-Bello Joris Delanghe Jun Guan Tan Kari Pulkki Laila Osama AbdelWareth Laura Sciacovelli Leslie Lam Li Jieli Lotta Joutsi-Korhonen M. Azzam Kayasseh Manal Al Kindi Marco Cantù Mario Plebani Matteo Vidali Michel Langlois Mohamedi Begum Rafiq Ahmed Mohammed Qutub Myrna Germanos Nader Rifai Nafila Bazdawi Al Riyami Nicasio Mancini Paola Pezzati Patrick Bossuyt Pavai Sthaneshwar Pieter Vermeersch Renee Ruhaak Rifat Hamoudi Riikka Kurkijärvi Rivak Punchoo Ronda Greaves Sander de Bruyne Shereen Hassan Atef Snezana Jovicic Solveig Linko Subashini C. Thambiah Tahir Pillay Thomas Streichert Timo Kouri Tina Lockwood Tommaso Fasano Tommaso Trenti Tony Badrick Udara Senarathne Vanessa Steenkamp Vera Luki Wafaa Ayesha Waleed Tamimi Xavier Bossuyt Yahya Kiwan Commitees Clinica Chimica Acta 558 (2024) iv–v Clinica Chimica Acta Volume 558, Supplement 1, 1 May 2024, 119047 P0794 Features of the development of laboratory medicine during the war in Ukraine M. Kuznetsova b, V. Bibichenko b, S. Sarapulova a, I. Kuznetsova c https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2024.119047Get rights and content Background-Aim The war in Ukraine has become a great challenge for representatives of various medical specialities, including laboratory scientists. That is why it is extremely important to understand the priority areas of development of laboratory medicine in the context of the current needs of society. The purpose of this study was to identify priority areas for the development of laboratory medicine due to the war in Ukraine. Methods The study involved 52 respondents in the aged 18 to 45 years. A sociological study was conducted by means of a survey, using a special questionnaire that was distributed on social media. Among the respondents were 23 students who studying at the university under the “Laboratory Diagnostics” study programme and 29 laboratory doctors, who mostly work in private laboratory centres in Kharkiv. Results In analysing the results of the study, the following data: 47 % of respondents believe that there is no need to change the direction of in laboratory diagnostics, and 53 % say that the first priority should develop rapid diagnostic methods. 69 % of respondents said that currently the most important are rapid tests to determine blood type and Rh factor; 17 % of respondents said that the identification of damage markers are playing an important role in determining markers of heart damage for Conclusions Based on the above research data, we should conclude that the most promising research methods are rapid diagnostics aimed at determining group affiliation and Rh factor, while we should not forget about the determination of traditional markers, including myocardial damage. All this creates the preconditions for further development of the laboratory diagnostics system in Ukraine to improve the provision of medical care for patients with various diseases. 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