EMQN and GfH EQA scheme merger

We are very pleased to announce that on December 20th 2007 the board of the German Society of Human Genetics (GfH) approved the merger of the EMQN and GfH External Quality Assessment schemes.

 The board of the GfH will recommend that the molecular genetic laboratories in Germany participate in future EMQN EQA rounds. The GfH nominated Dr. Clemens Müller-Reible of the Institute of Human Genetics, Univ. of Würzburg, as the official representative of the GfH on the EMQN Management Group.

This is a significant step forward in the harmonisation of quality assurance in clinical molecular genetics in Europe and will help to make EMQN sustainable.

We would like to thank all colleagues in EuroGentest, EMQN and GfH for making this possible.

Yours Sincerely

Rob Elles

WP 1.3

Co-ordinator European Molecular Genetics Quality Network

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