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EuroGentest is an EU-funded Network of Excellence (NoE) with 5 Units looking at all aspects of genetic testing - Quality Management, Information Databases, Public Health, New Technologies and Education. Through a series of initiatives EuroGentest encourages the harmonization of standards and practice in all these areas throughout the EU and beyond.

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Roadshow: OECD Guidelines

New OECD Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Molecular Genetic Testing will set a framework for genetic testing services. EuroGentest members have been heavily involved in the preparation of these guidelines as well as other guidelines to harmonize the practice of genetic testing. EuroGentest is organizing a series of roadshow presentations at national level to explain to stakeholders the implications of the new guidelines and suggested pathways to implementation. The first is scheduled for Poland in September.
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ESHG Conference 2008: 31 May - 03 Jun 2008 More...

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Quality focus at ESHG : EuroGentest will have a booth along with OrphaNet and ESHG at the upcoming meeting in Barcelona. Together with poster presentations, there will be a series of workshops and other activities with a special focus on our aim of making accreditation the norm.


Guidelines on counselling

As patients' understanding of the results and consequences of the test is an integral part of genetic testing, EuroGentest also aims at improving the quality of genetic counselling services associated with genetic testing, across Europe. One of the goals is to establish recommendations for genetic counselling in connection with different testing situations.
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Core competences in genetics for health professionals in Europe

Genomics is increasingly important to healthcare provision in Europe and an estimated 30 million people now suffer from genetic diseases within the enlarged European community (Cassiman, 2005). More professionals will be involved in testing, either directly or in dealing with the impact of testing on healthcare provision (Guttmacher et al, 2007). It is therefore essential that health professionals are appropriately prepared to deliver such patient care.
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04 Jul 2008 - CEQA celebrates its 100th registration

CEQA Cytogenetic European Quality Assessment reaches an important milestone in its road to improving and harmonizing Cytogenetics EQA in Europe. More...

05 Jun 2008 - European Advanced Postgraduate Course in Classical and Molecular Cytogenetics

EUROPEAN CYTOGENETICISTS ASSOCIATION The course in Montpellier/Nîmes - France is designed to provide medical graduates, pharmacists, researchers, graduate students and health professionals with advanced training in constitutional, haematological, and oncological cytogenetics. More...

30 May 2008 - Patenting and licensing in genetic testing: ethical, legal and social issues

Sirpa Soini, Ségolène Aymé and Gert Matthijs the members of the Public and Professional Policy Committee (PPPC) and Patenting and Licensing Committee (PLC), on behalf of the ESHG The European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) wants to involve the genetics community in the analysis of, and the discussions on, the practical, political, societal, ethical and economical aspects of patenting and licensing of genes, sequences and genetic tests. More...

29 May 2008 - Core competences in genetics for health professionals in Europe

Final version is available now. Final feedback and comments should be sent to the chair of the ESHG Education Committee. More...

27 May 2008 - Release of second version of report on the accreditation workshops

eport workshops cover New release including a new chapter on 'managing the human side of change'. More...

27 May 2008 - Job opportunity for director of molecular diagnostic lab (Lausanne) More...

27 May 2008 - Instrument for quality self-assessment in provision of genetic counselling

This instrument is created for internal assessment of the quality of genetic counselling within a genetic counselling clinic. The aim is to support internal education, improve the quality and to start the process of documenting issues related to quality development in genetic counselling clinics. More...

26 May 2008 - Clinical utility gene cards

Unit 3 of EUROGENTEST has developed "points to consider" regarding clinical indications for genetic testing and is inviting for commentaries from the scientific community. More...

22 Apr 2008 - DNA patenting and European Clinical Laboratories

This survey, sponsored by the European Commission, has been sent to EuroGentest laboratories to assess the role of patents in development and use of molecular diagnostics. The authors are working closely with Eurogentest and will share their results with laboratories and policy makers. Please take 15 mins to respond to ensure the success of the survey (the current response rate is only 10 percent). More...

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