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Updated: Monday, May 12, 2008

Posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Presentations from the 5th ECAT Participants Meeting in Leiden

 
Presentations from the 5th ECAT Participants Meeting, held in Leiden, The Netherlands on November 8 - 10, 2006 can be viewed as PDF files via the following link:

http://www.ecat.nl/content/view/33/60/

 

Updated: Monday, May 12, 2008

Posted: Monday, January 22, 2007

New Pediatric Working Group

 
Dear NASCOLA members:

The recent Strategic Planning Exercise pointed out the need for the organization to address pediatric issues in coagulation. A pediatric working group has been formed. If you are interested in joining this group, please send Dr.Zehnder an email (zehnder@stanford.edu). Thank you for your support.

 
 

Updated: Monday, May 12, 2008

Posted: Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Invitation to join in NASCOLA's activities

 
NASCOLA welcomes increased and renewed membership involvement in activities. Please visit our Officers and Committees page to review our current Working Groups, and their membership and Chairs. To get involved, you are welcome to use the links below to contact the Chair of the Working Group that you would most like to get involved in, or if you want to contact our executive secretary to discuss other ways of helping out. We are open to suggestions on new activities!

Associate members are welcome to contact Donna Castellone, our Associate Member Liason, to share their ideas on NASCOLA activities.

The NASCOLA Executive welcomes your communication.

 

Updated: Monday, May 12, 2008

Posted: Thursday, February 01, 2007

Posting Reports from NASCOLA and the ECAT Foundation on Proficiency Testing Exercises

 
NASCOLA reminds members that it is regularly posting the reports for Proficiency Testing Exercises on the NASCOLA Website well in advance of when members receive their individualized reports. Please feel welcome to review and download these reports.
 

Updated: Monday, May 12, 2008

Posted: Thursday, April 05, 2007

NASCOLA thanks its member laboratories

 
NASCOLA thanks its member laboratories for their enthusiastic participation in the ISTH initiative on standardizing platelet aggregation studies. This initiative, led by the Platelet Physiology Scientific Subcommittee of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (SSC/ISTH), was an important step forward in gathering information on how aggregation testing is done worldwide. The ultimate goal is to develop a consensus on standardizing the many pre-analytical and analytical variables that affect the results of platelet aggregation studies. On behalf of the “Working Party on Platelet Aggregation”, Dr. Hayward will present the responses for clinical laboratories at the 2008 ISTH SSC meeting in Vienna, during the Platelet Physiology session. Thank you once again for your important involvement in this initiative.
 

Catherine P.M. Hayward, MD, PhD
President of NASCOLA, on behalf of the NASCOLA Executive Committee

James Zehnder, MD
Chair, NASCOLA Education Committee

 

Updated: Monday, May 12, 2008

Posted: Friday, September 14, 2007

Important Message from the President and Executive Secretary

 

The New NASCOLA Website

Dear Members of NASCOLA

We have now had eight months of experience with out redesigned website, which you can visit using nascola.org or nascola.com as the domain address. In 2008, we will be launching new features, including a discussion forum to allow members to dialogue online in the discussion forum of their interest.

The exciting new features of our NASCOLA website include individualized login and web accounts that will allow members to:

  • Obtain a new password by e-mail if their login password is forgotten
  • Change their password after login anytime
  • Update their contact personal information
  • Update information for their organization
  • Post more information about themselves (e.g. their role at the site where they work, personal photo)
  • Privately access their organization’s ECAT lab code and password (visible on PT/EQA page after login, to help members upload survey results)
  • Members have successfully used the website to renew their membership. Members can generate and download quotations directly from the website, and insert information about their institutional purchase order for approved payments. The website also tracks when orders are placed. Members can download final invoices to forward to their purchasing department. The website keeps a record of when members generate quotations and invoices, and the date when NASCOLA receives payment. Members can download their payment receipt, if required for their records.
  • View the NASCOLA memberships either by the names of member organizations or by the names of individuals that belong to these organizations (to facilitate communication)
  • Designate which individuals in an organization should be the contact for PT/EQA
  • View explanation boxes on our web pages to help navigate the site
  • View employment opportunities

The site also has enhanced administrative features that will help us work for you.

If you have not yet signed up on the site, please contact Beth at info@nascola.com. She will send you instructions on how to set up your customized NASCOLA website account (for your personal login) so that NASCOLA can then activate your access.

Thank you for your help and support!

Cathy Hayward, President of NASCOLA, 2007-2008, Chairperson, NASCOLA Website Working Group
Beth Plumhoff, NASCOLA Executive Secretary

 

Updated: Monday, May 12, 2008

Posted: Friday, September 14, 2007

NASCOLA launches an employment opportunities page

 
NASCOLA welcomes members to visit the employment opportunities on its website, and to consider posting positions that come up at their own institution.

Anyone interested in posting a position for their organization can visit the Job Posting Rates page for additional information, including discounted rates for members.
 

Updated: Monday, May 12, 2008

Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Successful 2008 Joint Symposium with the Hemophilia Thrombosis Research Society

 
NASCOLA thanks its members for contributing to the success of the first joint NASCOLA/HTRS Symposium, held on April 17-19th, 2008.

Click on this link to find out more about the Hemophilia, Thrombosis Research Society.

 

Posted: Monday, April 28, 2008

Opportunity for Member Trainees

 

The PT/EQA committee has several opportunities for trainee involvement in the analysis of NASCOLA data for the following analytes leading to potential publication.

 

APCR

Please contact Dr. Elizabeth VanCott, Massachusetts General Hospital

Email: evancott@partners.org

 

D-Dimer

Please contact Dr. Menaka Pai, University of Toronto Training Program in Adult Hematology

Email:  menakapai@hotmail.com

 

Platelet Function Subcommittee

Please contact Dr Catherine Hayward, McMaster University

Email: haywrdc@mcmaster.ca

 
 

Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Announcement of a Platelet Type von Willebrand disease (PT-VWD)

 

Drs. Maha Othman and David Lillicrap at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario (Canada) are inviting laboratories to participate in a molecular genetics study to investigate the occurrence of platelet type (PT) VWD among patients provisionally diagnosed as Type 2B VWD, based on clinical and laboratory data. The study involves analysis of blood samples, from consenting patients and with local institutional research ethics board review, as outlined in the following PDF document Platelet Type von Willebrand Disease Study which contains contact information for the investigators. The study description and contact information can also be accessed on the Queen's University website  PT-VWD Registry  NASCOLA endorses this effort and encourages your participation if you are able to do so.
 

Updated: Monday, December 03, 2007

Posted: Tuesday, October 09, 2007

2007 Coagulation/Hemostasis Technologist Award for Excellence

 
Every year, the ANIARA Coagulation / Hemostasis Technologist Award for Excellence (CHTAE) Committee recognizes a Special Coagulation Technologist in the North American continent by awarding one technologist the "The 2007 Coagulation/Hemostasis Technologist Award for Excellence" award and a check in the amount of $1,000, at the annual ASH meeting. The committe chooses the recipient from a large pool of nominations that are received every year. ANIARA Corporation does not participate in the selection process. The selection is made a by a committee of volunteer peers. The committee reviews the applications and votes to determine the recipient of the award.

2007 Committee Members:

  • Lesley Black
  • Elaine Castelli
  • Donna Castellone
  • George Fritsma
  • Susan Hoffman
  • Ed Reyes

The 2007 Committe's Decision:

Karen Moffat

"It is with great pleasure that this committee announces the selection of Karen Moffat as the 2007 reciepent of Aniara’s Coagulation Hemostasis Technologist of the year. This year over 23 letters were reviewed representing outstanding coagulation technologists, however Ms. Moffat’s achievements were exceptional. Her dedication to continuing education and excellence were made evident by her many publications and teaching efforts. She truly represents excellence in the field. We congratulate Karen and are proud to be represented by her."

"All of the nominees deserve to be congratulated for their work and contributions in the field. The committee would especially like to recognize the diligent efforts of Ms. Kim Pleus from Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis for her amazing life saving efforts in detecting overdosing of heparin in babies. She is a true asset to the field."