NCCLS Notes

Abstract

The NCCLS Area Committee on Automation met at LabAutomation '97 to discuss their plan to create and promote standards in clinical laboratory automation. The following officers, members, advisors, and observers have been appointed to this committee:

Area Committee on Automation

Chairholder: Rodney S. Markin, M.D., Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center, LabInterlink, Inc.

Board Liason: Charles F. Galanaugh, Becton Dickinson (retired)

Members: Stanley Bauer, M.D., Beth Israel Medical Center

Charles S. Furfine, Ph.D., FDA Ctr. For Devices/ Rad. Health

David Herold, M.D., Ph.D., VA Medical Center, San Diego

Gary W. Kramer, Ph.D.National Institute of Stds. & Technology

Paul J. Mountain, M.Sc., M.T. (ASCP)MDS Laboratories

David O'Bryan, Ph.D. Smith Kline Beecham Clinical Laboratories

Stephen R. Savitz, Becton Dickinson VACUTAINER Systems

Richard B. Coolen, Ph.D., Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics

Michael G. Bissel, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H, U of Texas Medical Branch

Joseph Stumpf, Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.

Advisors: Robert J. Dominici, Boehringer Mannheim Corporation

Laura Fitzgerald, Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics

Charles D. Hawker, Ph.D., ARUP Laboratories

Mark Hayashi, TOA Medical Elec. Co.

Georg E. Hoffmann, M.D., Trillium GmbH

Masahide Sasaki, M.D., Kochi Medical School

Katsuji Yamashita, Ph.D., Japan Analytical Inst. Mfgrs. Assn.

Observers: Richard L. Columbus, Richard L. Columbus & Assoc.

Randy Davis, Dade Chemistry Systems

James Doyle, Medical Laboratory Automation, Inc.

Louis J. Dunka, Jr., Ph.D., LifeScan, Inc.

Taku Hasegawa, Sysmex Corporation of America

Takashi Kanno, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Henk Keesom, Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics

Matthew Mittino, Abbott Laboratories

Ronald W. McLawhon, M.D., Ph.D., U of Chicago Medical Ctr

Paul J. Orsulak, Ph.D., M.B.A., VA Medical Center, Dallas

Mark Simmons, Boehringer Mannheim Corporation

Ken Uhara, Sysmex Corporation of America

Staff: Denise M. Lynch, M.T. (ASCP), M.S., NCCLS

John J. Zlockie, M.B.A., M.T., NCCLS

Introduction of Subcommittee

Chairholders: Dr. Markin noted that the five projects submitted by the area committee in November were authorized by the NCCLS Board of Directors. The development cycles for these projects will occur concurrently in accord with an accelerated schedule. The individuals selected to chari the five individual subcommittees are as follows:

Subcommittee on Communication with Automated Systems, Charles D. Hawker, Ph. D., ARUP Laboratories

Subcommittee on Electromechanical Interfaces, Richard A. MacPherson, M.D., Medical College of Virginia Hospital

Subcommittee on Specimen Container/Specimen Carrier, Paul J. Orsulak, Ph.D., VA Medical Center, Dallas

Subcommittee on Specimen Identification, David A. Herold, M.D., Ph.D., VA Medical Center, San Diego

Subcommittee on System Status, Russell Tomar, M.D., University of Wisconsin