Topics in the New Year's edition of the INSTAND newsletter, January 2026:
- News about the INSTAND EQA Schemes: Three new molecular genetic EQA Schemes
- EQAS 706 (Molecular Genetics – Hereditary Fever Syndromes)
- EQAS 726 (Molecular Genetics - UDP-Glucuronyltransferase 1-Gene (UGT1A1) – Whole Blood)
- EQAS 728 (Molecular Genetics - Determination of Fetal Sex)
- INSTAND Academy: The Current Program for 2026 is now online
- News from the INSTAND Calibration Laboratory: Metrological traceability now also available for cell counting
- INSTAND Publications:
- POCT - Point-of-Care Testing, 4th edition, December 2025
- 'The concept of external quality assessment super challenges with special consideration of their importance during pandemics', Lancet Microbe, December 2, 2025
- Future Events
- '27. Bamberger Morphologietage', January 2026
- WHX Dubai, February 2026
- IGLD-INSTAND Annual Conference, March 2026
INSTAND Newsletter January 2026