Spot the quote:
"Never give in--never, never, never,
never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to
convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the
apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
Jonathan
On 9
May 2011, at 13:17, John Francis Doran (ABM ULHB - Biochemistry)
wrote:
> Many of us have agreed to 1st June. The problem is that
users are still in denial and will be until we switch. Do it now and show
backbone!
> As far as the user leaflets are concerned, how did we get a
reference to "glycosylated haemoglobin" in the patient's leaflet only?
>
John
>
> From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list [mailto:
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On Behalf Of Julian Barth
> Sent: 09 May 2011 10:24
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Subject: Fwd: End of dual reporting of HbA1c
>
> Dear
Colleague
>
> Two years ago we agreed at a multi-agency consensus
meeting to report HbA1c in both DCCT and IFCC units for a two year period in
order to give clinicians and patients time to learn the new units. This change
to IFCC units was necessary as there was no solid international standard for
DCCT units. At that time we (ACB and Diabetes UK) produced information
leaflets for the education of all people involved in diabetes care. However,
despite the looming date of 1st June, it is apparent that not everyone is
ready for DCCT to be switched off. It has therefore been agreed that there
should be a one-off delay to the switch off of DCCT units until 1st
October.
>
> I am attaching a set of the educational leaflets and
would be grateful if you would distribute them again to all your users with
notification that DCCT will not be reported after 30th
September.
>
> Best wishes
> Julian Barth
>
>
President
> Association for Clinical Biochemistry
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