Accreditation Committee
The European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI) Accreditation Programme provides an internationally recognised accreditation scheme for laboratories providing Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (H&I) testing services in support of solid organ and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, blood transfusion, disease diagnosis, and drug hypersensitivity reactions.
There are currently 270 laboratories across Europe and beyond accredited by EFI. Through a network of commissioners and inspectors, the laboratories are inspected for compliance with the published EFI Standards for Histocompatibility Testing. These are recognised as appropriate technical standards for H&I by the European Cooperation for Accreditation.
Committee members
| Chair (Slovenia) | |
| Co-Chair, Commissioner Region 99b (Outside Europe and Commissioners labs) the Netherlands | |
General Secretary, Commissioner Region 4B (Germany) | |
Taina Jaatinen | Commissioner Region 1 (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) |
Junior Lardy | Commissioner Region 02 (Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands) |
Kay Poulton | Commissioner Region 3A (Ireland and UK) |
Colin Brown | Commissioner Region 3B (Ireland and UK) |
Andreas Heinold | Commissioner Region 4C (Germany) |
Andrea Dick | Commissioner Region 4D (Germany) |
Zorana Grubic | Commissioner Region 5A (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Kosovo and Russia) |
Ingrid Fae | Commissioner Region 5B (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Kosovo and Russia) |
Agnès Basire | Commissioner Region 6A + 11A (France and Switzerland) |
Sylvie Ferrari-Lacraz | Commissioner Region 6B + 11B (France and Switzerland) |
Franco Papola | Commissioner Region 7A (Italy) |
Annamaria Pasi | Commissioner Region 7b (Italy) |
Elena Longhi | Commissioner Region 7C (Italy) |
Monica Dutescu | Commissioner Region 8A (Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Montenegro and Israel) |
Katerina Tarassi | Commissioner Region 8B (Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Montenegro and Israel) |
Eduard Palou | Commissioner Region 09a+10b+99 (Argentina, Colombia) |
Antonio Balas Perez | Commissioner Region 09b+10B+99 (Colombia, Mexico) |
Gottfried Fisher | Commissioner Region 99A (Outside Europe and Commissioners labs) |
Sandra Tafulo | Commissioner Region 09c+10c+99 (Brazil, Colombia) |
| Leiden, the Netherlands |