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 approx. 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.
Blanka Vidan-Jeras
Chair (Slovenia)
Christien Voorter
Co-Chair, Commissioner Region 99b (Outside Europe and Commissioners labs) The Netherlands
Sabine Scherer
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)
Benedetta Mazzi
Commissioner Region 7b, Italy
Marco Andreani
Commissioner Region 7C, Italy
Nina Svetlitzky
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 9A + 10A (Spain and Portugal)
Jose Vicario
Commissioner Region 9B + 10B (Spain and Portugal)
Gottfried Fisher
Commissioner Region 99A (Outside Europe and Commissioners labs)
Sonja Geelhoed
Leiden, the Netherlands
Requests for EFI Accreditation procedure
Requests for starting the
EFI Accreditation procedure
should be sent to Sonja Geelhoed,
Manager EFI Accreditation Office
+31 71 526 5111
Do you have any question about Accreditation?
Contact Sonja at the EFI Accreditation Office
shhgeelhoed@lumc.nl +31 71 - 526 51 11