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JCLS HISTORY

The history of Japan Association for Clinical Laboratory Science (JCLS) — previously the Japan Society for Clinical Laboratory Automation (JSCLA) — is the history of clinical laboratory medicine in Japan based on laboratory technologies and automation.

DAWN OF LABORATORY AUTOMATION IN JAPAN

Four years after Skeggs’s autoanalyzer was introduced to Japan, the Autoanalyzer Study Group was established when the need for clinical laboratory centralization and automation was increasingly recognized. As the field of interest expanded, the Autoanalyzer Study Group was renamed as the Clinical Chemistry Autoanalysis Study Group in 1965, and then, as the Clinical Laboratory Automation Study Group in 1969, the predecessor of the Japan Society for Clinical Laboratory Automation (JSCLA) established in 1981.

PROGRESS AND GROWTH OF THE THE SOCIETY

The number of abstracts submitted for the congress has increased from 16 at the first congress in 1969 to 320 in average in the last decade. Our interest expanded beyond autoanalyzers to the total automation system for the clinical laboratories. In parallel to our congress, JACLaS (the Japanese Association for Clinical Laboratory Systems) EXPO has been held with more than 100 participating companies. The total number of the visitors to JACLaS EXPO has exceeded 10,000 in the latest exhibition. JCLS, together with JACLaS, has been providing unique opportunity to get the latest knowledge of clinical laboratory medicine on the cutting edge of medical science and technology.

JCLS MISSION IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS:

The aim of JCLS is to contribute to precise diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and better health care by applying the latest technologies to clinical laboratories. JCLS provides chances to share information and ideas for the progress of medical science by medical technologists, researchers, engineers, tech providers and other people who leverage clinical laboratory science. As the fact that our history had started with autoanalyzers, laboratory automation in blood chemistry and hematology divisions was our main interest during the first 50 years of JCLS history. However, new technologies have been applied to other divisions of clinical laboratory such as division of microbiology, physiology and genetic testing. We have decided to expand our field of interest under the name of JCLS in the next 50 years. The door opened to the next 50 years is the door to the world.

Committee

  • Committee on Science and Technology
  • Technical committee on Genetics and Proteomics Analysis
  • Committee on Point of Care
  • Committee on Hematological Technology
  • Committee on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Committee on Medical information
  • Committee on Physiological Tests
  • Committee on Editorial Board
  • Committee on International Activities
  • Committee on Ethics

Message from JCLS President

We are still preparing.