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Abstract

In his first mandate as president Evaldo Melo structured and created the Programa de Excelência para Laboratórios Médicos (Program of Excellence to Medical Laboratories-Pelm), now called Proficiência em Ensaios Laboratoriais (Proficiency in Laboratory Assays). Introduced in the 11º Congresso Brasileiro de Patologia Clínica (11 th Brazilian Congress of Clinical Pathology), that was held in October 1977, in Guarujá (SP), that program immediately received the adherence of 90 clinical pathologists and laboratories. In March 1975, the Revista Brasileira de Patologia Clínica (Brazilian Journal of Clinical Pathology), edited by SBPC/ML, published several articles on quality control and laboratory certification, written in cooperation by Evaldo Melo, Marilene Melo and Erlo Roth. It was the first Brazilian review on the subject. Such articles described the procedures of the American College of Pathology, of the United States, and those of other sources, adapting them to the conditions of Brazilian laboratories. In the following year SBPC/ML published its first handbook-Fundamentos sobre Ensaios Radioisotópicos in Vitro (Basis for Radioisotopic in Vitro Assays)-, of which Evaldo Melo was the main author. That publication was approved by the directory to help clinical pathologists obtain a license from