Ex officio voting members of the Council include the President and Vice-President, the Executive Director, the Associate Executive Director, the Chairman of the SSC and the Editor in Chief of the Journal. Members are elected by the Council based on nominations from the general membership.
Membership is composed of individual scientists.
The development of internationally accepted standards for nomenclature and research methods. Other projects are standardization of methods for laboratory monitoring in treatment of coagulopathies as well as analysis and recommendations on clinical utility of laboratory methods. In conjunction with this activity it also undertakes the coordination of international collaborative trials of methods and technology and supports studies to develop consensus on recommendations for international biological reference materials. In addition to the biennial scientific congresses and annual presentations of the SSC's work in progress, symposia, seminars, workshops, and conferences are organized with other international organizations for education and research purposes on relevant topics in developing countries. These centres provide training for clinicians specializing in cardiology, haematology, internal medicine, family practice, and pathology as well as nurses and laboratory technologists.