Birmingham, United-Kingdom, September 2008

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11 September 2008

     
Session 1 13.35 – 15.15 Point-of-Care Testing  
  13.35 – 14.15 POCT testing practice, an overview Chris Price
  14.15 – 14.30 POCT in haemostasis Piet Meijer
  14.30 – 14.45 POCT in Pharmacy / Community Annette Thomas
  14.45 – 15.00 POCT in Microbiology Pierre Alain Morandi
Session 2 15.30 – 17.00 Standards and accreditation  
  15.30 – 16.00 The new ISO17043 standard – preferred standard for medical EQA Jane Gun Munro
  16.15 – 16.45 Is accreditation beneficial for participants? Andre Deom
  16.45 – 17.00 Frequency of EQA – results of a questionnaire Annette Thomas
Plenary Lecture 17.00 – 17.30 The role of EQA in quality improvement of medical laboratories Jonathan Middle

12 September 2008

     
Session 3 8.30 – 10.30 Traceability  
  8.30 – 9.00 The concept of target and consensus values Hans Reinauer
  9.00 – 9.20 Example of the use of target values in EQA. Anja Kessler
  9.20 – 9.40 Example of the use of consensus values in EQA Steve Kitchen
  9.40 – 10.10 Panel discussion
  10.10 – 10.30 The role of EQA in the standardization of CDT Anders Helander
Session 4 11.00 – 12.30 New areas within EQALM  
  11.00 – 11.30 Molecular Biology Rob Ellis
  11.30 – 12.00 Virtual Microscopy Barbara De La Salle
  12.00 – 12.30 Echocardiography Reinhard Volkmann
General Assembly 13.30 – 15.30 Including reports of Working Groups