Labquality Days 2012 - Final Program

Source: Labquality

Best Place to be in February 9-10, 2012: Helsinki, Finland

Interested in Future Laboratory trends? Quality goals in Laboratory Medicine? Pre- post- and analytical quality challenges in diagnostics? EQA’s role? Patient Safety? If these issues are in your mind in your daily work, you would like to learn the latest news, or you are just interested what it is all about – come to Helsinki.

World class lecturers lead our thoughts to those important bits and pieces in Laboratory Medicine practices, which sum up to quality in diagnostics and finally in patient safety. Many opinion leaders and Lab Med scientists choose cold & snowy Helsinki the best place to be in February. Come you too to put your piece in the quality puzzle! It may be cold outside, but our hearts are warm for our important mission and for you.


More information on www.labqualitydays.fi
Registration before 15 January 2012. Registration is open
Scientific program. Final program (pdf)

Scientific Program

Thursday 9 February

Lab of the future
1. The future of laboratory medicine
Graham Beastall, UK
2. Laboratory errors and patient safety – IFCC’s LEPS project and MQI
Mario Plebani, Italy
3. Molecular genetics and individualized medicine
Juha Kere, Finland/Sweden

QC update - Where should we aim
1. Different quality goals and best practices – How good is good enough?
Solveig Linko, Finland
2. Quality management challenges in POCT: Regulatory background & state of the art requirements
Folker Spizenberger, Germany
3. Challenges in QC procedures with qualitative assays. Virology labs experience
Jukka Suni, Finland

Preanalytical quality - Incidents before the test
1. Introduction to preanalytical variables
Stephen Church, UK
2. How to screen populations - role of organised screening programs in saving lives
Nea Malila, Finland
3. Experience from questionnaire studies about blood sample collection and other
preanalytical issues
Kjell Grankvist, Sweden

Friday 10 February

Analytical quality -How to assess the clinical effectiveness of laboratory / POC tests
1. Harmonizing laboratory assays
Linda Thienpont, Belgium
2. Industry’s role and perspective putting new tests in the market
Thomas Brinkmann, Switzerland
3. Laboratory and patient perspective. Diagnostic use of PSA as an example
Ulf-Håkan Stenman, Finland

Postanalytical quality - How to interpret test results
1. The extra-analytical phase: What information should we communicate to the clinicians?
Sverre Sandberg, Norway
2. Clinical Decision Support System and Quality Metrics
Timo Haikonen, Finland
3. Post-analytical EQA surveys - lessons learnt
Dunja Rogic, Croatia

EQA update – The role of EQA for better patient safety
1. EQA’s role: laboratory’s perspective
Dalius Vitkus, Lithuania
2. Visions about the ideal EQAS
Dietmar Stöckl, Belgium
3. The impact of ISO/IEC 17043 accreditation to EQA and EQA providers
Harri Laitinen, Finland


More information on www.labqualitydays.fi
Registration before 15 January 2012. Registration is open
Scientific program. Final program (pdf) 

 

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