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2024 Manchester

2024 Manchester

9th – 10th December 2024

Conference 2024 took place at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate Hotel on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th December. Day one focussed on ‘EQA interpretation and laboratory performance’, and day two covered ‘Point of care testing performance and innovation’.

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Day 1

Samantha Jones
Weqas Connect Update

Samantha Jones & Gareth Davies
Weqas Connect EQA Report Interpretation

Samantha Jones & Gareth Davies
EQA Laboratory Case Studies

Annette Thomas
Analytical Performance Specification (APS) – Are they clinically appropriate?

David Ducroq
Bile acid performance: is it good enough to use global targets?

Annette Thomas & Gareth Davies
Neonatal bilirubin: guidelines and analytical performance

Miranda Van Berkel

Miranda Van Berkel
Standardisation and Performance of bilirubin

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Prof. Pat Twomey

Prof. Pat Twomey
Lies, Damned Lies and Calculations

Day 2

Samantha Jones
Weqas Connect & POCT EQA Report Interpretation

Samantha Jones
POCT EQA Case Studies

Dan Lasserson
POCT in ambulatory care and hospital at home – the key to changing pathways

Christina Soromani

Christina Soromani
Intraoperative PTH

Gareth Davies
Pre-term labour markers – which kits to use?

Haval Ozgun
Experience of ISO 15189:2022 accreditation for POCT

Lee Peters
A Career Framework for POCT staff: a Welsh perspective

Katie Moss
Developing a North West regional service for POCT

Gareth Davies
Pilot POCT Programmes

A Review of Performance on the Weqas Quantitative Faecal Haemoglobin (FIT) EQA Programme – Are current analysers ‘FIT’ for purpose?

Does the Performance of Routine Bile Acid Methods Meet the Requirement for Risk Management of Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy?

Analytical interferences due to challenging samples – a 12 year overview from the Weqas Serum Chemistry and Indices Programme

What do laboratories need from an External Quality Assessment (EQA) Programme – is it time to redefine the aims of EQA?

Post-analytical EQA – Weqas Interpretive Programmes

Weqas Problem Solving Algorithm – Troubleshooting Performance Issues; A Case Study

A Review of Lactate Performance on the Weqas Blood Gas External Quality Assessment (EQA) Programme – A comparison of POCT and Lab Instruments and their suitability for use in Sepsis Management

Use of Point of Care (POCT) C-Reactive Protein (CRP) to support antibiotic prescribing in primary care – Are they good enough? A Review of Performance on the Weqas POCT CRP Programme

Performance Assessment of Point of Care Testing for Blood Glucose – a 5 Year Review

Accuracy of pO2 – a 20 year overview of blood gas performance