2010 Participants' Conference

This year's Conference will be held on Thursday 7th October in The Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, Newlands Cross, Dublin 22 and the opening address will be presented by Dr Joe Devlin, Director of Quality, Safety and Risk, HSE.

Registration closes on 24th September.

Call for case studies.

Sponsorship:

Major: Cruinn Diagnostics, Abbott Diagnostics

Associate: Medicon Ireland, Claymon Biomnis Laboratories & Beckman Coulter

Potential sponsors: please contact IEQAS.

2010 Participant Satisfaction Survey

We would appreciate your responses by 17th September.

HbA1c dual reporting (IFCC/DCCT)

Dual reporting was introduced as planned on 1st July 2010 for all laboratories and POCT meters.  If you have not received your Certificate for the IEQAS Verification Process, please contact IEQAS immediately.

There is more information on the HSE website www.hse.ie/go/diabetes.

Background Information - Dr Ned Barrett, MWR Hospital, Limerick.

POCT Guidelines  Guidelines for Safe and Effective Management and use of Point of Care Testing, approved by: Academy of Medical Laboratory Science, Association of Clinical Biochemists in Ireland, Irish Medicines Board and RCPI Faculty of Pathology.

2009 Participants’ Conference

Martin McDonald, Head of Workforce Planning & Professional Education, HSE opened the Conference on Thursday, October 1st at The Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, Naas Road, Dublin.

Conference Booklet and abstracts 2009 and Presentations

Photographs from the Conference thanks to Peadar McGing, Mater Hospital:

All-Ireland Thyroid Function Test Audit

Thank you to all who participated.

Details

ISO 9001:2008

IEQAS was awarded ISO 9001:2008 in January 2009.

2008 Participants’ Conference

Minister Mary Harney, Department of Health and Children opened the Conference on Thursday, October 2nd, Moran’s Red Cow Hotel, Naas Road, Dublin. Abstracts and Presentations.

Poster competition for Des Kenny memorial prize sponsored by IEQAS was won by Catherine White and Maire Ide Mulcahy, Biochemistry Dept., MWRH, Limerick. Congratulations!

Some photos from the Conference (by Peadar McGing):

Masterclass: Paraproteinaemias

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2.

Dr Joanna Sheldon with Dr Ned Barrett, Chairman of IEQAS and Patricia Howley, IEQAS.

This masterclass was conducted by Dr Joanna Sheldon, Director of the Supraregional Protein Reference Unit at St. George’s Hospital, London. Thirty four participants attended this very successful and educational workshop which was intended for hospital laboratory scientific staff working for at least 1 year specifically in the area of serum and urine protein electrophoresis and immunofixation. Dr Sheldon provided a very lively, entertaining and interactive class.  Feedback from participants was hugely positive regarding content and location.

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