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Plenary Session 2018
Laboratory medicine standards: an update and how can you contribute to their development? Ms Linda Hendy, Standards Officer, National Standards Authority of Ireland
HbA1c, the last issues to be addressed
Dr Cas Weykamp, Queen Beatrix Hospital, Netherlands
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY WORKSHOP
Performance of HbA1c by your country, by your manufacturer and by your own lab, from a European perspective
Dr Cas Weycamp, Queen Beatrix Hospital,Netherlands
Atypical Body Fluids –How should we assess quality of biochemical testing?
Dr Peadar McGing, Mater University Hospital
Implementation of the CKD-EPI formula for eGFR calculation
Dr Janice Reeve, St Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH)
MICROBIOLOGY WORKSHOP
Comparison of molecular techniques for detection of CPE
Ms Kate Byrne, Mater University Hospital
Retrospective analysis of samples referred for 16s rRNA
Mr Ian McCarthy, St. Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH)
Proficiency Testing or Quality Control? –There is a difference and deciding on when which one is applicable
Mr Peter Penn, Microbiologics
TRANSFUSION WORKSHOP
Evaluation of recombinant blood group proteins in pre-transfusion and antenatal testing at the RCI laboratory
Ms Aisling Costelloe, Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS)