- 11:00 - 07/12/2021 to 16:15 - 08/12/2021
- Voco St. David's Cardiff, Havannah Street, Cardiff, CF10 5SD, United Kingdom
Day one will be a half-day introducing Weqas Connect (our new participant platform), including new report interpretation. Day two will be a full day of seminars covering ‘Covid-19 and the effects on healthcare delivery’.
TOPICS COVERED
The annual conference will include:
- Awareness of the changes and additional functionality of the new Weqas EQA participant platform
- Understanding how to navigate the website to use the self-service function; to manage EQA participation, manage operators, equipment and methods, enter results, download reports and undertake data extraction.
- Awareness of the different types of reports and understanding the statistical methods and information provided in these reports i.e. managerial, standard laboratory user, POCT co-ordinator and simplified (POCT) user reports.
- Understand the analytical errors in laboratory diagnostics; how to identify systematic proportional, constant, mixed errors and errors of imprecision. Be able to select appropriate statistical tools to solve analytical problems.
- Demonstrate competency to use problem-solving tools to interpret reports, identify the errors and suggest remedial action through practical assessment in a case-based workshop.
- Understands the scientific/clinical utility of the use of angiogenic markers in clinical practice and the changing landscape of pre-eclampsia diagnosis.
- Awareness of the different analytes/methods used as pre-eclampsia biomarkers, their performance and limitations as identified in the Weqas EQA programme.
- Discuss the results of the National Audit of laboratories on their perceived “impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare delivery”.
- Understand the Virology, transmission, pathogenesis and genomics of SARS-Cov-2 respiratory virus and the transformation of Virology Diagnostic services to manage the pandemic and unfolding clinical picture.
- Understand and discuss the impact of the Covid–19 pandemic on transforming POCT services.
- Understanding the utilisation of SARS-Cov-2 Antibody tests in immunosuppressed patients, and the use of Ronapreve treatment
- Awareness of the different analytes/methods used to measure SARS-Cov-2 Antibody, their performance and limitations as identified in the Weqas EQA programme.
- Awareness of methods used and performance for procalcitonin, POCT influenza, RSV and SARS-CoV-2 Antigen as identified in the Weqas EQA programme.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The event is for EQA programme participants.
SPEAKERS TO INCLUDE
- Annette Thomas, Director of Weqas and Consultant Clinical Biochemist
- Samantha Jones, Weqas Operations Manager, and Training Officer
- Gareth Davies, Weqas Principal Biochemist and Research and Development Manager
- Professor Tim James, Clinical Biochemistry Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Dr David Housley, Consultant Clinical Biochemist, Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS FT and Weqas Steering Committee member
- Rachel Jones, Clinical Lead Microbiology Cardiff and Consultant Virologist, Department of Microbiology Cardiff, Public Health Wales
For more information, please contact: [email protected]