BEST PLACE TO BE IN FEBRUARY 9-10, 2012HELSINKI, FINLAND

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Labquality Days

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Are you 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.

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Quality in diagnostics

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.04/12/23 Labquality 4

Important pieces of quality puzzle

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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

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QC Uppdate

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

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Preanalytical quality

1. Introduction to preanalytical variablesStephen 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

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Analytical quality

1. Harmonizing laboratory assaysLinda 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

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Postanalytical quality

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

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EQA uppdate

1. EQA’s role: laboratory’s perspectiveDalius Vitkus, Lithuania

2. Visions about the ideal EQASDietmar Stöckl, Belgium

3. The impact of ISO/IEC 17043 accreditation to EQA and EQA providers

Harri Laitinen, Finland

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Welcome to Helsinki

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9-10 February, 2012www.labqualitydays.fi