Labquality Days 2015 - Winter Magic & Laboratory Medicine

5-6 February, 2015
Helsinki Finland

Labquality Days, organised by Labquality Oy annually, draws about 1,000 medical laboratory professionals to the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre.

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Scientific program

Thursday 5 February


QUALITY TRENDS – FUTURE OUTLOOK

Performance criteria to be considered when selecting control
materials for the laboratory
Ph.D. Silje Solheim, SERO, Norway

EQA program in Brazil
Ph.D. Maria Elizabeth Menezes, PNCQ, Brazil



Quality trends in haematology
M.Sc. Barbara De la Salle, UK NEQAS, The United Kingdom


PREANALYTICS AND POSTANALYTICS

Risk management quality control for the entire testing process
Ph.D. Sharon Ehrmeyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

How to control preanalytical factors in clinical microbiology?
Ph.D. Antti Nissinen, Fimlab, Finland

The first preanalytical EQA program in Croatia
PhD Jasna Lenicek Krleza, CROQALM, Croatia

Postanalytical challenges in clinical microbiology
B.Sc. (hons.) M.Sc. Shila Seaton, UK NEQAS, The United Kingdom


QUALITY INDICATORS

Quality indicators – where are we now
Prof. Ph.D. Ana-Maria Šimundić,
University Hospital Sestre Milosrdnice, Croatia

Scientific program

Friday 6 February

IVD REGULATIONS AND QUALITY SYSTEMS

New requirements – authorities´ view
M.D. Ph.D. Kimmo Linnavuori,
National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health, Finland

The New IVD regulation and the challenges for the industry
Ph.D. Petra Kaars-Wiele, Abbott, Germany

New Standard EN ISO 15224 – Requirements of health care services
based on EN ISO 9001
Assistant Prof. Ph.D. Anita Naukkarinen, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland


QUALITY GOALS AND SPECIFICATIONS – DEFINITIONS & REFLECTIONS FROM VARIOUS EQA ORGANIZATIONS

The role of EQA in harmonization of reference intervals
Prof. Ph.D. Zlata Flegar-Meštrić, University Hospital Merkur, Croatia
Prof. M.D. Ph.D. Lina Khorovskaya, First Pavlov State Medical University, Russia

International approach of external quality assessment programs
M.H.Sc. Gitte Henriksen, DEKS, Denmark

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