7–8 FEBRUARY, 2019 HELSINKI, FINLAND International Congress on Quality in Laboratory Medicine Themes: Quality Control Reinvented? and Digital Health LABQUALITY DAYS 2019 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
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International Congress on Quality in Laboratory MedicineThemes: Quality Control Reinvented? and Digital Health
LABQUALITY DAYS 2019 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
7–8 FE
BR
UA
RY, 2
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LSIN
KI, FINLA
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Labquality Days is one of the largest international congresses in 2019 focused on quality and laboratory medicine. The congress is held at Messukeskus Helsinki, Expo and Convention Centre. The themes 2019 are Quality Control Reinvented? and Digital Health. Come and enjoy the inspiring scientific atmosphere and feel the pleasant cool winter days in Helsinki. More information at www.labqualitydays.com.
Opening Lectures
Registration and more information at www.labqualitydays.com.
The Westgard Rules are state of the art in medical laboratories. Will the Quality Control however be reinvented?
Opening lecture, Quality Control Reinvented?
Are There Westgard Rules in Your Future? The Current Devolution and Future Revolution in QC PracticesSten Westgard, Director of Client Services and Technology, Westgard Quality Control, USA
Aarno Palotie has a long track record in human disease genetics. His latest acchievement is to lead the large FinnGen project that collects the genome and health record data from 500 000 Finnish participants.
Opening lecture, Digital Health
How to Utilize Genomic Information in Medicine Today and in the Future?Aarno Palotie, Research Director of the Human Genomics program, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
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New Risk Assessment Tools to Identify Individuals with Atherosclerotic DiseaseVilmundur Guðnason, Professor, Cardiovascular Genetics, University of Iceland, Director Icelandic Heart Association, Iceland
Empowering Pathologists with Deep Learning AISami Blom, Application Manager, Fimmic, Finland
ePoster ExhibitionDeadline for submission: 30 November, 2018. More information at www.labqualitydays.com.
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Is It Time to Rethink the Way We Approach IQC and EQA?Tony Badrick, Chief Executive, RCPAQAP, Australia
Commutable Certified Reference Materials for Next Generation Accuracy-based EQA SchemesVincent Delatour, Prinicipal Investigator Biomarkers / Bioanalysis, LNE (French Metrology Laboratory), France
The SKML Multi-sample Approach for the Exactly Right EQAMarc Thelen, Director of SKML, Medical Manager, Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry, Amphia hospital, Breda, the Netherlands
The Present and Future of EQAAnja Kessler, PhD, Referenzinstitut für Bioanalytik, Bonn, Germany
Max E(Nuf) QC Model; Incorporating Frequency Into QC PlanningHassan Bayat, Doctor of Clinical Laboratory Science (DCLS),Teheran, Iran
National Institute for Health and Welfare Biobank and Examples of Scientific Discoveries Encouraged by ItMarkus Perola, Research Professor, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Bad Blood: The Rise and Fall of a 9 Billion Dollar Diagnostic Disrupter and What the Profession of Laboratory Medicine Didn’t Do (But Should Have) to Stop ItSten Westgard, Director of Client Services and Technology, Westgard Quality Control, USA
An extensive exhibition with 60 diagnostic companies in connection with the congress.
Scientific Programme
Date7–8 February, 2019
VenueMessukeskus Helsinki,Messuaukio 1, Helsinki, Finland
Participation feeEarly bird (until 30 November, 2018) 390 € + VAT 24%, registration at www.labqualitydays.com
AccommodationHoliday Inn Helsinki – MessukeskusSpecial offer for Labquality Days participants
Contact informationtel. +358 9 8566 [email protected]
Congress Information
Labquality is an international service organisation dedicated to improving patient safety. Our main products include external quality assessment (EQA) services and quality controls for internal quality assurance (IQA). Labquality offers high quality, educational EQA for all areas of laboratory medicine with 45 years of know-how and experience. Currently over 5000 laboratories around the world participate in our EQA schemes.
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