Contemporary issues in External Quality Assurance
Event description
The RCPAQAP one-day symposium on Chemical Pathology and External Quality Assurance (EQA) will bring together world-renowned experts who will provide valuable insights into reducing patient risk in the preanalytical, analytical and postanalytical testing phases.
We welcome international guest speaker Professor Sverre Sandberg, Specialist in Clinical Chemistry and founder and Director of The Norwegian Organisation for Quality Improvement of Laboratory Examinations (NOKLUS), Norway. He will be joined by our Australian experts, including Graham Jones, Chris Farrell and Tony Badrick.
The symposium includes engaging discussions where delegates can share their understanding and ideas about the challenges and opportunities in EQA. The aim of the program is to provide valuable interactive and collaborative opportunities for Clinical Chemists, Chemical Pathologists, Quality Managers, and Laboratorians interested in EQA.
Program:
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Welcome | Tony Badrick |
| 9:10 - 9:40 | Pre-analytical error – Key Incident Monitoring and Managing System (KIMMS) | Michael Whiley |
| 9:40 - 10:10 | Serum Indicies, what have we learnt? | Peter Graham |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Discussion – pre-analytical | Tony Badrick |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | MORNING TEA | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Analytics | John Sioufi |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Analytical Performance Specifications | Sverre Sandberg |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Liquid Serum Chemistry analysis | Graham Jones + Chris Farrell |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | LUNCH | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Improving the quality of clinical commentary | Samantha Shepherd |
| 2:00 - 2:30 | External Quality Assurance for patient medians | Sverre Sandberg |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | Dashboards | Derek Holzhauser |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | AFTERNOON TEA | |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Discussion | Graham Jones + Chris Farrell |
Speakers:
| Sverre Sandberg | Director of The Norwegian Organisation for Quality Improvement of Laboratory Examinations (NOKLUS), Norway |
| Tony Badrick | Chief Executive Officer - RCPAQAP, NSW |
| Derek Holzhauser | Chief Information Officer - RCPAQAP, NSW |
| John Sioufi | Manager - User Experience, RCPAQAP, NSW |
| Graham Jones | Chemical Pathologist- SydPath, St Vincent’s Hospital, NSW |
| Chris Farrell | Chemical Pathologist- NSW Health Pathology, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney |
| Michael Whiley | Chair KIMMS Advisory Committee, Chief Pathologist and Director of Medical Services, NSW Health Pathology |
| Samantha Shepherd | Senior Scientist - Chemical Pathology, RCPAQAP, NSW |
| Peter Graham | Manager - Blood Disciplines, RCPAQAP, NSW |
