Labquality Days - The International Congress on Quality in Laboratory Medicine 2020 attracted record number of medical laboratory and quality management professionals to Helsinki. This year we had 160 international delegates from 30 countries and 900 delegates from Finland. World class speakers and easy-to-approach expert panel guarantee every year a unique experience and excellent update to the latest information and studies.
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We are delighted that you are joining the congress and coming to visit Helsinki! We would like to share some information about the congress practicalities with you. The most important is the entrance badge, which you must have with you.
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Piet Meijer from the Netherlands is giving a presentation about using biological variation based quality goals at The International Congress on Quality in Laboratory Medicine 2020. Dr. Meijer summarizes that the application of six-sigma to biological variation (BV) derived analytical performance specifications is hampered by the large variation in published BV data. In this presentation … Continued
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Labquality Days 2020, the International Congress on Quality in Laboratory Medicine, is taking a step to the digital era. The brand new Labquality Days 2020 congress mobile app replaces the printed version of the Congress Program and Abstract notebook. The free app provides you all the information you need for a great congress experience - and more.
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Associate professor Holly Witteman from Laval University, Quebec City, Canada gives an opening lecture at the International Congress on Quality in Laboratory Medicine on Thursday 6 February 2020. Professor Witteman highlights that people are increasingly able to access their laboratory results directly via patient portals and that is a positive development because it has the … Continued
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Dorine W. Swinkels from the Department of Laboratory Medicine of the Radboud university medical center is presenting a poster about harmonization and standardization of Hepcidin methods at the International Congress on Quality in Laboratory Medicine 2020 in Helsinki. This poster is based on their work started in 2005 when they were the first to employ … Continued
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Professor Greg Miller from Virginia Commonwealth University gives an opening lecture: The Harmonization Journey: Where Are We Going on Thursday 6th of February at the International Congress on Quality in Laboratory Medicine 2020. Professor Miller points out that harmonized results are required for medical diagnosis, treatment and monitoring based on decision values for laboratory test … Continued
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Professor Yesim Özarda, from Uludag University gives an presentation about reference intervals on Thursday 6 February 2020 at the International Congress on Quality in Laboratory Medicine in Helsinki. Professor Özarda summarizes that the reference intervals are a vital part of the information supplied by laboratories to support the interpretation of numerical clinical pathology results. Reference … Continued
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The ePoster session arranged during Labquality Days is a great opportunity to showcase projects and research results in laboratory medicine, personalized medicine or quality management. Selected posters are displayed in the best spot in the main lobby, where Congress visitors can explore them freely throughout Labquality Days. Please send us your abstract by 30 November 2019.
Read more On the first congress day the scientific program is build on the theme Harmonization of medical laboratory practices. One of the speakers is M.D., Ph.D. Eva Ajzner who will highlight the meaning of interpretive commenting (IC) as an integral part of postanalytical activities of laboratories. Please read up on Dr. Ajzner’s subject ”Quality of Comments for the Clinicians” on the abstract here.
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