EQALM symposium 2005:

ROME
October 11th
EQALM General Assembly
Working Group meetings

October 10th

Title Speaker
Introduction General meeting Jean-Claude Libeer
Plenary 1 Virtual microscopy and EQA applications for Cervix cytology Päivo Rauvo (FI)
Plenary 2 Assessment of trueness before introduction of new common Nordic reference intervals Pål Rustadt (NO)
Short 1 External Quality Control of Direct Antigen Tests to Detect Group A Streptococcal Antigen Pierre-Alain Morandi (CH)
Short 2 Theoretical and practical considerations in setting goals for acceptability limits in haematology EQAS Milan Skitek (SI)
Short 3 Standardisation and virtual microscopy Xavier Albe (CH)
Short 4 Autentic patient samples in a small endocrinology EQA scheme Göran Lindstedt (SE)
Plenary 3 Accreditation of EQA scheme providers: current situation Mike Noble (CA)
Plenary 4 POCT EQA for coagulation and glucose on the level of physicians and patients Sverre Sandberg (NO)
Short 5 A new UK NEQAS pilot scheme for digital morphology Barbara De la Salle (UK)
Short 6 The manufacturing (processing) of fresh frozen human serum for EQA material Inger Plum (DK)
Short 7 Evolution of the French National External Quality Assessment of monoclonal immunoglobulin Stéphanie Albarède (FR)
Plenary 5 EQA and sterilisation Herve Ney (CH)
Plenary 6 EQA for molecular diagnosis Paul Wallace (UK)
Short 8 A microbiologists approach to EQA for quantification of blood bone viruses Vivienne James (UK)