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Middle East Laboratories & Diagnostics Congress 2018
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Thu, 26 Apr 2018, 08:00
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Sat, 28 Apr 2018, 07:00
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The Middle East Laboratories & Diagnostics Congress is a leading platform that gathers experts in the field of clinical laboratory and diagnostics and will discuss latest advancements and international guidelines regarding key issues such as efficient lab management tools, quality indicators and guidelines, Total lab automation and its impact on efficiency and patient safety, the fundamental role of effective diagnostic tools in blood banks, managing a successful Point of Care Testing Unit, and hot topics in clinical diagnostics.
You will have the chance to meet and connect with the leading local, regional and international experts, such as laboratory directors, technology experts, quality professionals, biologists, pathologists, chemists, technologists and other health allied professionals.
Key Benefits of Attending
- Hear top regional and international experts discussing the global advances in laboratory medicine.
- Receive the latest updates regarding common laboratory and diagnostics tools.
- Review the best strategies for the diagnosis of diseases.
- Gain Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit hours.
- Network, meet and build relationships with peers in the field of laboratory and diagnostics practice to exchange knowledge.
- Participate in practical workshops designed to help you overcome the key challenges facing medical professionals in the laboratory.
- Laboratory Directors
- Laboratory supervisors
- Laboratory technologists
- Laboratory technicians
- Quality Officers
- Researchers
- Pathologists
- Pathologists
- Pathologists
- Hematologists
- Clinical Chemists
- Immunologists
- Radiologists
- Oncologists
- Bloodbank healthcare professionals
- Blood Bank technicians
- Transfusion Nurses
- Phlebotomists
Pre-Conference Workshops - 26th April, Thursday
Workshop A: Six Sigma for Laboratory
Workshop Leader: Palat K. Menon, MD PhD MBA CPHQ
The Aims of this Workshop is to:
Understand the benefits and implications of a Six Sigma program, and relate Six Sigma concepts to the overall business mission and objectives
Think about your organization as a collection of processes, with inputs that determine the output
Use the concept of a Sigma Level to evaluate the capability of a process or organization Recognize the five-step D-M-A-I-C model used to improve processes
Recognize the organizational factors that are necessary groundwork for a successful Six Sigma program
Workshop B: Laboratory Certification Systems and how to obtain them
This workshop aims to give an understanding of the important accreditation systems needed in clinical laboratories and how to attain them
Will include a visit to an accredited lab in the UAE (TBC)
Workshop C: Lab Leadership Skills
This workshop targets leaders who are willing to develop a leadership vision, expectations and goals for them and their team and to learn how to successfully motivate their team members for a successful working environment.
Workshop D: Clinical cases presentation
This workshop encompasses instructive and interactive case presentations to illustrate key principles of clinical diagnostics and challenging cases in different molecular diagnostics specialties.
Conference Day One - 27th April, Friday
08:00 - 08:50
Registration, coffee and networking
08:50 - 09:00
Chairman Opening Remarks
SESSION I: Laboratory Management
09:00 - 09:30
CAP Accreditation: The Quality System Essentials
Rana Nabulsi, PhD,Msc,CPHQ,SSGB,EFQM
09:30 - 10:00
Team Work and Medical Errors -The Missing Links
Ashish Bhatia MSc, DNB
10:00 - 10:30
Risk Management for identifying individualized quality control plans
10:30 - 11:00
Networking coffee break
SESSION II: Lab Automation and Informatics
11:00 - 11:30
Lab Automation: What’s Next?
11:30 - 12:00
Total Laboratory Automation: The Forefront of increasing laboratory Quality and Efficiencies for impaired patient outcome
AlBarah ElKhani, MSc, CSSBB
12:00 - 12:30
Friday Prayer and Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:00
Updates on lab informatics: latest innovations
14:00 - 14:30
Personalized Lab Automation and IT Solutions
SESSION III: Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banks
14:30 - 15:00
Impact of Highly Sensitive Tests in Blood Transfusion
15:00 - 15:30
Screening in blood banks: New technologies
15:30 - 16:00
Networking break
SESSION IV: Clinical Diagnostics I: Women’s Health and Oncology
16:00 - 16:30
Cervical Cancer screening: Latest recommendations
16:30 - 17:00
Latest in Breast Cancer Diagnostics
17:00
Closing of conference day one
Conference Day Two - 28th April, Saturday
08:00 - 08:50
Registration, coffee and networking
08:50 - 09:00
Chairman's opening remarks
SESSION V: Point of Care Testing
09:00 - 09:30
The essential skills needed for a POCT Coordinator
Jonathan Harris, BSc., BSC. (Biochem), MSc., FACLM
09:30 - 10:00
Guidelines and recommendations for POC Glc and HBA1c Testing
10:00 - 10:30
How POCT Controls Infections in Hospitals
10:30 - 11:00
Networking Break
11:00 - 11:30
Panel Discussion
SESSION VI: Personalized Medicine
11:30 - 12:00
HLA testing for organ transplantation
12:00 - 12:30
Personalized Drug therapy: Companion diagnostics CD
12:30 - 13:30
Networking and lunch break
SESSION VII: Clinical Diagnostics II: Infectious and Cardiovascular Diseases
13:30 - 14:00
Antimicrobial Resistance and ASP (Antimicrobial Stewardship Program)
Hala Fouad
14:00 - 14:30
Prevalence of HPV genotypes and correlation with a possible HPV vaccination strategy for the UAE
Palat K. Menon, MD PhD MBA,CPHQ
14:30 - 15:00
Cardiovascular diseases: Choosing the right Assay for the right case
15:00 - 15:30
Networking Break
15:30 - 16:00
Prevent A Misdiagnosis: Biotin and Troponin Interference
SESSION VIII: Molecular Diagnostics and Stem Cell
16:00 - 16:30
Clinical Implications of Microarray in Modern Health Practice
Sabita K. Murthy, Ph.D,FCCMG,FRCPS
16:30 - 17:00
High throughout HLA tissue typing via Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
Syed Faizan Raza
17:00
Closing of Conference day two
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