I am currently at the IFCC Wordlab in Durban: http://durban2017.org/ Just listened to a fantastic presentation from Prof Delanghe from The University of Ghent on Non invasive glycation testing. This is a fantastic achievement especially for accessibility of diagnostic testing in the developing countries in sub Saharan Africa. Ideal for
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We are proud to announce that our Urine Drugs of Abuse Programme is now ISO 17043 accredited. Please click on the link below to download our poster recently presented at EuroMedLab in Athens.
Rebecca Davies, Business and Marketing Lead [wp-svg-icons icon=”bubble” wrap=”i”] Annual Conference 2016 The annual conference for 2016 took place on the 13th & 14th December at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester. There were more than 130 participants in attendance over the two days – thank you to everyone that attended! A
We have just taken delivery of a new Waters TQ-XS Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer, coupled to an ACQUITY UPLC System with 2D LC Technology. The Weqas Reference Laboratory is the first clinical laboratory to have this Waters flagship instrument in the UK. Such an exciting acquisition will enable the Reference
Our marketing team are currently looking at organising regional EQA workshops which will cover EQA interpretation for basic level through to advanced level for both Lab and PoCT. Possible locations for 2017 are: Dublin, Edinburgh and Oxford. To register your interest in a regional workshop in your area please email
Weqas will be offering non-HDL Cholesterol as a new analyte as part of the Lipids programme. This will take effect from September distribution.
Annette Thomas, Weqas Director Earlier on this month, David and I attended an excellent meeting in Cardiff, on Traceability and Uncertainty organised by the All Wales Clinical Biochemistry Audit Group. Although no audits were presented, the organisers provided a forum for identifying best practice through a mix of formal presentations
David Ducroq, Deputy Director EQALM Barcelona 2016 Casa Milà La Boqueria Market Montjuic La Sagrada Familia Our lab manager, Samantha Jones and myself attended this important European meeting set in the vibrant city of Barcelona. The meeting is the annual forum for EQA providers to exchange ideas (sometimes argue) but
The Serum Indices programme has now been added to the Weqas interactive site. Currently (distribution IQQ) result entry and reports will only be available online. The latest serum Indices distribution (IQN), was the first trial of electronic reporting and has recently been released. Serum Indices Programme
As many of you are currently working towards compliance to ISO15189, Annette has written a post/blog on calculating your bias and imprecision for your uncertainty calculation, we hope you find this useful! How to calculate your long term bias for your uncertainty calculation?
