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June 2008 Presentations

June 2008 Presentations

 

Speaker

Title of Talk

Presentation

Anna Gottlieb, NIBSC, UK Development of NAT working reagents for clinical diagnostics
Bill Carman, UK Clinical Virology Network Why we need run controls
Barbara Gärtner, Germany Standardization of EBV viral load measurement - Results of a questionnaire
Brian Duerden, UK Department of Health Clinical microbiology and infection control - molecular technology and quality control in microbiology laboratories
Clare Morris, NIBSC, UK Experience with standardisation of blood virology NAT
David Padley, NIBSC, UK Malaria and Toxoplasma standardisation of NAT assays
Dianna Wilkinson, NIBSC, UK WHO collaborative study to establish WHO International Standards for human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 DNA and HPV type 18 DNA nucleic acid amplification technology (NAT)-based assays  
Francisco Martínez Murillo, FDA, USA US regulation of in vitro diagnostic devices (IVDs)
Frank Opdam, AcroMetrix Europe Practical aspects of standardisation for a global controls manufacturer
Jacqueline Fryer, NIBSC, UK Proposals for WHO International Standards for CMV and EBV for NAT-based assays
Joe Vincini NAAT Quality Control for Chlamydia trachomatis (and Neisseria gonorrhoea)  
John Saldanha, Roche Molecular Systems Control and validation of Roche diagnostic tests  
Jutta Preiksaitis, PROVLAB (Alberta), Canada Development of an International Standard for EBV and CMV viral load assessment
Mark Manak, SeraCare Life Sciences Controls for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoea
Micha Nübling, PEI, Germany Standardization: Calibration of International Standards, reference preparations and working standards
Micha Nübling, PEI, Germany CE marking and regulation of clinical diagnostics in Europe
Philip Minor, NIBSC, UK Aims of SoGAT and the role of NIBSC
Peter Trabold, ZeptoMetrix Corporation ZeptoMetrix Corporation
Steve Gray, HPA, UK Standardisation of meningococcal epidemiology – diagnostics
Vivienne James, HPA, UK EQA schemes for CMV, HPV and Mycobacteria
Volker Riemenschneider, QIAGEN GmbH Performance evaluation of standardized QIAGEN sample preparation methods for the artus CMV PCR Kit