Events in 2023

This lecture will provide context and understanding of the processes and practices used within Northumbria Healthcare for ensuring Quality is underpinned throughout the procurement process within Pathology IT. Including:

Governance
Lessons learned from previous projects
Learning from others
Contract Development
Frameworks and Technical Standards

The safety and performance of diagnostic devices used in pathology (equipment, software, reagents etc) is assured through regulation. The UK is developing a new set of regulations that will completely change how the safety and performance of diagnostic devices can be demonstrated. Regulations will have an impact on procurement and availability and will affect how new products can be developed in pathology facilities.

ISO15189:2022 has undergone a major revision and was release in December 2022. David was one of the core drafting team responsible for the latest version and will discuss how the document was developed and agreed by the international community, why the changes were made and the purpose of the new standard.

Areas covered in this lecture will include the change in the format of the standard, why Point of Care testing is now part of the main assessment, if applicable and the increased empathies on risk and patient welfare.ISO15189 was revised and released in December.

ISO 15189:2022 Q&A

Gynae pathology

Skin

A brief overview of two interesting case studies in uropathology covering the normal histology of the kidney and prostate, the common tumour types/pathologies and the potential challenges or differential diagnoses that may need to be considered.

Upper GI tract

Lower G.I tract

Nations, institutions, and now the NHS have made net-zero commitments, but how will this affect scientific operations, and what would net-zero science look like? Laboratories are recognising their energy intensive nature, and assessing their immense consumption of consumables. More green lab efforts are growing around the world, though more standards are needed.

This talk will include:

An introduction to sustainable and green labs
A look at what net-zero laboratories might resemble in the future
An introduction to Sustainability standards, and what programmes are developing regarding the sustainability of clinical, research, and all kinds of labs
Questions!