CONGRESS 2023 - My early career Point-of-Care Testing experience
This presentation will include how her career progressed to a Point of Care Testing (POCT) role in the Wales Specialist Virology Centre. It will also cover what POCT is; the method of testing, who gets tested and why POCT is crucial in the efforts to achieve the WHO initiative to eliminate Hepatitis C in Wales. Examples of what a day-in-the-life of a "POCT-er" consists of: mass screening projects, case studies, what has been learnt from testing in prison and in the community (homeless shelters and substance misuse services). The future of POCT: what's on the horizon?
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27th September 2023
Venue: The International Convention Centre (ICC), Birmingham
Learning outcomes
Delegates will learn:
- How the speakers career at PHW progressed from an honorary contract in mycology to the Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) role in the Wales Specialist Virology Centre.
- What POCT is; the method of testing, who gets tested and why POCT is crucial in the efforts to achieve the WHO initiative to eliminate Hepatitis C in Wales.
- What a day-in-the-life of a "POCT-er" consists of: projects, general findings, what I've learnt from testing in the community and in prisons, testing statistics etc.
- The future of POCT: what’s on the horizon