29 & 31/03/2022
The HORIBA CONNECT is our exclusive webinar series on hematology. The sessions will offer participants the opportunity to discuss how to enable better diagnosis in hematology diagnosis and Point-of-Care diagnosis.
Session 1: The Incidental Detection of Haemoglobin Variants Through HbA1c Analysis and the Detection of Novel Haemoglobin Variant
Session 2: A Comparison of Optical and Impedance Platelet Counts on the Yumizen Platform
Session 3: Quality Control of Blood Components: The Welsh Experience
Session 4: Parasites in the Night
Session 5: The Utility of Point of Care Testing in a Paediatric Emergency Department
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 12:30am - 1:00pm UTC+1 (French time)
Duration: 24 min (Q&A: 00:18:00-)
Presenter: David Strutt, Haematology Technical Manager, Torbay Hospital, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK
The significant increase in Hb A1c testing has led to the incidental detection of hemoglobin variants. This raises questions regarding the prevalence of hemoglobin variants in the general population and also, whether it is good practice for formal identification of these variants to be carried out by the hematology laboratory. In this session, David Strutt will discuss a retrospective study from 2015 and 2016 and the detection of a novel hemoglobin variant at Torbay Hospital.
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 1:00 - 1:30pm UTC+1 (French time)
Duration: 24 min (Q&A: 00:17:08-)
Presenter: Raymond Dominic Toghill, Senior BMS / Haematology Training Co-ordinator at University Hospital of Wales, UK
In this session, Dominic Toghill will present a study about a validation exercise comparing the two methodologies for platelet counting available on the HORIBA Medical Yumizen analyzers. This brief study looked at three levels of platelet populations and compared the counting methodologies for correlation and bias.
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 1:30 - 2:00pm UTC+1 (French time)
Duration: 25 min (Q&A: 00:16:14-)
Presenter: Lesley Evans, Section Leader, Quality Control Quality Assurance Laboratory, Welsh Blood Service, UK
Leslie Evans will give an overview of how the Quality Assurance Laboratory supports the Welsh Blood Service in the supply of blood products to hospitals in Wales and how the HORIBA Medical analysers are used to provide this support.
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 2:00 - 2:30pm UTC+1 (French time)
Duration: 16 min
Presenter: Caitlin MacDonald and Jennifer Hodgson, Senior Biomedical Scientist, North Devon Hospital, Barnstaple, UK
Caitlin MacDonald and Jennifer Hodgson will discuss an interesting and unusual Babesiosis case from a very poorly patient with retics 21% or 649x10*9, but negative RDT for malarial parasites and what the blood film indicates.
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022 12:00 - 12:30am UTC+1 (French time)
Duration: 29 min (Q&A: 00:18:55-)
Presenter: Dr. Sylvester Gomes, Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Consultant at the Evelina London, UK
Sylvester will discuss the use of point of care instrumentation in a busy London Paediatric Emergency department and its use in patient management.
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