"Doing more for less - giving up on culture"
Friday 16th May 2008

The 23^rd Annual Scientific Meeting

09.30 – 10.30	Registration, Coffee & Tradeshow
10.30 – 10.35	Welcome & Introduction Dr Trevor Winstanley, Chair BSMT
Morning Chair: Professor Peter Borriello
10.35 – 11.05	The Inspector Calls (0.1 MB) Professor Brian Duerden Inspector of Microbiology & Infection Control Department of Health
11.05 – 11.35	Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a local perspective from Coventry (3.8 MB) Dr Thekli Gee, Consultant Microbiologist, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
11.35 – 12.05	Challenging culture – MRSA screening and seven day working (1MB) Dr Donald Dobie, Consultant Microbiologist New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton
12.05 – 12.35	Introducing HIV testing local to the patient (4.4MB) Dr Helen Dunn Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

12.35 – 13.30	Tradeshow
13.30 – 14.15	Lunch

Afternoon Chair: Professor Brian Duerden
14.15 – 14.45	Tomorrow’s world-nucleic acid amplification for enteric microbiology (3.9 MB) Professor Andrew Fox, Consultant Microbiologist HPA North West, Manchester Laboratory
14.45 – 15.15	Molecular diagnosis of respiratory viruses and its impact on clinical management (1.3 MB) Professor Goura Kudesia, Consultant Virologist Sheffield Virology Services, Northern General Hospital
15.15 – 15.45	Clostridium difficile – separation of key facts from fiction (5.8 MB) Professor Peter Borriello, Director, Centre for Infections Health Protection Agency Colindale
15.45 – 16.00	Discussion Tea and Close

For more information please contact Janet Norcup.