"Tips for TATs: The Importance of Turn-Around Times and Point of Care Tests in Microbiology"
Friday 8th May 2009

The 24^th Annual Scientific Meeting

09.30 – 10.30	Registration, Coffee & Tradeshow
10.30 – 10.35	Welcome & Introduction Dr Trevor Winstanley, Chair BSMT
Morning Chair: Dr Rob George, RSIL, HPA Centre for Infections
10.35 – 11.05	Overview of Point of Care Testing (4.4 MB) Dr Keith Perry, DEST, HPA, Centre for Infections
11.05 – 11.35	Point of Care Testing - MRSA (19.8 MB) Dr Nigel Brenwald, City Hospital, Birmingham
11.35 – 12.00	Break
12.00 – 12.30	Re-profiling the pathology workforce (2.6 MB) Alan Tonge, North Staffordshire Hospital
12.30 – 13.00	Introducing RSV Point of Care Service (5.4 MB) Stuart Terrington, Peterborough District Hospital

13.00 – 13.45	Tradeshow
13.45 – 14.45	Lunch

14.45 – 16.00	Afternoon Debate – Rapid Testing


Chair	Professor Brian Duerden, Department of Health

For	Dr Robert Masterton, Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals

Against	Professor Steve Green, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield

16.00 –	Tea and Close

For more information please contact Janet Norcup.