Republic of Ireland Regional Meeting
The Educational and Research Centre
St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin.
Friday 16th January 2009
| 9.15 - 10.00 am | Breakfast |
| Morning Session | |
| Chair: | Ms. Orla Maguire, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin |
| 10.00 - 10.45 | Chronic Kidney Disease Guidelines and the Laboratory - UK Approaches. Dr. Edmund Lamb, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, England |
| 10.45 - 11.30 | Current Controversies in the Diagnosis and Management of Hypothyroidism Dr. Denis O'Reilly, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow |
| 11.30 - 12.15 | Building a Culture of PatientvSafety - the Importance of Clinical Leadership Dr. Deirdre Madden, Faculty of Law, University College Cork. |
| 12.15 - 1.30 pm | Lunch |
| 1.30 - 1.45 | Launch of the New ACBI Website Dr. Alan Balfe, President of ACBI Deirdre Deverell ACBI Webmaster Dermot Deverell of D and E Systems |
| Afternoon Session | |
| Chair: | Dr. Tom Smith, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin. |
| 1.45 - 2.30 | The Relationship between HbA1c and plasma glucose- Implications for the Assessment of Glycaemic Control. Prof. Eric Kilpatrick, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull. |
| 2.30 - 3.15 | Point of Care Diagnostics Prof. Brian MacCraith, Director, Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI) Dublin City University. |
| 3.15 - 4.00 | Promoting Laboratory Medicine in Europe. Mike Hallworth, President of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFCC). |