ESHRE Campus symposium
London, United Kingdom
22-23 March 2010
Organised by the ESHRE Special Interest Group “Reproductive Genetics” in collaboration with EuroGentest
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22 March 2010
08.30 – 09.30
Registration
Introduction
Chair: Joyce Harper (United Kingdom)
9.30 – 10.00
Organisation of a PGD Centre
Joyce Harper (United Kingdom)
Quality Management
Chair: Alan Thornhill (United Kingdom)
10.00 – 10.30
Introduction to QMS
Els Dequeker (Belgium)
10.30 – 11.00
Where to start – writing SOPs and risk assessments
Jan Traeger – Synodinos (Greece)
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee break
Chair: Katerina Vesela (Czech Republic)
11.30 – 12.00
Writing a quality policy, quality manual and the role of the quality manager
Alan Thornhill (United Kingdom)
12.00 – 12.30
Laboratory equipment, information systems and consumables
Seema Dhanjal (United Kingdom)
12.30 – 14.00
Lunch break
Chair: Leeanda Wilton (Australia)
14.00 – 14.30
Evaluation and quality assurance
Katerina Vesela (Czech Republic)
14.30 – 15.00
The user
15.00 – 15.30
Reporting
Francesco Fiorentino (Italy)
15.30 – 16.00
Internal Proficiency Testing
Gary Harton (U.S.A.)
16.00 – 16.30
Audits
16.30 – 17.00
17.00 – 17.30
17.30 – 18.00
Chair: Mike Morris (Switzerland)
Types of audits - Edith Coonen (The Netherlands)
How to conduct an audit - Els Dequeker (Belgium)
Key indications of quality in PGD - Katerina Vesela (Czech Republic)
23 March 2010
Training in PGD
09.00 – 09.30
Chair: Gary Harton (USA)
Personnel and their records
09.30 – 10.00
Staff training in PGD
Sioban SenGupta (United Kingdom)
IQC and EQA
Chair: Sioban Sengupta (United Kingdom)
Following up spare embryos and how this can help guide your laboratory practices
QM in FISH
Leeanda Wilton (Australia)
FISH EQA
Ros Hastings (United Kingdom)
Update on clinical use of FISH – is there a future?
Catherine Staessens (Belgium)
12.30 – 13.30
13.30 – 14.00
QM in PCR
Chair: Jan Traeger-Synodinos
PCR EQA
Zandra Deans (United Kingdom)
Update on clinical use of PCR and the future
Getting accredited
Chair: Els Dequeker (Belgium)
The accreditation inspection
Darren Edwards (United Kingdom)
Lessons learnt and mistakes made in accrediting a genetics laboratory
Michael Morris (Switzerland)
The role of the PGD Consortium
The future
Emerging technologies in PGD
17.30 – 19.30
Meeting of the national accrediting bodies to see how we develop PGD accreditation in the EU
- On-line Registration form
- Programme announcement