ESHG Conference 2008

EuroGentest will have a booth along with OrphaNet and ESHG at the upcoming meeting in Barcelona. Together with poster presentations, there will be a series of workshops and other activities with a special focus on our aim of making accreditation the norm.

• Workshop on accreditation (30-31 May)
• Workshop on motivation and change (30-31 May)
• Case studies on quality assurance and quality control issues in genetic testing laboratories (31 May)
• Quality control workshop (31 May) 13.30-15.30 at CCIB, Room 123, level 1.
• Satellite Meeting: "Innovative Techniques in Genome Diagnostics"
• Clinical indication criteria for genetic testing: Monday 2 June, 13.15-14.45
• Workshop: Clinical indication criteria for genetic testing

• Reporting of results: Experience from the CF Network EQA scheme (Sarah Berwouts, Centre for Human Genetics, Leuven, Belgium)

• Poster: The cystic fibrosis external quality assessment scheme, monitoring the quality of laboratory performance
• Poster: Quality management and accreditation of genetic testing services
• Poster: Training on quality management to support genetic testing laboratories in continuous improvement and progress towards accreditation

• images at the booth