Patient centred sampling is moving from concept to reality, creating new opportunities and challenges for routine clinical laboratories. Following the 2025 meeting Patient centric sampling: the future of laboratory medicine, this event marks the next phase to ask how laboratories can adapt existing automated workflows to deliver high-quality testing using alternative blood collection approaches.
Join us in Liverpool for a stimulating discussion with key opinion formers about how we can shape this rapidly developing field and integrate it into our future laboratory practices.
The programme will explore pre-analytical sample quality, patient acceptability of collection devices through real-world use-case scenarios, total laboratory automation, and innovations in capillary collection device design. Attendees will hear about life-changing outcomes for patients and learn from organisations that have already ventured into the pre-analytical space, across both the public and private sectors. The sessions will also highlight the ongoing work of the LabMed Patient Centric Testing and Sampling (PaCTS) Special Interest Group.
This meeting will help you
- Understand how total laboratory automation can support patient centred blood sampling
- Explore approaches to managing pre-analytical quality for capillary and alternative samples
- Learn from real-world laboratory implementations across public and private sectors
- Recognise design, validation and workflow considerations for capillary collection devices
- Consider how flexible laboratory processes can support the shift from hospital-based care to community settings
- Engage with peers, manufacturers and opinion leaders shaping this rapidly developing field
Target audience
This meeting is aimed at:
- Clinical scientists, consultant clinical scientists and chemical pathologists
- Blood sciences laboratory professionals and senior laboratory staff
- Pathology service leads and managers
- Professionals involved in pre-analytical processes, automation or service redesign
- Those with an interest in patient centred sampling, micro-sampling and laboratory innovation
Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors.
