The West Midlands region of the ACB would like to invite you to attend their Robert Gaddie Poster Prize Presentations and AGM on Thursday 21st September.

Please see agenda below:

1.00 – Registration

1.50 - Welcome and Introduction - Mr Pervaz Mohammed, West Midlands ACB Chair

1.55 - Presentations selected from abstracts

2.00 - Epidemiological, clinical, and virulence classification of an M-gene (emm)-diverse group of invasive Group A Streptococcus isolates - Rachel Kettles

2.25 - Galvanizing the skin – Nathan Lorde

2.50 - The Impact of UK Intra-laboratory Variation in Serum Creatinine and Urine ACR Assays on Kidney Failure Risk Equation Result – Rachel Marrington

3.15 - Validation of a salivary testosterone assay, circadian and post-glucose load changes in salivary testosterone concentration – Jonathan Fenn

3.45 - Lessons learnt about AKI reporting from AKI EQA, one year on … Finlay MacKenzie, UK NEQAS

4.15 - Tea break

4.30 - Presentation of award and closing remarks

4.35 – West Midlands ACB AGM - West Midlands ACB Chair

5.00 – Close