Industry sponsored workshops
12.00 - 12.30
Biohit: Urinary Dkk-3 as a CKD progression marker, Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Bernd Dschietzig, Head of Medical Science at Immundiagnostik
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is ranked 5th in the leading causes of death world-wide, and is rising. The individual course of CKD is highly variable, and current prediction models for CKD progression using eGFR, albuminuria, and clinical history, are rarely reliable.
Dickkopf-3 (Dkk-3) is a stress-induced, pro-fibrotic glycoprotein secreted into urine from tubular cells - aptly described as a “kidney troponin” that can be measured by ELISA. Our talk will summarize the role of uDkk-3 which, to date, has proved to be an unprecedented biomarker of CKD development, progression of CKD, development of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), transition from AKI to CKD, as well as treatment response.
YourBio Health: Paradigm shifts in phlebotomy – providing reasonable adjustment for underserved patient populations
This session will address alleviating health inequalities through alternative blood collection systems and the verification of standard chemistry assays using small capillary sample volumes. We hope to open discussion around pre-analytical issues with capillary sampling and the interchangeability of patient results obtained from standard venous and capillary samples.
12.30 - 13.00
Mast Group: Faecal haemoglobin and calprotectin testing: The Good, the Bad and The Ugly
Join us for an introduction to the OC-Sensor faecal haemoglobin and calprotectin assays, featuring an overview of the current landscape of faecal testing and how the bad and ugly can become the good, Emily George, FIT Product Specialist, Mast Group Ltd
BeamTree: RippleDown - Curated AI solutions for the Clinical Laboratory
Pathology laboratories generate enormous quantities of data. And all this data has overwhelmed the capacity for human experts to review manually every report or every sample registration episode. As a result, your customers, patients, physicians and payers don’t always receive the benefit of your teams’ expertise at scale.
Pathologists, laboratory scientists, managers and people across the organisation are looking for the same thing: every patient encounter - every specimen, every test result, and every decision –– should lead to the best possible outcome, with the most logical use of resources. Automated decision support can apply your expert knowledge to all lab process, saving time, effort and resources.