Speakers
Parallel session
Chair
Kath Hayden
Presentations:
Gavin Mercer-Smith, Plasma ammonia analysis: is transport of samples on ice required? An investigation in samples from patients with hyperammonaemia
Charlotte Evans, Pyridoxal-5-phosphate in ALT and AST methods: time to follow the IFCC recommendations
Andrea Baxter, Can we demonstrate a continued need for xanthochromia analysis in the investigation of patients with suspected subarachnoid haemorrhages?
Larisa Wiederman, Improving needle to result times in Emergency Department
Ryan Cooper, Clinical performance of the Binding Site free light chain assay in cerebrospinal fluid and serum for diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
Kath Hayden is a Consultant Clinical Biochemist at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester.
Following training in South Manchester, Kath has held posts in hospitals in Manchester and Liverpool over a 35 year period, overseeing significant advances in analytical technologies, point of care testing (POCT) and harmonisation of laboratories. With specialist interests in endocrinology, POCT, leadership and service improvement, her latest roles have been as Clinical Head of Division for Laboratory Medicine at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Trust Lead Healthcare Scientist, Clinical Director for Laboratory Medicine and Head of Service for Clinical Biochemistry at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.