Antwerp Zoo Congress Center
Koningin Astridplein 20
2018 Antwerpen
België
On behalf of the working group on POCT of the Belgian Commission on Clinical Biology and in cooperation with Sciensano and RBSLM
4th National POCT Symposium
March 10th 2022
Antwerp Zoo Congress Center
Programma
09:20‐09:30 Welcome
09:30‐10:40 Session 1: POCT in primary care
Clinical benefit of POCT in primary care
Gail Hayward (NIHR Community Healthcare MedTech and IVD Cooperative, UK)
Legal framework and White Paper POCT
Viviane Van Hoof (University of Antwerp‐UZA)
10:40‐11:20 Coffee break
11:20‐12:30 Session 2: Lessons learned from COVID‐19
Validation and implementation of SARS‐CoV2 rapid tests in Belgium
Ann Verdonck (Laboratory Medicine, UZLeuven)
POCT for stratification of COVID‐19 patients
Philippe Devos (Intensive Care, CHC Liège)
12:30‐14:00 Lunch
14:00‐15:10 Session 3: POCT method validation and test implementation
Validation and implementation of POCT in primary care in Scandinavia
Sverre Sandberg (Public Health and Primary Health Care, Norway; SKUP)
Validation and implementation of POCT in primary care in Belgium
Jan Verbakel (Public Health and Primary Health Care, KULeuven; Epicentre)
15:10‐15:50 Coffee break
15:50‐17:00 Session 4: Recent evolutions in POCT
Impact of IVDR on POCT
Nathalie De Vos (Laboratory Medicine, ULB; IVDR working group of the National Commission of Clinical Biology)
Evolutions of POCT in ambulant and emergency care
Robert Slingerland (Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Isala Hospitals, the Netherlands)
17:00‐17:30 Session 5: Award election
17:30‐17:40 Closing remarks
