2006 Conference Presentations

Using the Internet in Australia's Quality Assurance Schemes for Infectious Pathogen Testing
EM Dax, W Dimech, S Walker and the staff of the NRL
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Presented at 'Spotlight on Quality' in Antwerp, Belgium on 3rd June, 2006

Ongoing Standardisation of Testing for Blood-Borne Pathogens Through an Internet-based Application
EM Dax
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Presented at the Standardisation of Genetic Amplification Techniques (SoGAT) meeting in Bern, Switzerland on 14-15 June, 2006

An Internet-based Application Fostering a Global Collaboration for External Quality Assessment Schemes for Nucleic Acid Testing
T-A Pham, W Dimech, A Ho, D Jardine, S Walker, H van Drimmelen and EM Dax
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia, HealthMetrx, Canada and AcroMetrix, USA /The Netherlands
Presented at the Standardisation of Genetic Amplification Techniques (SoGAT) meeting in Bern, Switzerland on 14-15 June, 2006

An International External Quality Assessment Scheme for Hepatitis C Virus Genotyping
S Read, SJ Best and D Jardine
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Presented at the 12th Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease in Paris, France on 1-5 July, 2006

Assessment of the Performance Characteristics of a Low-cost HIV Viral Load Technology
G Vercauteren, R Gribben, D Jardine, A Sands and EM Dax
World Health Organisation, Switzerland, National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Presented at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada on 13-18 August, 2006

Quality Control Programme for Nucleic Acid Screening in Blood Service Laboratories
D Jardine, BRJ Dent, T Pham, W Dimech and EM Dax
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Presented at the 29th International Congress of the ISBT in Capetown, South Africa on 2-7 September, 2006

Does a high result for a QC Sample indicate a higher false reactor rate in the Abbott PRISM assays used for blood donor screening?
S Waler, M Karakaltsas, B Francis, K Smeh, S Ismay and EM Dax
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Presented at the 29th International Congress of the ISBT in Capetown, South Africa on 2-7 September 2006

The Subjective Interpretation of Simple/Rapid HIV Tests: Implicatiions for Quality
K Learmonth, D Jardine, S Walker, T-T Aye, D McPhee and EM Dax
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Presented at the 18th Annual ASHM Conference in Melbourne, Australia on 11-14 October, 2006