32^nd MACB Conference 2022

Integrated Approach In Medical Laboratory:
Challenges And Opportunities

Scientific Programmes

Preconference: 11^th Sept 2022 Sunday

Conference Day 1: 12^th Sept 2022 Monday

Conference Day 2: 13^th Sept 2022 Tuesday

Preconference: 11^th Sept 2022 Sunday

Time	Program
9.30 – 9.45 am	Login Session
9.45 – 10.00 am	Welcome Address (by President of MACB)
10.00 – 11.00 am	Topic 1: POCT Management in Malaysia Speaker: Dr. Hanisah binti Abdul Hamid, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah
11.00 – 12.00 pm	Topic 2: Setting up POCT committee and policy writing Speaker: Prof. Aw Tar Choon Changi General Hospital, Singapore
12.00 – 01.00 pm	Topic 3: Quality Control Management of POCT Speaker: Ms. Annie V V Thomas, Columbia Asia Hospital Klang
01.00 – 02.00 pm	Lunch Break (Kahoot & Survey)
02.00 – 03.00 pm	Topic 4: New era of POCT connectivity with vendor-neutral software Speaker: Wayne Fok Kam Chuen Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
03.00 – 04.00 pm	Topic 5: Lean Management: Improving Hospital Effectiveness with POCT Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Cherdchai Nopmaneejumrusiers Siriraj Hospital, Thailand
04.00 – 4.30 pm	Prize Award/Lucky Draw & Closing Address

Conference Day 1: 12^th Sept 2022 Monday

Time	Program	Speakers
8.00 – 8.30 am	Login Session
8.30 – 9.15 am	Opening ceremony
9.15 – 10.00 am	Lecture 1 “Endrocrine: What’s the latest?” Speaker:Dr. Munirah Md Mansor, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
10.00 – 10.20 am	Break e-Poster presentation
10.20 – 11.05 am	Lecture 2 “Early Detection and Management of Sepsis with Novel Biomarkers” Speaker: Dr. Poh Tze Wei, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics.
11.05 – 11.50 noon	Lecture 3 “Integration of clinical & laboratory services in improving the IEM screening in Malaysia” Speaker: Dr. Ngu Lock Hock, Hospital Tunku Azizah KL.
11.50 – 12.25 noon	Industrial Lecture 1 [Supported by Straits Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd] “Advances in Quality Management patient-based, real time quality control” Speaker: Dr. James O. Westgard, Westgard QC, Inc.
12.25 – 13.00 noon	Industrial Lecture 2 [Sponsored by Siemens Healthineers] “Digital Transformation in Laboratory Medicine” Speaker: Dr. Kamal , LalPath Labs, India.
01.00-2.15 pm	Lunch Break/ e-poster session
2.00 -4.00 pm	Oral presentation Oral 1 (1400 – 1415): “Stability of routine immunochemistry analytes in pre-centrifuged specimens at room temperature and 2-8°C” by Jason Ling Yong Dao, BP Clinical Lab. Oral 2 (1415 – 1430): “Biochemical, Clinical and Molecular Features of Citrin Deficiency in Malaysian Patients” by Dr. Ahmad Kamal Maula Abd Rahim, Institute for Medical Research. Oral 3 (1430 – 1445): Oral 3: “The relationship of biochemical markers with the survival status among COVID-19 patients” by Mrs. Nurul Farah Syahidah binti Mohamad Samuri, UiTM Sungai Buloh. MACB Young Scientist Award (YSA) presentation and live Q&A session YSA 1: “Correlation between Estrogen alpha gene polymorphism (c454-397T>C) with serum estradiol levels and known risk factors in patients with acute myocardial infarction” by Dr Mundllamudi Prasad, Narayana Medical College & Hospital, India. YSA2: “A Comprehensive Quality Control of [68Ga]GaCl3 – An Intermediate Product of Gallium-68 Based Radiopharmaceutical Produce by GE PETtrace Cyclotron (Liquid Target)” by Mr. Mohd Firdaus Abdul Aziz, Institut Kanser Negara. YSA 3: “Estimation of dried blood spot 17 hydroxyprogesterone preliminary cut off value for newborn populations in Malaysia: A candidate methodology for CAH newborn screening testing.” by Mrs. Raja Hasyidah Raja Bongsu, Institute for Medical Research. YSA 4: “Determination of PFOS in Hypertensive Subject and Understanding the Impact of PFOS in Cultured Cardiomyocytes.” by Siti Suhana Abdullah Soheimi, UiTM Sungai Buloh. YSA 5: “The evaluation of LDL-c spectrum and atherosclerotic aortic lesions in hypercholesterolemic rabbits.” by Ms. Iman Nabilah Abd Rahim, UiTM Sungai Buloh.
4.00 – 4.45 pm	Lecture 4 “Integration of laboratory information system (LIS) in medical laboratory: lessons learned ” Speaker: Dr. Mohd Jamsani Mat Salleh, Hospital Seberang Jaya
4.45 – 17.30 pm	Lecture 5 “Impact of Act 774 on Medical Lab Scientist Profession in Malaysia” Speaker: Raja Dr. Elina Raja Aziddin, MACB

Conference Day 2: 13^th Sept 2022 Tuesday

Time	Program	Speaker
8.40 – 9.25 am	Lecture 6 “Recommendations for implementing the CKD-EPI 2021 Race-Free Equations for Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (e-GFR)” Speaker: Prof. Greg Miller, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
9.25 – 10.10 am	Lecture 7 “The difference dilemma: Seeking performance specification consensus in a time of chaos ” Speaker: Sten Westgard, Westgard Quality Control
10.10 – 10.30 am	Break/e-poster session
10.30 am – 11.15	Lecture 8 “Updates on hsTroponin: CPG NSTE ACS 2021” Speaker: Dr. Siti Hajar Umar, Hospital Serdang.
11.15 – 11.50 am	Industrial Lecture 3 [Sponsored by Chemopharm Sdn Bhd] “Unity Real Time: Sharing the NSW Health Experience” Speaker: Don Clausen, New South Wales Health Pathology.
11.50 – 12.25 pm	Industrial Lecture 2 [Sponsored by PerkinElmer (M) Sdn Bhd] “The complete newborn screening solution by tandem mass spectrometry” Speaker: Tao He, PerkinElmer, Inc.
12.25- 01.00 pm	Industrial Lecture 3 [Sponsored by Shimadzu (M) Sdn Bhd] “From analytical to clinical – Shimadzu Advanced Analytical Solutions in clinical studies” Speaker: Nicole Zhang, Shimadzu Asia Pacific.
1.00-2.15 pm	Lunch Break/e-poster
2.15 – 3.00 pm	Lecture 9 “What We Have Learned From EQA for Qualitative Testing” Speaker: Bernadette James, RCPA QAP
3.00 – 3.45 pm	Lecture 10 “Personalized medicine as a new healthcare” Speaker: Dr. Fazleen Haslinda Mohd Hatta, UiTM Puncak Alam
3.45 – 4.30 pm	Lecture 11 “Integrated Diagnostics: The Future of Lab Medicine” Speaker: Prof. Giuseppe Lippi, University of Verona
04.30– 05.00 pm	Award ceremony and Closing remark

Updated as of 12th Aug 2022.

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