08:00 – 08:30

Registration

08:30 – 08:45

Recitation of the Holy Quran

08:45 – 09:00

Welcome speech
By:Dr. Hisham Shams,Head of Laboratory Dept.

09:00 – 09:20

Basic statistical knowledge in QC
By: Dr. Samia Sobki

09:20 – 09:40

Quality Management through ISO standards, six sigma, and lean principles.
By:Dr. Wafaa Gouda

09:40 – 10:00

Pre-analytical variables that affect the quality of Laboratory results.
By. Dr. Nashaat Nafoury

10:00 – 10:15

Discussion

10:15 – 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 – 10:50

Errors in Laboratory Medicine.
By: M. Ikbal Musani, Jadaani Hospital

10:50 – 11:10

Managing change for Laboratory professionals
By: Mr. Baraa El-Haj, National Guard Hospital

11:10 – 11:30

Designing QC system for clinical chemistry.
By: Dr. Samia Sobki , (RKH)

11:30 – 11:50

Patient ID missing in action
By: Dr. Hisham Shams, Head of Laboratory Dept., SGH-Jeddah

11:50 – 12:10

Discussion

12:10 – 01:10

Prayer and Lunch

01:10 – 01:30

QC in histopathology
By: Dr. Samia Abdul Razek, SGH

01:30 – 01:50

The role of evidence based laboratory medicine in setting guidelines.
By: Dr. Hisham Shaheen, Deputy Head of Laboratory Dept., SGH-Jeddah

01:50 – 2:10

QA and QC in hematology
By: Dr. Tarek Oweidah, KFSH

2:10 – 02:30

Westgard Rules
By: Mr. Mohamad Al – Geith, ARAMCO

02:30 – 02:45

Discussion

02:45 – 03:00

Conclusion and Closing Remarks

03:00 – 04:00

QC basic concept and trouble shooting
By: Dr. Hisham Shams : Why perform QC, what should we look for in QC, basic statistics. Dr. Samia Sobki: can we trust the numbers, interlaboratory peer review data, daily and summery qc, proficiency testing programs.