July 19-23, 2009
McCormick Place
Chicago, IL
Booth 3452
Are you attending the AACC Annual Meeting in Chicago?
Waters will be exhibiting at Booth #3452 and is proud to sponsor one of the AACC Industrial Workshops on Wednesday, July 22nd from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. The workshop will be held at: Fairmont Chicago Hotel, Moulin Rouge Room.
MassTrak™ LC/MS/MS Solutions for the Clinical Laboratory
Much like immunoassays of the 1960’s mass spectrometry can be said to be the next major innovation of clinical chemistry assay techniques. Many laboratories now use LC/MS/MS for a variety of testing including toxicology, TDM and endocrinology. Improvements in assay performance and software utilities are two of the key drivers for its adoption. However, high quality liquid chromatographs and mass spectrometers are only pieces of the larger solution necessary for the deployment of a reliable clinical assay. Standardized methods, assay calibration, LC/MS/MS reagents, and quality control are also required and will be specifically addressed in this workshop. For many key endocrinology applications such as Vitamin D, automation of pre-analytical steps and assay robustness are challenges that have specifically been addressed by Waters clinical application scientists to enable successful implementation of LC/MS/MS. This workshop will be of particular interest to people who use LC/MS/MS or are considering implementing LC/MS/MS for Vitamin D, TDM and Toxicology applications.
This workshop is the perfect opportunity for attendees to meet laboratory personnel who use this technology to provide routine clinical services and learn how to implement these progressive and reliable solutions for routine testing. Speakers will discuss the advantages of LC/MS/MS for clinical testing and give an overview of the new developments in LC/MS for clinical laboratories.
Seating is limited, so please click here to register or get more information on this workshop.
The following speakers will present at the workshop:
Denis C. Lehotay, Ph.D., DABCC, FCACB, FACB.
Adjunct Professor of Pathology
University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine
Director, Metabolic Diseases Laboratory
Consultant Biochemist, Provincial Laboratory
"High Throughput Drugs of Abuse Testing by Tandem MS: How We Replaced Our Immunoassay Methods With LC/MS/MS"
Dr. Les Perry
Principal Clinical Scientist
Department of Clinical Biochemistry
Barts & The London NHS Trust
"A new semi-automated solid-phase extraction method for the high-throughput analysis of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in serum"
Gareth Hammond, MSc
Senior Clinical Applications Scientist
Waters Corporation
Manchester, UK
Senior Clinical Applications ScientistWaters CorporationManchester, UK
"A Preliminary Investigation of a New Reagent Kit Incorporating Isotopically Labeled Internal Standards for the Quantification of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Whole Blood Using LC/MS/MS"
Lisa Calton
Technical Manager Clinical Applications Development
Waters Corporation
Manchester, UK
"Critical Success Factors for Implementing a LC/MS/MS assay for 25 OH Vitamin D"
Brian Keevil
Consultant Clinical Scientist
University Hospital of South Manchester, UK
Consultant Clinical Scientist University Hospital of South Manchester, UK
"Harmonization of Vitamin D Assays - An Inter-laboratory Study"
For additional information on the use of LC/MS/MS in clinical research, visit the poster sessions and view a selection of posters that highlight the use of Waters mass spectrometry instrumentation in clinical research.
