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Dialysis waters resources: 2014 workshop program

Dialysis waters resources made available by Queensland Health

Contact

Trish Murphy

Phone:      07 3096 2601
Email:        trish.murphy@health.qld.gov.au

Post:        PO Box 594, Archerfield QLD 4108
Location: 39 Kessels Road
                 Coopers Plains QLD 4108

2014 program

8.45am   Registration
9.00 Greg Shaw - Senior Director, Forensic and Scientific Services Welcome address
9.10 Dr Shyam Dheda - Research Fellow and Nephrology, PA Hospital Review of home and in-centre water treatment systems and clinical implications of water testing
9.40 David Lawrie - Water Technician, Logan Hospital

Dialysis water quality - sampling and reporting (PDF)

Dialysis water quality - sampling and reporting (video)

10.10 Becky Coggins - Operational Officer, Forensic and Scientific Services Dialysis bottle orders, freight, accounts and disposal
10.30   Morning tea
11.00 Cathy Hurst - Property Point Supervisor, Forensic and Scientific Services The collection, recieval, registration and delivery of dialysis water samples
11.30 Eugene Lee - Chief Chemist, Inorganic Chemistry, Forensic and Scientific Services The role of Inorganic Chemistry in dialysis testing
12.00 Stewart Carswell - Chief Chemist, Organic Chemistry, Forensic and Scientific Services Organic Chemistry - why we do what we do
12.30   Lunch
13.30 Bruce Gray - Advanced Supervising Scientist, Public Health Microbiology, Forensic and Scientific Services Microbiological testing: heterotrophic colony count - significance, testing procedure and interpretation of results
14.00 David Vesey - Research scientist, PA Hospital The PA Hospital endotoxin service
14.30 Robyn Bailey - Registered Nurse, Redlands Hospital You have the result, but what now?
15.00   Afternoon tea
15.30 All speakers Question time
15.50 Dr Lee Smythe - Managing Scientist, Forensic and Scientific Services Closing address and future directions