The September issue of PiP has now been published and is available to read online.
Click here to read - https://content.yudu.com/web/1u0jl/0A1v7oc/PiP-September-2024/html/index.html?origin=reader
In this issue:
Neil Bentley looks at whooping cough, its features, presentation, diagnosis and treatment, as well as the factors behind its current resurgence - following on from last month’s ‘Literature update’ on the Bordetella pertussis infection which causes whooping cough. Another timely feature takes a look at how Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has transformed the service it offers to GPs and patients for phlebotomy appointments by deploying two key innovative technologies that make the whole process paperless.
A feature that I’m particularly pleased to bring you this month looks at recent improvements and enhancements at Liverpool Clinical Laboratories. Part of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, it has recently added a molecular pathology area to its site at the Royal Liverpool Hospital building. The building opened as recently as 2022, and it has allowed LCL to expand significantly. The new molecular area, constructed with the help of Roche, boasts integration and automation aplenty, with which it can deliver huge benefits to the Trust’s patients. Fresh from celebrating its tenth anniversary last year, LCL is now equipped for the next ten years and beyond.
Further insights in this issue come from Stephen MacDonald and his continuing series on measurement uncertainty (MU); this issue looking at reporting and reviewing MU, including when and how reviews should be undertaken, and the appropriate measures to take as a result.
We also have a detailed report from the always-valuable Clinisys Customer Summit, which heard from a variety of learned voices over two days at The Belfry, covering such subjects as how technology can help overcome the many current challenges in pathology, an update on UKAS ISO 15189:2022, antimicrobial resistance, and how healthcare and pathology services can tackle growing demand with limited resources.
With that I’m looking forward to the Clinical Diagnostics Expo – keep up to date with the latest news via our website, and if you’re able to make the event on 16 September in London, then it comes highly recommended. See more details and register at www.POCTInnovators.com.
Andy Myall, Editor