AQMLM News

19.03.26 File mentioned in Zoom 59

This is the Dutch document on validation and verification that was recommended during Zoom 59.  Go here to download it.

The topic is the fourth in our 2026 ‘Back to Basics’ Zooms and will discuss ‘Diagnostic Sensitivity & Specificity’

The topic is the third in our 2026 ‘Back to Basics’ Zooms and will discuss ‘Traceability & Uncertainty’

The topic is the second in our 2026 ‘Back to Basics’ Zooms and will discuss ‘Validation & Verification’

This is Mario Plebani’s paper on the Value-Based Score for laboratories.

Participants who attend our Zoom meetings are most welcome to ask follow-up questions or make further comments.  Please email us.

“Patient risk management in laboratory medicine: an international survey to assess the severity of harm associated with erroneous reported results”.  Link here.

Also discussed today at Zoom 52, was the HSSIB.  Go here for their website and here for their educational courses.

Discussed today at Zoom 52, here is a copy of the PSIRF Preparation Guide

This is a very important article from Mario Plebani.  Please go here.  We are likely to have a Zoom on this topic!

After comments made at Zoom 50, we have decided to use Zoom 52 to discuss the application of the NHS Patient Safety Incident Reporting Framework (PSIRF) to laboratory medicine.

We have made changes to the roles of Directors.  Nigel Coles is now Chair of AQMLM, Jonathan Middle becomes Honorary President and Mike Thomas becomes Past President. Please go to the Governance page here.

Brenna Loufek et al  Mayo Clin Proc Digit Health 2024 Sep 6;2(4):574-583. doi: 10.1016/j.mcpdig.2024.08.008.

“Embedding Internal Accountability Into Health Care Institutions for Safe, Effective, and Ethical Implementation of Artificial Intelligence Into Medical Practice: A Mayo Clinic Case Study”

We are looking to recruit two Directors to help take AQMLM forward at this time of change in the NHS.  If you have been a member for a number of years and have regularly supported our events, please email us on mail@aqmlm.org.uk and we will provide further details and answer any questions you might have.

MK Bohn et al  “Primer Part 1 – Preparing a laboratory quality improvement project”

Clin Biochem 2024 May:127-128:110764.  doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2024.110764. Epub 2024 Apr 16.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38636695/

We would like your views on the next set of Zoom topics for the second half of 2025.  Maybe look at the previous topics and suggest those that you would like us to re-visit.  Please reply using the Contact form or email us.