IRELAND AMS SUMMIT 

 

AGENDA 

 

10:00 - Arrival 

10:30 - Welcome Address

10:40 - AMR Ireland - Dr. Fintan Kelleher

11:10 - One Health - Dr. Zina Alfahl

11:40 - 12:00 - Coffee Break

12:00 - The interface between antimicrobial usage and laboratory diagnostics - Dr. Gerry Hughes

12: 30 - GAMSAS Experience - Claire McSherry & Donna Martin 

13:00 - 14:00  Lunch 

 

Exhibition stands open:

Data and IT - hear from Jamie about our latest software and how it can support you with your AMS initiatives.

 VITEK - Come with any questions for Sinead about your VITEK and how we can support with updating your breakpoints

Medical Education - Meet Grace, our new Medical Scientific Liaison to learn what educational support we can help with.

 

14:00 - Building for the Future IT and AST - Denyce Browne

14:30 - Diagnostics in practice 

The Joys of EUCAST, A practical approach to implementing EUCAST breakpoints in the laboratory - Sana Tansey

  Introduction of BioFire Meningitis/ Encephalitis   (ME) panel by the Microbiology LAB, NGH - Siobhán Boothman

New VITEK® 2 GNB AST cards – an introduction - Kate Donnachie

  Education - Grace Arenas

 

15:20 Open Q&A and Closing remarks

16:00 - Meeting Close