Improving diagnostic capacity for FAST diseases in laboratories of South Eastern Europe Neighborhood - EuFMD-ANSES
16/11/2021 -
Online,
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Training program was designed considering the results from the assessment study carried out by ANSES and EuFMD in 2020, and it aims to address some of the gaps that have been identified with the study.
It is expected that, after completing this training course, the participants will be able to:
- Describe and manage all the critical points that can affect quality of the laboratory diagnostic service (starting from sample reception and processing, to testing and interpretation of results);
- Describe the principles and testing procedures of different laboratory techniques (virological, molecular and serological);
- Select the appropriate laboratory tests and diagnostic workflow according to objectives and constraints;
- Describe the criteria for test results validation;
- Properly interpret tests results, make a critical analysis and produce a consistent report;
- Improve knowledge on designing and implementing sero-surveillance studies, including:
- Sampling plan;
- Appropriate tests to be used;
- Validation of test runs;
- Interpretation of the results and test reporting.
This training courses will be divided into 10 sessions to be held on: 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30 November and 1 December 2021.