AACB/RCPAQAP Education Webinar
AACB/RCPAQAP Educational Webinar ON Advances in Clinical Mass Spectrometry: Current Practice and Future Directions
AACB/RCPAQAP Educational Webinar - Advances in Clinical Mass Spectrometry: Current Practice and Future Directions
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Title: Post-analytical practices in clinical mass spectrometry laboratories: an international survey across 57 countries
Speaker: Dr Chung Shun Ho
Overview: This webinar presents and discusses the findings of a large international survey of 203 clinical LC–MS/MS laboratories across 57 countries, highlighting current post-analytical practices, variability in acceptance criteria, and the ongoing reliance on manual data handling. Participants will gain insight into key gaps between real-world practice and established guidelines, understand the risks associated with inconsistent and manual processes, and explore six practical recommendations developed by the IFCC Emerging Technologies Division to enhance standardisation, automation, quality, and efficiency in post-analytical clinical mass spectrometry workflows.
Title: Transforming Steroids Testing with Mass Spectrometry: Challenges to overcome and future developments
Speaker: Brett McWhinney
Overview: The analysis of steroids has always been an analytical challenge due to structural similarities, poor precision, and sensitivity. This has driven many clinical laboratories toward liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). This methodology relies on mass-to-charge ratios to accurately distinguish and quantify individual steroids, effectively eliminating most cross-reactivity and sensitivity issues. However, the adoption of Mass Spectrometry into a laboratory also brings its own set of issues that needs to be monitored and addressed. Does the future allow us to have the best of both worlds, Immunoassay and Mass Spectrometry?
Chair: A/Professor Ronda Greaves (she/her)
PhD, FFSc RCPA
Deputy Head Biochemical Genetics | VCGS
Honorary Principal Fellow | Department of Paediatrics | University of Melbourne
Adjunct Professor | Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences | RMIT University
President | Australasian Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (AACB)