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 UKNEQAS Blood Parasitology Study Day for participants will be held on 3rd December, 2004.  Information is as  follows:

Venue:    Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0RN

Cost:       £60

09.30 – 10.30	Registration and Coffee
	Chairman	Professor P L Chiodini Scheme Organiser
10.30 – 10.35	Welcome and Opening Remarks	Professor P L Chiodini Scheme Organiser
10.35 - 11.00	Morphology of blood parasites	Claire Rogers London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
11.00– 11.30	Laboratory Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis and Trypanosomiasis	Dr Wendi Bailey Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
11.30 – 12.00	Molecular techniques	Dr Colin Sutherland London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/Hospital for Tropical Diseases
12.00 - 12.30	Clinical Histories	Professor P L Chiodini London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/Hospital for Tropical Diseases
12.30 - 13.30	LUNCH
	Chair	Hilary Edwards UKNEQAS Parasitology
13.30 - 14.00	Quiz with Seasonal Prizes	Professor P L Chiodini Scheme Organiser
14.00- 14.30	Participants Feedback	Professor PLChiodini Monika Kettelhut Hilary Edwards
14.30– 15.00	Relevance of Rapid Diagnostic Techniques	John Williams London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
15.00 - 15.30	Parasites and the Blood Transfusion service	Dr Alan Kitchen Blood Transfusion Service
15.30 – 16.00	Histopathology of Blood Parasites	Professor Sebastian Lucas Department of Histopathology, St Thomas's Hospital
16.00 -	Closing Remarks Afternoon Tea	Professor P L Chiodini Scheme Organiser

This meeting will be CPD and CME accredited

The maximum number of participants the conference suite can accommodate is 150, therefore those participants responding immediately will have priority.

For further information, please contact:

Monika Kettelhut, Parasitology Scheme Manager, Department of Clinical Parasitology, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Mortimer Market, Capper Street, London WCQE 6AU

  Tel : ++44 (0)20 7383 0482

  Fax: ++44 (0)20 7388-8985

E- mail parasit@ukneqas.org.uk