Microbiology Water Testing Open Day

Event Section

09:30

Registration and Coffee Morning Chair: Julie E Russell, PHE

10:00

The Importance of Taking the Right Sample for the Management Process John Lindeman, Water Management Society

10:25

Methods, Quality Assurance and Meaning for Microbiological Water Testing Simon Cole, Wessex Water

10:50

The Value of UKAS Accreditation In Underpinning the Quality of Water Microbiological Tests John Abiss, UKAS

11:15

Coffee Break

11:40

ISO 11133 and Other Standards Melody Greenwood, Microtech Wessex

12:05

Use of MALDI-TOF as a Rapid and Robust Microbiological Confirmation Technique for Water and Food Analysis K. Clive Thompson, SCI Environment, Health and Safety Group and ALcontrol Laboratories

12:30

Discussion

12:45

Partnership for the Future Julie Russell and Fabian Wahl, PHE and Sigma-Aldrich

13:05

Lunch

14:15

Detecting the Sources of Environmental Legionella Outbreaks - the Story of the Tortoise and the Hare! Jimmy Walker, PHE

14:35

Reference Materials - an end user perspective Marilynne Harvey, PHE

14:55

CRMs from the Manufacturer Perspective Jvo Siegrist, Sigma-Aldrich

15:15

The Impact of Different Methods on Water Microbiology Results - As Seen from Proficiency Testing Results Nita Patel, PHE

15:35

Discussion

16:00

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