Integrated Hepatitis Testing as Part of the Response to WHO’s Triple Elimination Strategy
Mr Chukwuemeka Agwuocha
LabCoP’s December 2022 ECHO session shares practical insights on integrated testing for HBV and Xpert HCV to align with the World Health Organization’s goal for the triple elimination of HIV, HBV and syphilis. Using a case from Nigeria, we discuss implementation experiences at the point-of-care sites, the existing tuberculosis (....
AMR CoP ECHO Session Oct 2022: Advancing AMR Surveillance Programs
Prof. Jeremiah Seni and Reuben Abednego
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we learn about how Tanzania has managed to implement an AMR surveillance system based on the WHONET software and implementing the WHO Point Prevalence Survey on Antibiotic Use in Hospitals, as part of their National Action Plan on AMR implementation. We also discus....
AMR CoP ECHO Session Dec 2022: Advancing AMR Surveillance in Surgical Interventions
Remy Pacifique Ntirenganya
This AMR CoP ECHO session explores surgical site infections and related antibiotic resistance profiles occurring after Bellwether procedures in rural Liberia. In this session, we explore the Liberian experience on antibiotic resistance profiles from surgical site infections that occur after surgery, the main causes of healthcare....
Expanding COVID-19 Testing to Reopen Economies
Dr Jay Varma, Professor David Heyman, Dr Alex Cook, and Carlos Edwardo Gouvea
On 2 February, 2021 this COVID-19 ECHO session was convened to discuss expanding COVID-19 testing at schools, borders and at the workplace, in an effort to reopen economies. As many countries over the world are experiencing the second wave of COVID-19, forcing some to go back to stringent lockdown measures, countries are grappli....
Manufacturers of COVID-19 Diagnostics: Siemens & Thermo Fisher
Dr Said AL-Dhaihry, Tshego Mothatinyane and Daniel Mutua
On 16 September 2021, ASLM’s LabCoP hosted another session in our series on manufacturers of COVID-19 diagnostics products. This session featured Siemens Healthineers and Thermo Fisher Scientific. The session focussed on innovations in SARS-CoV-2 to handle detection and surveillance of the fast-emerging variants of concern (VOC)....
Manufacturers of COVID-19 Rapid Diagnostics Tests: BD and DiaSorin
Celine Roger-Dalbert, Massimo Rosa, Gian Antonio Ginipro, and Verna Ndongeni
On 29 January 2021, ASLM’s LabCoP hosted the 10th session in a series about manufacturers of COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tools, featuring BD (US) and DiaSorin (Italy). Laboratory diagnosis remains the cornerstone for the control of COVID 19. New diagnostic methods with higher sensitivity and specificity, as well as faster resu....
Country Experiences with the Use of Digital Tools for COVID-19
Lois Olajide, Lalitesh Katraggada, Muhammed Semakula and Rigveda Kadam
On 13 May 2021, this COVID-19 ECHO session was convened to discuss a series of case studies on country experiences regarding the design and implementation of digital tools to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. The series was compiled by the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in collaboration with ministries of health an....
Screening for LTBI in Resource-Limited Settings and Solutions to Meet EndTB Goals
Dr Giorgio Roscigno and Dr Davide Manissero
On 14 October 2021 this Extended ECHO session was convened to discuss the basics of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), the critical importance of screening for LTBI in addition to active TB case finding. Experts discussed gaps in the current TB care cascade, considered various options for LTBI screening and highlighted the be....
Testing Strategy for COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Tests
Sikhulile Moyo, and Yenew Kebede
On 22 January, 2021 this COVID-19 ECHO session was convened to discuss testing strategies for COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag RDT) and Africa CDC’s testing guidelines and recommendations. The start of 2021 has seen new challenges arise in the COVID-19 pandemic, with rapidly growing spread and new virus variants. To u....
Leveraging LIMS for COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study of Baobab
Dr Dominique Anderson, and Prof Alan Christoffels
On 25 March 2021, this Extended ECHO session was convened to discuss the role of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to collect, process, and store human biospecimens. Dr Dominique Anderson, Researcher, and Team Lead for Bio Collection Informatics at South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of the....
Unlocking the Potential of Tiered Laboratory Networks Through Laboratory Mapping
Dr Pascale Ondoa
LabCoP’s July 2021 ECHO session focused on unlocking the potential of tiered laboratory networks through laboratory capacity mapping. Mapping the capacity of a national laboratory network is a powerful tool that supports visualizing what the testing capacity is, their location, and the population served. In this session, Dr Pasc....
Webinar: Two or Three Times a Week…How do You Know?
Lucy Spencer
The conventional approach to initiating maintenance haemodialysis is a thrice-weekly schedule. A stepwise approach, incremental haemodialysis with once or twice weekly treatments, may be considered for patients with substantial residual kidney function (RKF). Despite increasing attention and enthusiasm for incremental dialysis,....
Parenteral nutrition: indications, risks and nursing care
Jane Fletcher
1 Hours
Parenteral nutrition is a recognised method of feeding patients with specific clinical conditions, most notably those with various forms of intestinal failure who cannot be fed enterally. However, it has several associated risks including sepsis, and metabolic and electrolyte imbalances. The aim of this article is to enhance nur....
Improving nutrition for older people in acute settings
Carolyn Best and Helen Hitchings
Older people have an increased risk of becoming malnourished when they are ill. Admission to hospital may affect their nutritional intake and nutritional status. Nutrition screening and implementation of nutrition care plans can help minimise the risk of malnutrition in acute care settings, if used effectively. The nutritional c....
Cross-cultural Communication
Joe Kai, Jackie Beavan
0.5 Hours
This session considers how cultural differences between doctor and patient may create uncertainty that can reduce the effectiveness of the consultation. This can be recognised and overcome to enhance the consultation.
Patient Partnership
Ailsa Donelly
0.5 Hours
This session will focus on some key aspects of working in partnership with patients to manage their illness using a case study approach.
Community Orientation
Justin Allen
0.5 Hours
GPs have an increasing role in planning and delivering healthcare. This session considers the learning outcomes described in the Caring for the Whole Person and the Wider Community domain of the RCGP core curriculum and explores how to apply these to everyday situations. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and updat....
Hypertension
Alistair Calder
This session provides an interactive review of the role of radiology in the management of hypertension in children.
Pregnancy-induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia
Aimee Yarrington
Hypertensive disorders are the second most common cause of maternal deaths worldwide. Pre-eclampsia is the cause of 9 to 26% of global maternal mortality and a significant proportion of pre-term births. The incidence is increasing in keeping with the increase in obesity, maternal age, and women with medical comorbidities enterin....
COVID-19 Series: Coronavirus: What do we know?
Professor Peter Openshaw and Professor Sir Simon Wessely
Insights on coronaviruses and other lung diseases with Professor and research on the COVID-19 virus. Consider making a donation to the RSM: www.rsm.ac/donation All views expressed in this webinar are of the speakers themselves and not of the RSM.
COVID 19 Series: Response to a pandemic
Professor Paul Cosford
In this talk Professor Paul Cosford and Professor Sir Simon Wessely discuss the current and future state of COVID-19 testing, from the rapid research involved in creating tests to the complexities of scaling up the country’s testing capacity. The RSM COVID-19 Series is for health professionals, by health professionals; a seri....
Outback to Reef: Meeting Social Needs - Podcast
Christine Lynne
Supporting patients with kidney disease in outback Australia
COVID-19 Series: Your questions answered
Panel of Experts
The RSM COVID-19 Series has been running for a month and we have had hundreds of questions submitted - too many to cover in a short webinar. Join in the conversation online using #RSMLive Consider making a donation to the RSM: www.rsm.ac/donation All views expressed in this webinar are of the speakers themselves and....
Sexual Exposure to HIV
Hayley Wood and Andrew Tomkins
This session will cover the risk of acquiring HIV infection from different types of sexual exposure, factors that can affect risk of transmission and methods to prevent HIV transmission.
