Dr. Brigid Lucey, President of the Academy
I am delighted to welcome you to The Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine, the professional body representing medical scientists in Ireland. Medical scientists are a regulated profession.
The Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU established its register on 31 March 2019…..Read More
The Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine, the professional body representing medical scientists in Ireland. Medical scientists are a regulated profession.
The Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU established its register on 31 March 2019. As and from this date the Medical Scientists Registration Board is designated as the Competent Authority for the profession of Medical Scientist under the relevant legislation.
The vision of the Academy is “To support excellence in clinical science and laboratory medicine, and in doing so, enhance patient outcomes”.
NEW LYSIS BUFFER – RT-PCR diagnostic testing of C-19
A collective effort has formulated a New Lysis Buffer for RT-PCR diagnostic testing of Covid-19.
This will be of great help to laboratories suffering shortages of renowned “LYSIS” reagent.
Read the paper: Validation of a lysis buffer for Covid-19 testing 5th April 2020 Scallan et al 2020
Read the paper: Validation of a lysis buffer for Covid-19 testing 5th April 2020 Scallan et al 2020
ACSLM President Brigid Lucey & CPD Officer Jemma Kehoe - click on links
 Video Link | A special message from the Academy President, Dr Brigid Lucey, in recognition of your efforts |  Video Link | Jemma Kehoe with a message on behalf of the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine CPD Officers |  RTE's Brainstorm - Link | ACSLM President, Dr. Brigid Lucey on "What happens to my coronavirus sample in the testing lab?" |
HSE Call For Help In Combating Covid-19
| HSE Call For Help In Combating Covid-19 Colleagues as a result of the increased laboratory workload due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the ACSLM are compiling a register of volunteer laboratory staff. If you wish to contribute during this unprecedented health care situation, please click the following: Dear Volunteer Scientist | Be On-Call for Ireland The HSE are asking all healthcare professionals from all disciplines who are not already working in the public health service to register to be on call for Ireland Click for more information. |
Academy Statement Regarding Covid-19
Covid-19 Statement
Clinical Laboratory Testing and Capability regarding the CORONAVIRUS Pandemic
Testing for coronavirus is being conducted in clinical laboratories by qualified medical scientists. There are now pop up centres for sampling patients to facilitate early collection and transport of these samples for urgent testing once they arrive at the clinical laboratory. Medical scientists initially at the National Virus Reference Laboratory developed and validated testing and were prepared for coronavirus testing before it arrived here. Subsequently, regional laboratories developed testing for their own regions, which is in place in many clinical laboratories at this time. In the case where additional qualified staff will be required by clinical laboratories there is now a panel of retired medical scientists willing to go back into their laboratories to work if required. Normal services are also being maintained by the clinical laboratories at this time.
Letter to: All Medical Scientists.
Dr. Brigid Lucey, President of the Academy of Clinical Science & Laboratory Medicine
New HSE Laboratory Reporting Guideline
Monday 27 January, the HSE and RCPI launched a new guideline for communicating critical lab results to patients
Biomedica 2020 New date for Biomedica. Further information
HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE Information & Guidelines + Other Items
CPD of the Month: March 2020 is available.
Go to www.acslm.ie CPD tab, Login, Members Area, Hover over “Members CPD Area” and select CPD of the Month: March 2020. We are aware that CPD challenges may necessarily be the furthest thing from your mind and if this is the case do not feel obliged to go further!
Biosafety guidance for diagnostic laboratories handling specimens from
individuals with possible, probable or confirmed infection with Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Middle
East respiratory syndrome Coronavirus or Avian Influenza A (V3.0 14.02.2020)
Infectious disease expert Professor Martin Cormican
1) Q & A session on RTÉ’s Liveline with Joe Duffy to answer questions from worried callers
2) Link to the actual podcast of Joe Duffy’s RTE Radio 1 programme, Friday 13th March
AMRIC Newletter: January 2020, Edition Number: 5
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control Team – HSE January 2020, Edition Number: 5
CPD Certificate in Molecular Cervical Cytopathology (Level 9)
Joint Programme of the School of Biological and Health Sciences, Technological University Dublin, and the Cellular and Molecular Cytopathology Training School, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital in partnership with CervicalCheck.
Absolute Confidence
Legal implications for Medical Scientists of “Absolute Confidence”, Fitness to Practice and Professional Liability. Mary Seery Kearney, BL.
Statutory Regulation for Medical Scientists
Mr. Colm O’Leary, (Ex-Head of Regulation), CORU
Coru Register
Medical scientists register opened on Sunday 31st March 2019. The Academy will ensure that this process is as simple as possible for its members.
CORU – Regulating Health + Social Care Professionals – CORU FAQ’s:
The Cross Judgement “Absolute Confidence”
Listen to Academy Council member, Marie Culliton, speak on The Cross Judgement “Absolute Confidence”
https://acslm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Marie-NewsTalk-14.05.2019.mp3
November 2019 Crossword
Crossword Clues November 2019 Crossword answers November 2019
#medicalscientists working with academic and industry colleagues
Irish scientists develop breakthrough formula to ease global coronavirus test shortages
ELEVEN Irish scientists have developed an effective formula for a key component of the Covid-19 testing process and made it available to help ease the...
www.independent.ie
As a member of staff and a previous patient of SVUH, maybe I’m biased but I agree! Wouldn’t want to be anywhere else when I’m sick.
Kellie on Twitter
“So I’ve been admitted into hospital through the covid pathway in SVUH. Oh my god, the staff are brilliant. They’re so calm & re...
twitter.com
Join @AccessToMedsIRL's live web conference tomorrow at 10am to hear international experts, including @MSF_access, discuss the importance of defending the public interest in vaccines and medical development, during and after #COVID19:
Access to Medicines Ireland, LIVE Web Conference: Adapting to COVID-19
Adapting to COVID-19: Defending the Public Interest in Vaccine and Medical Development COVID-19 has shone a light on a fatal weakness in our hea...
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COVID-19 testing has caused a shortage of lab reagents in Ireland and worldwide. In a team effort by Hospital, University & Biopharma scientists we have formulated a lysis buffer which will ease the burden on hospital labs in their heroic efforts.@ACSLM1.
Validation of a Lysis Buffer Containing 4 M Guanidinium Thiocyanate (GITC)/ Triton X-100 for Extraction of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for COVID-19 Testing: Comparison of Formulated Lysis Buffers Containing 4 to 6 M GITC, Roche External Lysis Buffer and Qiagen RLT Lysis Buffer
Validation of a Lysis Buffer Containing 4 M Guanidinium Thiocyanate (GITC)/ Triton X-100 for Extraction of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for COVID-19 Testing: Compar...
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Great work by all. All this under the radar. Thanks to @ACSLM1 President and #medicalscientist Dr Brigid Lucey and all the team. @SimonHarrisTD @paulreiddublin @susmitchellSBP @FergalBowers
COVID-19 testing has caused a shortage of lab reagents in Ireland and worldwide. In a team effort by Hospital, University & Biopharma scientists we have formulated a lysis buffer which will ease the burden on hospital labs in their heroic efforts.@ACSLM1. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XdTh6iAtpC39nipQ6URkN75Rh11VGJHPc4gSgMukrtU/edit?usp=sharing
BioMedica 2020
