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The Complexity of Infectious Disease Testing

Program Date: 27 October 2021

Publication Date: 31 March 2022

Continuing Education Units: Hours: 1.0

Lecture Description

In this lecture, Wayne Dimech of the NRL Australia will present on the complexity of infectious disease testing from its history to how assay design can influence results.

Lecture Objectives
  • Review the history of infectious disease testing and its evolution into automated laboratories.
  • Differentiate between clinical chemistry and infectious disease serology.
  • Explain how assay design influences the results of infectious disease serology standardization and control.

Run Time: 42

Lecture Instructor Bio(s)

Wayne Dimech, MBA, BAPP SCI

Scientific and Business Relations Manager
National Serology Reference Laboratory
Melbourne, Australia

Wayne Dimech is a Scientific and Business Relations Manager for the National Serology Reference Laboratory, a WHO Collaborating Centre. Dimech obtained a B.App. Sci; and an MBA. He is a fellow from the Australian Institute of Medical Scientists and the Faculty of Science (Research) of the Royal College of Pathologists Australia. He is a recognized expert in infectious disease serology and laboratory quality.