Fish Pathogen qPCR Screening & ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation Workshop
Fish Pathogen qPCR Screening & ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation Workshop - June 2014
Painter’s Lodge
Campbell River, BC
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Sponsored by: Western Economic Diversification Canada
Hosted by: BC Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences
Schedule
| 8:30- 8:50 | Registration |
| 8:50- 9:00 | Opening Session |
| 9:00- 9:15 | Ian Gardner (AVC-CERC-Charlottetown-PEI) – OIE recommendations for aquatic animal health test validation |
| 9:20- 9:35 | Kyle Garver (DFO-PBS-Nanaimo-BC) – VHSv validation test |
| 9:40- 9:55 | Maureen Purcell (USGS-Seattle-WA) – IHNv validation test |
| 10:00- 10:15 | Nellie Gagné (DFO-Moncton-NB) – ISAv validation test |
| 10:20- 10:35 | Café Break |
| 10:40- 10:55 | Kim Klotins (CFIA-Ottawa-ON) – NAAHP Network |
| 11:00- 11:15 | Michael Sonntag (Ashbrooke QA-Port Coquitlam-BC) General process of ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratory accreditation |
| 11:20- 11:35 | Tomy Joseph (Animal Health Centre, Abbotsford-BC) |
| 11:40- 11:55 | Mark Higgins (DFO-PBS-Nanaimo-BC) – Fisheries and Oceans ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation |
| 12:00- 1:00 | Lunch Break |
| 1:00- 1:20 | Ahmed Siah/Debbie Collins – Pathogen testing and ISO/IEC |
| 1:30– 3:00 | Discussion – ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation and National Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory Network |
