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Lab Africa 2009

May 2009 News

The exhibition is set to break all records having already attracted 25% more exhibitors than the 2007 event. This year we are proud to announce that we have a significant international representation including six German companies, India, Scotland and Kenya.

This is the largest display of laboratory equipment for medical, industrial, research and academic laboratories including analytical instrumentation, measurement and testing automation, environmental sciences, lab technology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, consumables and services.

The visitors that will be attending the show will be strictly trade only, from the following sectors: industrial, medical research and academic laboratories; chemical and petrochemical; pulp, paper and packaging; steel and metals; agriculture, food and beverage; pharmaceutical and cosmetic; water, gas, electricity and nuclear; plastics, rubber and glass; hospitals and clinics; pathology; research institutions and universities.

The event will take place at The Coca-Cola Dome from 2 to 4 June 2009.

Lab Africa 2009 conference

This conference, the first of its kind, will be in conjunction with the Lab Africa exhibition. During the conference the following papers will be presented.

Ethics in the laboratory. By Willem Landman CEO of Ethics Institute of South Africa.

What do good ethics (integrity and responsibility) require of a company or organisation? Like ethics, the King reports on corporate governance set standards for good company behaviour. So the question is: how are ethics and corporate governance related?

Law and the laboratory developments in South Africa. By Elsabe Klinck, principle consultant at Benguela Health.

The passing of a Medicines Amendment Bill in 2008, have brought all laboratory equipment firmly within the ambit of device/IVD regulation. Future regulations will deal in detail with issues such as registration and licensing.

The dangers of working in the microbiology laboratory in the 21st Century. By Rob Stewart, acting laboratory manager of the Infection Control Services laboratory of the NHLS and Wits School of Pathology and he is current chairman of The Legionella Action Group and chairman of the safety committee of the NHLS labs at the Johannesburg hospital and Wits medical school.

Working in the microbiology laboratory is always associated with certain risks. Most organisms pose only a low level of risk where the correct safety measures such as personal protective equipment are used and standard precautions are followed.

Finance in the laboratory. By Steve Sidney, well known for his association with SANAS and the National Laboratory Association has a great deal of practical knowledge in the financing of small businesses and laboratories.

Laboratories do not operate in a vacuum, and this short presentation will look at some of the key financial aspects that laboratory staff should consider.

Importance and method of using reference materials in measuring reliability of analytical results and why customers should use them. By Stuart Marsland, head of the reference material manufacturing group at Mintek.

Reference materials, (RM) have always been important for validating and controlling analytical methods, recently they have become even more important as quality requirements become more stringent and customer demands for properly verified and controlled results increase. This is especially true as customers are ultimately responsible for making decisions about resource evaluations, efficiencies of metallurgical processes and the state of the environment. This translates into people, environment and money.

Laboratory design. By Chris Fourie, industrial engineer and director at LTS Consulting where his function is project management and consulting.

Industrial engineers concern themselves with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, material, processes and the environment. This approach has been successfully employed in the design and implementation of manufacturing facilities since the 1800s.

For more information contact Cornelia McCauley, Orbes Media, +27 (0)82 388 1111, [email protected], www.labafricaonline.co.za





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