Felicity Dempsey

POCT Consultancy Services

The importance of TEAM: The power of POCT when we are aligned

In this presentation, Felicity Dempsey, founder and head of POCT Consultancy Services, provides a masterclass on how to address the challenges of running a point-of-care program in a hospital setting and meet the specific needs of all POCT stakeholders. With over 10 years of experience as a POCT manager, Dempsey shares her expert insight and explains why teamwork is vital to ensure that the same standards of quality achieved in the main laboratory are also achieved in the POCT Quality Management System.



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Felicity Dempsey

POCT Consultancy Services

Felicity Dempsey is the founder and head of POCT Consultancy Services based in Dublin, Ireland. Prior to starting her own company, Felicity was a specialist medical scientist in the Biochemistry Department at St. James's Hospital. Felicity spent over 10 years as POCT manager and under her stewardship grew the program from two blood gas analyzers and several types of glucose meters to a fully connected POCT system involving over 150 POCT devices. St. James's Hospital established the first connected POCT system to achieve accreditation to ISO 15189/22870 and is now a reference site for Siemens Healthineers POCT products. Felicity has been involved in workshops in Boston and Lisbon in the past year to discuss future trends and developments in POCT. She is also a member of the Irish POCT Advisory Body and a fellow of the Academy of Medical Laboratory Science.