Annual Congress Vienna 2009

Saturday, 12.09.2009
Sunday, 13.09.2009
Monday, 14.09.2009
Tuesday, 15.09.2009
Wednesday, 16.09.2009

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, abstract number.

Material from 2009:

4047 Abstracts
652 Slide presentations
300 Webcasts
93 Handouts
2150 e-posters
300 Multimedia files

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Quality and accreditation in lung function

Symposium
Chairs: M. Agnew (Dublin 8, Ireland), F. De Jongh (Enschede, Netherlands)
Aims: The aims of this symposium are to: enhance current knowledge of standardisation, accreditation and quality in lung function laboratories; share experiences on quality in clinical trials; and address strategies for establishing and applying quality and accreditation standards.

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Setting the scene of accreditation M. Swanney (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Quality assurance in clinical trials S. Blonshine (Mason, Mi, United States of America)
Outcomes of the task force recommendations for a European spirometry certification programme I. Steenbruggen (Zwolle, The Netherlands)
Beware the WOLFAP in sheep's clothing: towards quality improvement in lung function laboratories B. G. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom)