Optimizing your Diagnostic Laboratory - VETweek 2026

This course explore practical strategies to enhance sample quality, streamline workflows for greater efficiency, and leverage cutting-edge technology to accelerate result evaluation.

Course Content
and Key Focus Areas
What you will learn
This two-day course gives you a comprehensive and practical introduction to optimizing diagnostic workflows in the veterinary laboratory. You will learn how to improve sample quality, use advanced diagnostic tools effectively, and implement evidence-based screening strategies to enhance efficiency and support better clinical decisions.

Course program
Day 1: Optimizing Laboratory Workflow & Diagnostics
  • Best practices for collecting and processing blood and urine samples
  • InVue Dx Cellular Analyzer – case examples and clinical benefits of blood morphology assessment
  • Medical value of slide-free automated ear cytology
  • Diagnostic workshop: turning insights into practical interpretation
Day 2: Preventive Care, Parasite Screening & GI Diagnostics
  • IDEXX big data: evidence for preventive care screening and faecal parasite research
  • Preventive care in practice – implementing findings in daily workflows
  • ESCCAP recommendations for parasite screening incl. Angiostrongylus vasorum & common intestinal parasites
  • Diagnose with Confidence: practical guide to GI diagnostics
Course outcomes
After the course, you will be able to improve sample quality, streamline laboratory workflows and use modern diagnostic tools such as the InVue Dx Cellular Analyzer with confidence. You will also gain evidence-based strategies for preventive care screening and practical skills for GI diagnostics and parasite detection.

This course is developed and delivered by our partner, IDEXX.
Instructor
Dr. Hilarie Jerauld


Dr. Hilarie Jerauld, DVM, IDEXX Professional Services Veterinarian, brings extensive experience from clinical practice, surgery and research in both small animals and exotics. She has worked in corporate, non-profit and private hospitals and previously owned and operated a veterinary clinic in North Carolina, USA.

IDEXX Instructors
Before Signing Up
What You Should Know


Target Group
This course is designed for veterinarians and veterinary nurses who want to optimize diagnostic workflows, strengthen sample quality and improve clinical decision-making.

Catering
Full catering is included on both course days. Please inform us of any dietary restrictions when registering.

Language
English

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