Pharmaceutical Technology &
Quality Assurance (PTQA)
Pharmaceutical Medical Gas Testing – Five day course
Monday 8 – Friday 12 February 2016
Day One – Monday 8 February 2016
Time
10:00 – 10.15
Session
Registration and coffee
Speakers
10:15 – 11.00
Course and module introduction
Objectives
Med gas policy & committee
Theresa Hughes
11.00 -12.00
1
Introduction to medical gases and their uses
Tim Sizer
12.15 – 12.30
2
Walk-through of key MGPS features on site
12:40-12.50
12.50-13.30
Refreshment break
3
MGPS plant overview – Key features
QC(MGPS) & QA Specialist (NHS) Reading
Course Director
Regional QA Specialist NHS South West
Steve Goddard
AE(MedGas) MGPS Services Ltd
Steve Goddard
AE(MedGas) MGPS Services Ltd
13.55 – 14.20
14.20 – 15.15
15.15 – 15.30
15.30 – 15.45
15.45 - 17:15
Lunch
4&5
Manufacture of medical gases & The role of the QP
including design/function of a VIE Plant
6
Introduction to HTM 02-01 (2006)
- Key Features and its application in practice
Refreshment break
7
On-site practical
3 parallel groups in rotation 3 x 30 minute sessions
7a
QC MGPS issues relating to a VIE installation
Peter Henrys TBC
QP BOC Gases
Steve Goddard
AE(MedGas) MGPS Services Ltd
Introduction by Theresa Hughes
Course Director
Steve Goddard
AE(MedGas) MGPS Services Ltd
7b
7c
QC MGPS issues relating to compressed air supplies
(Compressors)
Paul Jones
QC MGPS issues relating to manifolds
Ed Doyle
17:15
Notices
17.30
End of day one
QC(MGPS) & Consultant (Medical Gases)
QC(MGPS) Altec (Analytical & Technical) Services Ltd
Theresa Hughes
Course Director
Day Two – Tuesday 9 February 2016
Time
09.15 – 09.45
Session
8
Gas safety in relation to MGPS
09:45 - 10:30
9
Speakers
Theresa Hughes
Course Director
10:30 – 10:45
10:45- 11:30
11.30 – 12.30
12.30 – 13.30
Aspects of MGPS engineering (Part 1):
Central sources of supply and emergency reserve supplies
Refreshment Break
10
Aspects of MGPS engineering (Part 2):
Distribution and monitoring Systems
11
On-site practical
2 parallel groups in rotation 2 x 30 minute sessions
11a
Demonstration of AP tests
11b
Demonstration of pipe jointing
12
Engineering tests – relevance for QC (MGPS)
Note: Qs to ask the AP, UP pathway
Steve Goddard
AE(MedGas) MGPS Services Ltd
Steve Goddard
AE(MedGas) MGPS Services Ltd
Midland Medical staff
Midland Medical staff
Paul Jones
QC(MGPS) & Consultant (Medical Gases)
Day Two – Tuesday 9 February 2016 continued….
Time
13.30 – 14.00
14.00 – 14.30
14:30 - 16:30
Session
Lunch
13
Introduction to role of QC MGPS
In relation to HTM 0201
14
Workshop sessions
Speakers
Theresa Hughes
Course Director
3 parallel groups in rotation 3 x 40 minute sessions
Refreshment break to be taken at a convenient point
14a
Terminal units function, identity and operational problems
Andrew Sully
QC(MGPS) Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust
14b
AVSUs, LVA’s and Alarms operation and faults
Ed Doyle
14c
Cylinder Management identification, storage, tracking, and
connections
Paul Jones
16:30 - 17:30
15
Moisture in medical gas systems
Keith Butler
17.30
End of day two
Course dinner at the Village Hotel (optional)
QC(MGPS) Altec (Analytical & Technical) Services Ltd
QC(MGPS) & Consultant (Medical Gases)
Alpha Moisture Systems
19.30
Day Three – Wednesday 10 February 2016
Time
09:15 - 09:45
Session
16
Introduction to ‘permit to work’ system
09:45 - 10:45
17
Speakers
Mark Milne
AP(MedGas) BOC Healthcare
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 – 17:30
Workshop ‘permit to work’ system
Role-play workshop
Refreshment Break
18
Introduction to pharmaceutical testing of gases
How medical gases are tested
How instrumentation does its job
Lunch
19
Workshop Sessions
Mark Milne
AP(MedGas) BOC Healthcare
Speaker to be confirmed
5 parallel groups in rotation each workshop taking 40mins
19a
OXYGEN identity and purity methods
19b
NITROUS OXIDE / ENTONOX identity and purity methods
Ed Doyle
19c
MEDICAL, SURGICAL and DENTAL AIR identity and purity
methods
HELIOX and Surgical Carbon Dioxide identity and purity
methods
Richard Sutherland & Tim Roscoe
Andrew Sully
QC(MGPS) Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust
19d
QC(MGPS) Altec (Analytical & Technical) Services Ltd
QC(MGPS) Omicron Ltd
Paul Jones
QC(MGPS) & Consultant (Medical Gases)
19e
17:30 - 17:45
Speaker TBC
CONTAMINANTS moisture, particulates, and oil
Refreshment Breaks to be taken at suitable times during workshop sessions
Theresa Hughes
Notices
Course Director
17.45
End of day three
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Day Four – Thursday 11 February 2016
Time
09.00 – 09.30
09.30 – 10.00
Session
20
Calibration Gases
When used etc
21
Calibration of Instruments
Speakers
Speaker to be confirmed
10.00 – 10.30
22
10.30 – 10.45
10.45 – 11.15
Refreshment Break
23
Common problems that occur with equipment
11.15 – 12.00
24
12.00 – 13.00
13:00 – 17.00
Lunch
25
Problem solving workshop (5 X stations)
Tim Sizer, Paul Jones, Theresa
Hughes, Richard Sutherland
Workbook
45 minute to do test and write report
Lecturers will oversee but stay back
Refreshment break to be taken at convenient time during the practical sessions
End of day four
Speaker to be confirmed and Theresa
Hughes
Theresa Hughes
The Basic Tool Kit
Course Director
Richard Sutherland
QC(MGPS) Omicron Ltd
Measurements of particulates (Practical)
Paul Jones
QC(MGPS) & Consultant (Medical Gases)
17.00
Day Five – Friday 12 February 2016
Time
09.10 – 09.45
Session
26
Oxygen conservation
Speakers
Steve Connew
E.B.M.E. Operational Manager, Colchester
Hospital University NHS FT
09.45 – 10.30
27
10.30 – 10.45
10.45 – 11.45
Refreshment break
28
Incident pit – ‘what can go wrong with medical gases’
Recent hazards, incidents and developments
Introduction & Set-up
Written Exam / Assessment (1 hour)
Dealing with pressure – new MG testers
Alistair Ellis-Jones,
QC(MGPS) North East Wales NHS Trust
11.45 – 13.00
13.00 -13.45
13.45 – 14.15
Lunch
29
What happens next?
Includes feedback on exam and work based practice preparing for registration
14.15 – 15.30
30
15.30
Closing summary, close of course & issue of attendance certificates
Medical Gases - A Prescriber's View and Future
Trends
Paul Jones
QC(MGPS) & Consultant (Medical Gases)
Tim Sizer and Theresa Hughes
Theresa Hughes
Course Director
Dr Matthew Jones TBC
Physician; St. George’s Hospital London
Theresa Hughes
Course Director
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