Topics |
Speakers |
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Medical Laboratory Staffing: Where is Everyone?
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Influenza: What can we expect? ·
Breaking Down the Science of AMR for Patients and the Public
· Upcoming Respiratory Season: Update and Trends for Flu,
RSV, and COVID-19 ·
Building a Connection with a Medical Laboratory Academic
Program ·
The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory of the Future ·
Professional Identity: Public Health & Medical Laboratory ·
Stop Monkeying Around: Monkeypox
Update
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Vaccine Hesitancy
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Monkeypox – Lessons Learned from AIDS/HIV and COVID ·
Get Your CaREER in Gear: Health
Care Majors and Careers You've Never Heard About ·
Burkholderia Update and Outbreaks
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Pseudomonas and Medical Devices ·
Emerging Pathogens Update Pathology, Transmission,
Treatment, & Prevention
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Be THE Expert: My Personal Journey as a Subject Matter
Expert during the Pandemic
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Streptococcus Update ·
Norovirus Update
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Antibiotic Stewardship Programs – What about the
#MedicalLaboratory?
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Neisseria gonorrhea: Not Your Usual STI Anymore |
Rodney E. Rohde, PhD, SM(ASCP)CM, SVCM, MBCM, FACSc
Global Fellow Professor and Chair, Clinical
Laboratory Science Program, College of Health
Professions and Associate Director Texas State
University Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology
Austin Community College |
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A Fresh Look at Reflexive Urine Testing ·
Laboratory Stewardship: What, Why, and How? ·
Sepsis Biomarkers of Today and Tomorrow |
Allison Chambliss, PhD, DABCC, FAACC Associate
Professor David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine |
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The Effect of Specimen Transport
Conditions on Clinical Laboratory Testing
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Challenges and Practical Solutions in Implementing
Point-of-Care Testing |
Joe Wiencek, PhD, DABCC, FAACC Associate
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Service
Line Medical Director, VUMC Core laboratory
Medical Director of Clinical Chemistry, VUMC Core
and ED Laboratories |
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IVD Design and Development
Before, During, and Following a Global Pandemic |
Richard Noel Marketing Director, North America
LumiraDx |
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Cost of Quality
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Practice What You Preach! Quality and Regulatory Issues ·
COVID-19 Testing: Then and Now ·
A Potpourri of Coagulation Cases ·
Who, What and When of Competency
Assessment ·
Getting Ready for an Inspection:
What are the Most Common Deficiencies? ·
Validation, Verification and
Reference Ranges: What You Need to Know ·
How to Conduct a Purposeful Audit
in the Laboratory ·
Prothrombin Time and the INR - What Do Those Results Really
Mean?
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To Mix of Not to Mix: That is the Question |
Donna D. Castellone, MS, MASCP, MT(ASCP), SH
Columbia Medical Center Laboratory Consultant |
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Building a Strong Lab Team ·
Proficiency Testing ·
Lab Startup for Urgent Care
Association ·
Lab Management Issues: Panel
Discussions ·
Lab Safety |
Milly Keeler, BS MLS (ASCP), CLC (AMT), CCCP ®
CLIA Specialist/DoctorsManagement, LLC
Principal/Keeler Laboratory Consulting, LLC |
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Recruiting Medical Laboratory Staff: An Educator’s Point of
View |
Diane Davis, Ph.D., MLS (ASCP)CM, SCCM, SLSCM
Director, Medical Laboratory Science Program
Salisbury University |
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Why
are We Tasting Urine Anyway? |
Sterling T. Bennett, MD, MS Medical Director,
Point of Care Testing and Central Laboratory
Intermountain Healthcare |
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Standardizing Point-of-Care Instrumentation: One
Institution’s Experience |
Brenda Suh-Lailam, PhD, DABCC, FAACC Director,
Clinical Chemistry and Point-of-Care Testing
Director of Quality, Department of Pathology Ann
& Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Pathology Northwestern
University Feinberg School of Medicine |
New Topic:
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Lessons Learned from 2023 CAP Inspections: Most
Common Deficiencies and Useful Tips
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Laboratory Stewardship: How to Get Started ·
Demonstrating the Value of Clinical Laboratory
Medicine: Partnership with Case Management
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Laboratory Stewardship Essentials
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Andrew Fletcher, MD, MBA, CPE, CHCQM, FCAP
Founder eutilogic consulting |
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Standardization of Systems and Lab Results: Some Practical
Guidance
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Point of Care Testing: Cost vs. Convenience ·
Primer on the Protect Access to Medicare Act (PAMA)
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Primer on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act
(MACRA) ·
Diabetes Care: Optimizing Population Management from Lab
Screening to Monitoring |
Jim Poggi, Principal Tested Insights, LLC |
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Artificial Intelligence and Disruptive Technologies in Point
of Care
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POC Testing in Special
Populations ·
Integration and Automation of Lab Tests from the POC
Perspective · Detecting
Sepsis Via Molecular Testing using a Hybrid POCT/Core Lab
Approach ·
The
POC Ecosystem
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Interference and POC
Devices |
Nam K. Tran, PhD, HCLD (ABB), FACB Associate
Clinical Professor
Director of Clinical Chemistry, POC Testing, and
SARC Sections Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine University of California,
Davis |
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I'm
a Point of Care Coordinator, not a Teacher! |
Karalee Quig, MT(ASCP) Point of Care Coordinator,
Quality Assessment |
Common Foodborne Illnesses -
Causes, New Diagnostics, Reporting |
Jan Buss, PhD Senior Research Scientist
TECHLAB |
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Situational Awareness in the Workplace: Perceive, Assess and
Decide
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Stress in the Workplace
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Workplace Violence ·
Performance Improvement vs Progressive Discipline |
Margaret Blaetz, CLC, MLT(AMT), CCCP(AAPOL)
CEO/Technical Consultant East Coast Clinical
Consultants, LLC |
The Application of Molecular
POCT for Influenza and Strep Detection |
Gregory J. Berry, PhD, D(ABMM) Assistant
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Assistant Director of Infectious Disease Diagnostics
Northwell Health Laboratories |
Point of Care Troponin
Testing: Current Status and Future Promise
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Robert Christenson, PhD, DABCC, FACB Professor of
Pathology, Medical and Research Technology
University of Maryland School of Medicine Medical
Director, Core Laboratories & Point of Care Services
University of Maryland Medical Center |
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Setting Up a Free-Standing ED/Urgent Care Lab ·
Project Management for POCT
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Implementing New Point Of Care Testing: A Practical Guide
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CAP
is Coming, What Do I Do Next? ·
Surf the Tidal Wave!! - How
to Find the Right Balance when Managing Your Point of Care
Testing Program
|
Kathleen David, MT(ASCP) Associate Director
Near Patient Testing Services Tricore
|
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Life Cycle of a New Point of Care Test Request ·
Standardizing Point of Care Testing and Harmonizing
Workflows Between Hospitals and Ambulatory Locations ·
Quality Assurance Plans for Point of Care Testing in a
Hospital Setting · Internal Lab Inspections: Are you
Inspection Ready? |
Jeanne Mumford, BS, MT(ASCP) Pathology Manager I,
Point of Care Testing Johns Hopkins Medicine,
Department of Pathology |
Ebola: One Lab's Experience |
James C Ritchie, PhD, DABCC, FACB Professor,
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Emory University
School of Medicine |
New Topics:
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Home Use Tests and Opportunities for POCT in Diverse
Settings
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CLSI Updates: New Guidance Documents and Revisions ·
Quality Control of Lab and POCT Instrumentation
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Direct to Consumer Testing
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CLSI Resources for Validation Implementation and
Management of New Tests · POCT Coordination:
Managing Your Sanity as Your Program Expands Beyond
the Horizon
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The Nursing-Lab Relationship in POCT: The Good, the
Bad and the Ugly of Interdisciplinary Teams
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Developing an IQCP · Risk Management in POCT:
Eliminating Errors Before they Bite You ·
Laboratory Regulations Update · Laboratory
Developed Tests · Use of Glucose Meters in
Critically Ill Patients ·
Developing a POCT website
· Maintaining a POCT program
|
James H. Nichols, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and
Immunology Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry,
and Point of Care Testing
Vanderbilt University
Medical Center |
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IQCP … IDK … WT(censored)? … FTW! ·
POC from Sumer to Star Trek; the Past, Present and
Future of POCT
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Future Molecular POC
· POC
for infectious Diseases
· Case Studies in POCT: Test Verification, Competency,
and Trouble-Shooting |
Sheldon Campbell, MD, PhD, FCAP Professor, Dept of Laboratory Medicine Yale
University School of Medicine |
New Topic: ·
Point-of-Care and Rapid Tests for COVID-19: The Mayo
Experience ·
Capillary Glucose Measurement in Critically Ill
Patients
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Relationship Between Glucose Meter Error and
Glycemic Control Efficacy · Platelet Function
Tests for Monitoring Antiplatelet Agent Therapy ·
Glucose Meter Use in the Intensive Care Unit ·
Glucose
Meter Use in Various Settings
· POC
INR Device Evaluations
· Rapid HIV
Assays
· Transcutaneous
Bilirubin
|
Brad
Karon, MD, PhD Co-Director Hospital Labs Mayo
Clinic |
· The Current Status of Influenza
Testing · HIV Testing
and Undetectable = Untransmittable ·
Respiratory Syncytial Virus: It Isn’t Just for Kids Anymore!
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It is CLIA-Waived So Nothing Can Go Wrong. Right?
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Beyond Resistance: The Threats of Antibiotic Overuse
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Molecular Testing at the Point of Care
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Don’t Take that Antibiotic! You Might Get ... Fat? The
Science of Healthy Microbiome
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Antibiotic Resistance: The Case for Diagnostics to
Help Direct Therapy
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Respiratory Diseases – Viral to Bacterial
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Is it Influenza, Pneumonia. . .Or Both?
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Legionellosis: It is More Common than you Think
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Enteric Disease in the US
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The Pros and Cons of Rapid Infectious Disease
Testing |
Norman Moore,
PhD Director, Scientific Affairs for Infectious Diseases
Abbott |
Reducing Preanalytical Errors |
Christopher McCudden, Ph.D.,
DABCC, NRCC, FACB Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine University of Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario |
· Quality Management - Making it Meaningful
· Is
Your Lab Competency Assessment a Competent
Assessment? · Checklists Update · Unannounced
Inspections and Inspection Day Tips · Preparing for
your CAP Point of Care Inspection · Preparing
Inspection Documentation · What to do with
Proficiency Testing Failures · Most Frequent
Deficiencies and How to Avoid Them · New Directions
in the Laboratory Accreditation Program (What's New
in LAP) · Document Control
· IQCP - January is Coming Fast - What Do I Do?! · It's
Just a Waived Glucose...Right?
|
Jean Ball, MBA,
MT(HHS)MLT(ASCP) CAP
Lead Inspection Specialist College of American Pathologists (CAP) |
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Diabetes Management at the Point of Care
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Biotin and Immunoassays: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly ·
Neprylisin Inhibition Impact on Natriuretic Peptides ·
Spotting and Surviving Sepsis
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Patient Safety: A Quality System Approach to POCT QC/QA ·
Evaluation of Blood Gas Analysis - Acid-Base Balance and the
Practical Applications of the Acid-Base Chart ·
Evolution of Blood Gas Analysis - Focusing on the Source of
Impaired O2 Supply to the Tissue ·
Weeding Through Waived Testing: Separating the Wheat from
the Chaff ·
IFCC Recommendation for Reporting Blood Glucose Results &
Sources of Error in Glucose POCT ·
Importance of Evidence Based Medicine in Point of Care
Testing ·
Why Knowing Now Matters in the Emergency Department ·
Molecular Diagnostics & Point of Care Testing ·
Value of Point of Care Blood Gas Testing
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Ellis Jacobs, PhD,
DABCC, FAACC
Principal
EJ Clinical Consulting LLC |
· Understanding the Parameters for Evaluating the Hypoxemic
Patient
· The Misguided Efforts to Perfect eGFR Equations: History
and Future Directions for Using Creatinine, Cystatin C, and
eGFR ·
Basics of Cardiopulmonary Bypass:
Monitoring Acid Base, Oxygenation, and Clotting Status, with
an Emphasis on POC Testing Applications
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Lactate in Critical Care
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John
Toffaletti, PhD Director of Blood Gas and Clinical Pediatric Labs,
Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry Duke
University |
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Getting connected in the POCT environment
· Perspectives on the rapidly growing number of POCT
tests available
· Workflow/Outcome
Studies
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William Clark, PhD Director, TDMm, Toxicology, CPOCT Johns Hopkins |
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Clinician Versus Laboratorian:
Conflict or Collaboration?
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Quality Control in POCT:
Liquid...Electronic... Alternate...Equivalent...IQCP -
Where do we go from here?
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Statistics 101 for POC - What do the numbers mean?
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The 123's of ACT: What it is, Where it's Used, Which
ACT's are Available, and Why the ACT Numbers are so
Different
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Standardizing INR Testing in a Non-Standard
Environment
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Cardiac Marker Testing at the Point of Care vs the
Lab: Setting Expectations
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Implementing a New
Point of Care Test
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Marcia Zucker, PhD
Independent Consultant ZIVID, LLC |