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Topics |
Speakers |
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Medical Laboratory Staffing: Where is Everyone?
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Influenza: What can we expect?
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Breaking Down the Science of AMR for Patients and the Public
· Upcoming Respiratory Season: Update and Trends for Flu,
RSV, and COVID-19
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Building a Connection with a Medical Laboratory Academic
Program
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The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory of the Future
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Professional Identity: Public Health & Medical Laboratory
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Stop Monkeying Around: Monkeypox
Update
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Vaccine Hesitancy
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Monkeypox – Lessons Learned from AIDS/HIV and COVID
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Get Your CaREER in Gear: Health
Care Majors and Careers You've Never Heard About
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Burkholderia Update and Outbreaks
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Pseudomonas and Medical Devices
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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
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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
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Laboratory Stewardship: What, Why, and How?
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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
Assistant
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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Cost of Quality
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Practice What You Preach! Quality and Regulatory Issues
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COVID-19 Testing: Then and Now
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A Potpourri of Coagulation Cases
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Who, What and When of Competency
Assessment
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Getting Ready for an Inspection:
What are the Most Common Deficiencies?
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Validation, Verification and
Reference Ranges: What You Need to Know
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How to Conduct a Purposeful Audit
in the Laboratory
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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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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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Laboratory Stewardship: How to Get Started
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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
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Primer on the Protect Access to Medicare Act (PAMA)
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Primer on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act
(MACRA)
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Diabetes Care: Optimizing Population Management from Lab
Screening to Monitoring
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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
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Integration and Automation of Lab Tests from the POC
Perspective
· Detecting
Sepsis Via Molecular Testing using a Hybrid POCT/Core Lab
Approach
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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 |
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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
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Performance Improvement vs Progressive Discipline |
Margaret Blaetz, CLC, MLT(AMT), CCCP(AAPOL)
CEO/Technical Consultant
East Coast Clinical
Consultants, LLC |
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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 |
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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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The
Ins and Outs of Training, Competency and Educational
Requirements
· Family Medicine - Current Trends in Point
of Care Testing
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Jane Smith, MS, MT(ASCP), SI, DLM
Technical
Manager, Scientific Affairs
Abbott Rapid
Diagnostics |
New Topics:
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Project Management for POCT
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Setting Up a Free-Standing ED/Urgent Care
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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?
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Surf the Tidal Wave!! - How
to Find the Right Balance when Managing Your Point of Care
Testing Program
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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
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Standardizing Point of Care Testing and Harmonizing
Workflows Between Hospitals and Ambulatory Locations
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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 |
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Ebola: One Lab's Experience |
James C Ritchie, PhD, DABCC, FACB
Professor,
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Emory University
School of Medicine |
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· How to Perform Competency Assessments in an
Unbiased Atmosphere |
Maria Stevens Hardy, IMA(ASCP), AHI(AMT), CLC(AMT)
President & C.E.O.
Medical, Laboratory &
Technology Consultants, LLC |
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
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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
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Laboratory Regulations Update
· Laboratory
Developed Tests
· Use of Glucose Meters in
Critically Ill Patients
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Developing a POCT website
· Maintaining a POCT program
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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!
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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
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Sheldon Campbell, MD, PhD, FCAP
Professor, Dept of Laboratory Medicine
Yale
University School of Medicine |
New Topic:
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Point-of-Care and Rapid Tests for COVID-19: The Mayo
Experience
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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
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Glucose Meter Use in the Intensive Care Unit
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Glucose
Meter Use in Various Settings
· POC
INR Device Evaluations
· Rapid HIV
Assays
· Transcutaneous
Bilirubin
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Brad
Karon, MD, PhD
Co-Director Hospital Labs
Mayo
Clinic |
· The Current Status of Influenza
Testing
· HIV Testing
and Undetectable = Untransmittable
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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?
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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
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Neprylisin Inhibition Impact on Natriuretic Peptides
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Spotting and Surviving Sepsis
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Patient Safety: A Quality System Approach to POCT QC/QA
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Evaluation of Blood Gas Analysis - Acid-Base Balance and the
Practical Applications of the Acid-Base Chart
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Evolution of Blood Gas Analysis - Focusing on the Source of
Impaired O2 Supply to the Tissue
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Weeding Through Waived Testing: Separating the Wheat from
the Chaff
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IFCC Recommendation for Reporting Blood Glucose Results &
Sources of Error in Glucose POCT
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Importance of Evidence Based Medicine in Point of Care
Testing
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Why Knowing Now Matters in the Emergency Department
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Molecular Diagnostics & Point of Care Testing
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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
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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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FDA Regulation of POC Blood Glucose Meters |
Leslie Landree, PhD
Division of Chemistry and Toxicology Devices
Office of In
Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health
Center for
Devices and Radiological Health
Food and Drug
Administration |
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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 |
· Meeting the Dynamic Challenges for Quality and Patient
Safety
· Plan
for Quality to Improve Patient Safety
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Sharon Ehrmeyer, PhD
Prof. of Pathology Lab Medicine
University of Wisconsin |
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CLIA and Point-of-Care Testing
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CLIA’s Waived Testing & Competency for NON-Waived
Testing
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PPM 101 - What it Means to Have a CLIA Provider-Performed
Microscopy (PPM) Certificate
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- Serafina
Brea, MBEE, MLS(ASCP)CM, Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Daralyn Hassan, MS, MT(ASCP),
CLIA Program Analyst
CMS |
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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 |
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Acute Kidney Injury and Electrolyte Abnormalities in
COVID-19 Critical Illness
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COVID-19 Bedside Glucose Management—Risk
of
Ascorbic Acid and Hematocrit Interference
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Dennis Begos, MD, FACS,
FACRS
Associate Medical Director, Medical and
Scientific Affairs
Nova Biomedical |
