Agenda

7:30 - 8:30am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:40 am

Welcoming and Introductory Remarks by Conference Chair

Harvey George, Ph.D., Laboratory Director

8:40 – 9:25 am

 "POC is the Next Department to be Inspected by CLIA, CAP, or TJC Teams, As the POC Coordinator, Are you Ready?"

Harvey George, Ph.D., Laboratory Director

9:25 – 10:10 am:

"Using Liquid / Electronic / Alternate / Equivalent QC / IQCP for Quality Control in POCT: Where Do We Go from Here?"

Marcia L. Zucker, Ph.D., ZIVD, LLC, Chair AACC Critical and Point of Care Testing Division

10:10 – 10:25 am:

 "Hemoccult, Guaiac and Immunochemical Methods"

Robert Paliwodzinski, Account Manager, Beckman Coulter

10:25 – 10:55 am:

Intermission – Coffee and Meet the Exhibitors

10:55 – 11:40 am:

"A STAT POC Laboratory in the Emergency Department"

Tony Nolen, BSCLS, MLS (ASCP), Clinical Laboratory Manager, Bert Fish Medical Center, New Smyrna Beach, FL

11:40 – 11:55 am:

"Mitsubishi PATHFAST Cardiac Biomarker Analyzer: The Future Is Already Here"

Tim Huang, Manager, Sales and Tech Support, Mitsubishi Chemical USA, Inc.

11:55  – 12:10 pm:

"Freestyle Precision Pro Wireless Meter"

Debra Labrecque, Abbott Diabetes Care

12:10 – 1:10 pm:

Lunch and Networking

1:10 – 1:55 pm:

"Preventing Infection Transmission: Moving Toward Ideal Practice"

Ruth Carrico, Ph.D., FSHEA, RN, CIC

1:55 – 2:10 pm:

"RALS: Connectivity Without Limits"

Steven Valorz, Marketing Manager, Alere Informatics

2:10 – 2:25 pm:

"Roche ACCU-CHEK Inform II Commercial Presentation"

Account Manager, Roche Diagnostics, Point of Care Hospital Group

2:25 – 3:10 pm:

"Understanding Colorectal Cancer - Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Staging”

Vernon Mustoe, Ph.D., MT(ASCP) Medical Affairs Manager, Beckman Scientific

3:10 – 3:30 pm:

Intermission – Coffee and Meet the Exhibitors

3:30 – 3:45 pm:

“Nova Biomedical; A World Leader in Point of Care and Critical Care Testing,”

Ron Newby, Director of Marketing, Nova Biomedical

3:45 – 4:30 pm:

"Glucose Point of Care Testing – The Times They Are A-Changin,”

T. Scott Isbell, Ph.D., DABCC, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Director of Clinical Chemistry and Point of Care Testing, Saint Louis University School Of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

4:30 – 5:15 pm:

Roche Scientific Presentation

5:15 pm

Closing Remarks

Harvey George, Ph.D., Laboratory Director, TriMark Senior Associate

Registration