Agenda

8:00am

Registration

• Coffee and refreshments are available, at attendee expense, in the Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Cafeteria located directly across from the meeting room.

9:00am

Your First IQCP Inspection: CAP, CMS, COLA, and TJC Resources and Helpful Inspection Hints’

• Presented by Jane Smith, MS, MT(ASCP)SI, DLM,
  Technical Manager, Alere | Bio

• Sponsored by Alere Informatics

10:15am

Break - Visit the Vendors

10:30am

PCR Technology

• Presented by Raymond Hein, PhD,
  Principal Applications Scientist, Medical and Scientific
  Affairs (Roche) | Bio

• Sponsored by Steve Rogers, Roche Diagnostics

11:45am

Lunch - Visit the Vendors

• Lunch is available, at attendee expense, in the Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Cafeteria located directly across from the meeting room.

12:45pm

'You want me to do what?  With them?...

Exciting Opportunities Implementing POCT in an ER setting...'

• Presented by Karen Jenkins, MT(ASCP), POCC (AACC),
  Emory Midtown Hospital, Atlanta | Bio

• Sponsored by Belin Gonzalez, Pathfast

1:30pm

Roundtable / Open Forum:

• Bring your biggest topic or concern?

• Is it IQCP?

• Glucose meters for critically ill patients?

Break - Visit the Vendors

2:45pm

Next Steps for the LAPOCC...

• Nomination of Officers | Click here for and MS Word Ballot or PDF Ballot

• Our Tuesday, November 15 Webinar on:

  • "Keep Calm: It is Only a POC Test - Views on Point of Care Testing
    from a Nurse and Laboratorian", presented by Buffy Kelly, MT(ASCP)

3:30pm

Adjourn

Attendee RSVP

By Email:

Cathy Potier at Catherine.Potier@lourdesrmc.com

Vendor RSVP

By Email:

Cathy Potier at Catherine.Potier@lourdesrmc.com

Directions

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center

4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy

Lafayette, LA 70508 | Map

Smith

Jane Smith MS, MT(ASCP)SI, DLM received her BA in Medical Technology from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and received Master’s Degrees in Science Education and Environmental Engineering.  She worked as an Immunology supervisor for 30 years at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville before joining the Alere Clinical Immunology Group.  In 2011 she was one of the founding members of Alere Scientific Affairs where she now serves as a Technical Manager.   Jane has been active in volunteering nationwide for CAP inspections.  She also has volunteered on CLSI POCT04-A3 (Point of Care IVD Testing) and QMS03 (Training and Competence Assessment) documents.  Jane is currently directing a cross functional IQCP team to provide IQCP support materials for Alere products.

Hein

Dr. Raymond Hein joined Roche in June of 2011 after eight years in the Department of Molecular Diagnostics at Clinical Reference Laboratory (CRL). At CRL, he held many positions including Director of Forensic Services, Production Manager and most recently Senior Staff Scientist. Dr. Hein developed genetic marker assays specific for sports injuries, obesity, alcoholism, drug addiction and schizophrenia. He has also overseen drug development clinical trials and HLA genetic typing for organ transplant. Prior to joining CRL, Dr. Hein was a post-doctoral fellow in the Kidney Institute at the University Of Kansas Medical Center studying Polycystic Kidney Disease. He received his PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Kansas.

Jenkins

Karen Jenkins, MT(ASCP) is Point of Care Coordinator at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia. Karen manages the POCT program at Emory with a staff of 6 POCCs at Emory hospitals, clinics, and outpatient surgery centers, with tests that include glucose, ACT, ABG, H. pylori, Troponin, INR, and more. Karen is also the current Chair of the AACC Critical and Point of Care Testing Division.