Join us on Friday November 2, 2007

in Minneapolis at the Allina Commons
 

Agenda RSVP Vendors Directions Parking Hotel


 

Midtown Exchange Building
2925 Chicago Avenue. Minneapolis, MN 55407-1321

 

The meeting will be hosted by.

 

Agenda

8:15am-8:45am

Registration, Continental breakfast

8:45am-9:00am

Welcome

9:00am-10:15am

“Leadership 101 for POCCs” Marcy Anderson MS MT (ASCP), Product manager RALS-Medical Automation Systems

10:15am-10:30am

Break

10:30am-11:45am

“Preparing for Your CAP Point of Care Inspection” Susan Donatell, MT (ASCP), CLS (NCA), CAP Inspection Specialist

11:45am-1:45pm

Lunch, Networking and Vendor Fair

1:45pm-2:15pm

Roundtable #1 - entire group

“Point of Care Regulatory Issues”

2:20pm-2:45pm

2:45pm-3:00pm Break

3:00pm -3:25pm

Roundtables

#1 – Point of Care QA/QI

#2 – Point of Care Training and Competency

We will split into 2 groups for these roundtables so all will have a chance to discus and share.  We have many experienced and knowledgeable participants in our group.  Please be prepared for lively discussions!  May I suggest that bringing any procedures, QA/QI ideas, forms training or competency examples that you would like to share with the discussion groups.  POCT is a continuously growing and ever changing field that merits special attention.  We all have areas of POC expertise and POC knowledge needs.  This is our chance for all of us to learn from each other and develop POC contacts when in the future we may need to tap another’s expertise or experience. 

3:25pm-3:45pm

Roundtable Reports

3:45pm-4:00pm

Closing – Next Meeting Host Discussion

RSVP by October 22, 2007

Lynn McDonald, Point of Care Testing

Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Minneapolis, MN

lynn.mcdonald@allina.com

612-863-7509

Vendors
Click here to access an Application to Exhibit Form

Directions Allina Commons Midtown Exchange Bldg

Parking

Allina Commons at Midtown Exchange

Parking and Logistics – the midtown Exchange ramp is equipped with an automated payment system.  There is no parking attendant at ramp entrances or exits.

 

Parking for Allina Attendees

 

  • Access the parking ramp from either 10th or 11th Avenues South

  • Park in the Short Term parking area

  • Pull a ticket to enter the ramp

  • Bring the ticket with you; do not leave it in your car.

  • Present your Allina photo ID badge and the ticket to the Allina Commons Welcome/Security desk to have the parking ticket validated.

  • To exit the ramp, insert the validated parking ticket into the machine at the ramp gate.

 

Parking for Non-Allina Attendees (Allina Medical laboratories will Sponsor parking for all non-Vendors attending the meeting – Please note that you must be pre-registered for the meeting for free parking)

  • Access the parking ramp from either 10th or 11th Avenues South

  • Park in the Short Term Parking area.

  • Pull a ticket to enter the ramp.

  • Bring the ticket with you do not leave it in your car.

  • An additional green-pre-validated ticket will be distributed at the registration desk.  Both parking tickets are needed to exit the ramp.

  • To exit the ramp, insert the white ramp ticket first, followed by the green ticket, into the machine at the ramp gate.

Vendor parking

  • Access the parking ramp from either 10th or 11th Avenues South.

  • Park in the Short term parking area.

  • Bring the ticket with you; do not leave it in your car.

  • Upon leaving the Midtown Exchange or ramp elevator lobby and before entering your vehicle, you must insert your parking ticket into the “pay-as-you-go” machine to determine the fee owed. 

  • You may pay for parking with cash or credit card, after which the machine returns the ticket marked “receipt paid”. 

  • To exit ramp, insert the receipt into the machine at the ramp gate

Hotels

Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown Hotel

Reservations (800) 325-3535

2901 Chicago Ave South

Minneapolis, MN 55407

  • Located next to the Midtown exchange Building and connected via tunnel

  • The Midtown Exchange Bldg is located just minutes from downtown Minneapolis, the MSP Airport and the Mall of America.

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