SAVE THE DATES!

Our 16th 2018 Annual Meeting
and Vendor Fair will be

September 27-28

 


 

Sheraton Uptown, Albuquerque, NM

2600 Louisiana Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110

 


 

Thursday

September 27 PM

Friday

September 28 AM

Friday

September 28 PM

 

Registration Hotel

 


 

Preliminary Conference Agenda

 

Titles of presentations will be added as we receive PACE speaker forms.

Specific presentations and the order may change!

 

Thursday, September 27, 2018 | PM Session

 

12:30pm

Registration – walks in accepted - Includes a treat bag per registrant

1:00pm

“Don’t Take the Antibiotic!  You Might Get. . .Fat? 

The Science of Healthy Microbiome” 

Norm Moore, PhD, Abbott Scientific Affairs; Sponsored: Abbott POC

2:00pm

‘Is your competency assessment really an assessment’

Jean Ball, MT(ASCP)  Sponsored: CAP

3:00pm

“…And the Study ‘Showed Transcription Errors & Failure to Document Patient Results’, Oh no!”

Peggy Mann, UTMB, Galveston, TX

3:15pm

New POCT Test Requests

Kathleen David, TriCore Reference Labs

4:15pm

Happy Hour with Vendors (Raffle tickets distributed by vendors at their tables)

6:00pm

Dinner Social @ Garduno’s Mexican Restaurant

Buffet includes vendors & guests (RSVP required; ticketed item)

 

Friday, September 28, 2018 | AM Session

 

7:30am

Registration: Walk ins accepted; no discounted fee for ‘only Friday

Board huddle: debrief day 1 and dinner; pending issues for day 2

Breakfast for all participants

8:00am

General Membership Meeting/election/award(s)

8:45am

ABG analysis and interpretation

Jim Aguanno, PhD

Sponsored: Siemens

9:45am

POC drug testing

Dr. Crossey

TriCore Labs

10:45am

Morning Break – Industry Vendor Visits

11:10am

Raffle drawing & resume program

11:15am

Glucose meter infection control initiatives

Dana Neverdousky

TriCore Labs

11:30am

‘To cal ver or not to cal ver’

Steven Lee, MT(ASCP)

Parkland/Dallas

 

Friday, September 28, 2018 | PM Session

 

12:00pm

Lunch & Vendor Time

12:55pm

Raffle drawing and resume program

1:00pm

Topic TBD

Dr. Monique Dodd

Tricore Labs

2:00pm

Lactate testing related to sepsis treatment

Jim Aguanno, PhD

Sponsored by Siemens

3:00pm

Inspection/Accreditation Deficiency Woes and how to deal with them

Karalee Quig, MT(ASCP)

St. Joseph Hosp, Denver, CO

3:30pm

Snacks and Sharing

Have a snack & beverage at our table chats facilitated by our Board Members; discussion and sharing on topics to be listed

 

Examples of Board Members and preliminary topics include:

  • Kathleen David: Evaluating and implementing new testing

  • Charlie Bismark: Using a POC device  off of the intended use – the things you need to do to survive.

  • Karalee Quig: Training focusing on large groups of POC Operators

  • Sid Strey: "Point of Care Testing at Home". 

  • Peggy Mann: Match means (strategies, tools) in order to meet training objectives

  • Steven Lee: Cal Ver, do you dare (not do it)?

  • TBD: The sticky wicket of competency assessment observation – who and when?

4:25pm

Last door prize drawing/close of the fall annual meeting

 

Registration

Vendors

Hotel

Word | PDF

Vendor Sponsorship   Word | PDF

Vendor Registration  Word | PDF

Sheraton Uptown

Call 1.800.325.3535 ask for the Southwest User Group rate or visit the Sheraton Uptown website

 



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