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,
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 |
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