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NERCE

Northeast Region Conference and Exhibition 2010

NERCE is a CLAS AACC CLMA co-located annual regional meeting.

Tracks: DAY1 - Management | Changes in Testing | Laboratory Outreach | Emerging Technologies

Tracks: DAY2 - Management | Changes in Testing | Laboratory Outreach | Emerging Technologies

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DAY 1: Management

99th Percentile Organizations Have 99th Percentile Leaders 9:00-10:00AM
Bob Page
The LEAN Experience 11:00 - 12:00PM
JoAnn Hegarty
The Culturally Diverse Workplace: How to Integrat, Mento and , Retain your Employees 2:00 - 3:00PM
Ana Hooker, MBA, MT(ASCP)
Calibration/Verification Linearity - Understanding the Impact on Quality Results
3:30 - 4:30PM
John Nagle, PhD

Changes in Testing

What you need to know to protect yourself from MRSA:MRSA and Clostridium difficile in the Health Care Setting- 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Andrea Pierce, Ph.D.
My Lab is Going to the Dogs...and Cats Too!
11:00 - 12:00 PM
Dan French
BNP versus pro-BNP
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Martin Kroll
Update on Diabetes Markers
3:30 - 4:30 PM
David Sacks, MD

Laboratory Outreach

Laboratory Outreach 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Dr Lewandrowski
Laboratory Outreach Programs:
To do or Not To Do, That is the Question!
11:00 - 12:00PM
Dr. Barbara Goldsmith, Ph. D. PRESIDENT AACC
Laboratory Billing Compliance -
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Donna MacMillan
Electronic data transfer for hospital lab outreach programs
3:30 - 4:30 PM
-TBA

Emerging Technologies

Validating Gene Expression Profiles in Circulating Tumor Cells from Patients with Prostate Cancer
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Martin Fleisher, Ph.D. PAST PRESIDENT CLAS
The BioMark™ System: A Unique, Next Gen Real-Time qPCR Platform Technology by Fluidigm
11:00 - 12:00 PM
Grace H. Johnston, M.S. | Download Handout
RNA measument in cancer tissues using new technology-
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Bruce Seligmann, Ph.D.
Multiplex Testing in Clinical Laboratory using Electro Chemiluminescence
3:30 - 4:30 PM
-TBA

Workshops

CLIA Update
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Charles Reynolds
The Joint Commission Laboratory Accreditation Program Update
11:00 - 12:00 PM
Margaret Peck, MS, MT (ASCP)
CAP Updates - What's New in LAP
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Joan Rose, MT(ASCP)SH
COLA Update
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Irwin Z Rothenberg, MBA, MS, MT(ASCP)

DAY 2: Management

Infection Control: Laboratories Take the Lead in Meeting Patient Safety Goals, Maintaining Joint Commission Compliance, and Ensuring Patient Care Reimbursement. 9:00-10:00 AM
Alexis Ciro and Michael Konevich
Clinical Management of Diabetes
11:00 - 12:00 PM
Rajesh K Garg, MD
Developing Management Competencies and Integrating Management Skills Across the Lab
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Mary Ellen Cortizas, JD
Keep Your Staff Up and Running---A Maintenance Guide 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Martha Cassada, MS, CLD(NCA), MT(ASCP)

Changes in Testing

Integrating HIV testing in routine care
9:00 - 10:00 AM
-TBA
Integrating HPV Testing in Routine Care
11:00 - 12:00 PM
-Gyorgy Abel, MD
Changes in BB Practices 2:00 - 3:00 PM
-Dorothy Bergeron
Molecular Diagnostics: Assay Development and Implemention
3:30 - 4:30 PM
John Greg Howe, PhD

Laboratory Outreach

Strategies for Protecting and Growing Strategic Accounts 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Don Flott
LCMS Talk on Pain Management 11:00 - 12:00PM
Susan M. DiPietro
Laboratory Management of Antiplatelet Therapy 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Jackie Coleman, Ph.D.
Does Your Outreach Program Have a Strategy for Protecting Its Key Accounts?
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Don Flott

Emerging Technologies

VitD and Testosterone Measured by Mass Spec 9:00 - 10:00 AM
MP George, PhD
Overview of Cardiac Imaging 11:00 - 12:00PM
Raymond Kwong, MD
Biochip Array Technology - Research Applications 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Rajneesh Marthur, PhD
Serum Free Light Chain Analysis:
A Key Component of Diagnosis, Prognosis and
Monitoring Patients with Monoclonal Gammopathies
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Richard M O'Hara, Jr., PhD

Workshops

Phlebotomy Overview, with Focus on Difficulty Draws 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Leslie S. Magee, MBA, M.T. (ASCP)
Managing Preanalytical Variables 11:00 - 12:00 PM
Leslie S. Magee, MBA, M.T. (ASCP)
25 Mistakes Phlebotomist Make 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Nancy Erickson, PBT(ASCP)
How to Avoid a Lawsuit 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Nancy Erickson, PBT(ASCP)

CLAS New England Meeting of the Membership:

Clinical Ligand Assay Society meeting of the membership for the New England Chapter is held in conjunction with the Northeast Region Conference and Exhibition, NERCE.
It will be held April 15 2009 at 12:00 Noon at the CLAS Exhibit Booth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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