DAY 1
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Day 1 Sessions / Topics / Educational Courses
at Northeast Region Conference and Exhibition 12 APRIL
2011
Management
| WMD-Bioterrorism &
the Lab | Immunoassay
Forum |
Quality & Safety
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1 Lunch Sponsored by: |
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Management
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| Use of Middleware
to Enhance Auto Verification in Chemistry
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9:00-10:00AM |
| Bina Mepani |
Utilization Management
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11:00 - 12:00PM |
| Kent Lewandrowski |
| Laboratory Outreach |
2:00 - 3:00PM |
| Bruce Williams |
| Handling Stress in the Laboratory |
3:30 - 4:30PM |
| TBA |
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WMD-Bioterrorism and the Laboratory
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| WMD - Bioterrorism:
Overview |
9:00 - 10:00 AM |
| LTC Martin Spellacy, Commanding
Officer 1st Civil Support Team (WMD) |
Does
the Clinical Laboratory Need to be Prepared for
Weapons of Mass Destruction? |
11:00 - 12:00 PM |
| Mark D. Kellogg, PhD, MT(ASCP),
DABCC, FACB |
| Bioterrorism
Response Laboratory: Providing Training &
Testing Services to the Commonwealth |
2:00 - 3:00 PM |
| Cheryl Gauthier MA, MLS (ASCP)
Massachusetts Dept of Health |
Overview of the
MA National Guard's Civil
Support Team's Mobile Analytical Laboratory
(see
photo) |
3:30 - 4:30 PM |
CPT Matt Paquin Medical Operations
Officer & 2LT Caley Heckman, Science Officer
1st Civil Support Team (WMD) MA National Guard |
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Immunoassay Forum
(Final Program 31 Jan 2011)
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Company
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Speaker
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Topic
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Time Slot
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| Abbott |
Martin Kroll, MD
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ImmunoAssays on Architect Systems |
9:00-9:15 |
| Alere |
Matthew Carrier |
Standardizing Components of Immunoassays to
Increase Instrument Efficiency and Plate Utilization
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9:15-9:30 |
Awareness Technology
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Rob Guerin
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TBD |
9:30-9:45 |
| QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS |
9:45-10:00 |
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AM BREAK
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| The Binding Site Inc. |
Dr Richard O'Hara |
HevyliteTM: A New Marker for Diagnosis and Monitoring
of Multiple Myeloma |
11:00-11:15 |
bioMérieux Inc.
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Liz Martin
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Procalcitonin - A Rapid Biomarker for Sepsis
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11:15-11:30 |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories Clinical
Diagnostics Group |
Barbara Bartels MT(ASCP) SBB |
Consolidation of ImmunoAssay Testing on the
Bio-Rad Evolis™ |
11:30-11:45 |
| QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS |
11:45-12:00 |
| LUNCH |
Diamedix Corp.
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TBD |
TBD |
2:00-2:15 |
| DiaSorin Inc. |
Greta Schwichtenberg
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DiaSorin LIAISON Instrument Overview:
A Complete Panel of Specialty Assay Automation
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2:15-2:30 |
| Randox |
Dr Maurice Pelsers |
H-FABP; A Sensitive Marker for Myocardial Ischemia |
2:30-2:45 |
| QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS |
2:45-3:00 |
| PM BREAK |
| Roche Diagnostics |
Raj Patel |
Faulkner Hospital’s Experience Converting
to the Roche Cobas e 601 Immunoassay Analyzer
and ECL Reagents
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3:30-3:45 |
Siemens
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Joe Amoruso |
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics:
Flexibility and Innovation in Immunoassay Testing
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3:45-4:00 |
| Tosoh Bioscience Inc. |
Sharon Ditchl
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Tosoh’s Family of Automated Immunoassay
Analyzers
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4:00-4:15 |
| QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS |
4:15-4:30 |
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Quality & Safety
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| Care Transformation: CPOE and
its Impact on Laboratory Efficiency |
9:00 - 10:00 AM |
| Susan Kapatoes and Caitlin Lawrence
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| Professionals |
11:00 - 12:00 PM |
| Deb Low |
Implementation of an EHR: Burdens
and Benefits
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2:00 - 3:00 PM |
| Anne Ireland, RN, MSN,
AOCN |
| Phlebotomy Issues and the Laboratory |
3:30 - 4:30 PM |
| Nancy Flaherty |
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EVENING WINE AND CHEESE SOCIAL HOUR:
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A Free Wine and Cheese Social Hour will be
held Tuesday evening April 12th at 5PM in the Atrium.
All attendees are invited to this event.
Sponsored by
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Special
Evening Session:
The Analytical and Clinical Complexities of Measuring
hCG
Ann Gronowski, AACC President
Pre-registration required! Separate Registration
Fee includes Dinner: $35.
Sponsor: American Association of Clinical Chemistry
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DAY 2
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Day 2 Sessions / Topics / Educational Courses
at Northeast Region Conference and Exhibition
13 APRIL 2011
Management
| Point
of Care Testing | Patient
Care Potpourri | Quality
& Safety
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Day
2 Break Sponsored by:
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Management
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| Key Performance Indicators
for Laboratory Outreach Programs |
9:00-10:00 AM |
| Jane Hermansen |
| Managing Outreach Customer
Relationships |
11:00 - 12:00 PM |
| Jane Hermansen |
| Establishing a Lab Program
in Haiti Post-Disaster |
2:00 - 3:00 PM |
| Carla Orner |
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HANDOUTS (IF AVAILABLE) ARE LISTED ADJACENT
TO THE SPEAKER NAME. [ADOBE PDF FORMAT]
ALL HANDOUTS ARE COPYRIGHT ©
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Point of
Care Testing
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| Meeting Medical Needs with
Point of Care Testing |
9:00 - 10:00 AM |
| James Nichols, Ph.D. |
Micro Goes Molecular; An
Xpert® Solution to Management of HAI
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11:00 - 12:00 PM |
| Andrea M Pierce,
Ph.D. |
| Point-of-care
Device for the Quantitative and Sensitive
Determination of Proteins in Whole Blood |
2:00 - 3:00 PM |
| Vincent Linder,
Ph.D. |
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Patient Care Potpourri
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| Prostate Cancer Screening
Today: Do We Need Better Markers? |
9:00 - 10:00 AM |
| Vernon Mustoe, PhD, MT (ASCP)
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| Tracking the Cost of Poor
Quality and Errors in Preanalytical Processes:
Proven Steps Labs Can Use to Boost Patient
Outcomes |
11:00 - 12:00PM |
| Sol F. Green, Ph.D., FACB
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| Pain Management |
2:00 - 3:00 PM |
| Lynn Cheryk, Ph.D. |
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Quality &
Safety
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Lean Lab Journey - An Overview
of Lean Principles and Structuring of a
Lean Project to Maximize Resources and the
Lab’s Potential
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9:00 - 10:00 AM |
| Todd Failing |
| New Predictive Tests to
Guide Treatment of Solid Tumors |
11:00 - 12:00PM |
| T. Scott Reid,
PhD, MBA |
| Quality as a Systems
Property |
2:00 - 3:00 PM
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| Bonnie Messinger
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