Point of Care/Critical Care Testing

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Friday, May 18, 2012
at
Holiday Inn Burbank Media Center
located at
150 East Angeleno Ave., Burbank, CA 91502
818-841-4770 

Overview:

The TriMark Point of Care Testing Conference 2012 has been organized to provide a critical examination of the POC industry as well as valuable insights from industry leaders concerning new POC technologies and their effects on laboratory practice. This conference will also provide a forum for leaders in the POC industry, laboratory directors, POC coordinators and technologists / practitioners to share ideas, network with other attendees and advance understanding of the impact that POC has on the delivery of medical care.

Speakers Include:

Dr. Marcia Zucker

Agenda:

8:00 – 9:00am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 9:10am: Welcoming and Introductory Remarks by Conference Chair: Joyce Kuhn, DLM (ASCP) CM, Senior Supervisor Core Laboratory, Dept. of Pathology, Montefiore The University Hospital For Albert Einstein College of Medicine

9:10 – 10:10am: Is There a New Monster in the Closet? Examining New Quality Control Regulations and Guidelines in Point of Care and Near Patient Testing. Changing CMS Regulations for Quality Control for POC Testing, Ginger Baker, MS, MT (AAB), Siemens Healthcare

10:10 – 11:10am: Cross-Contamination Risks at the Point of Care – Can They Be Addressed? Scott Sutton, PhD, The Microbiology Network, North Chili, NY

11:10 – 11:30am: Intermission – Coffee and Meet the Exhibitors

11:30 – 11:45am: pHOx Ultra Blood Gas Critical Care Analyzer, Ron Newby Director of Marketing, Nova Biomedical

11:45 – 12:00pm: PrecisionWeb® Point of Care Data Management System, Abbott Diabetes Care

12:00 – 1:00pm: Lunch and Networking

1:00 – 2:00pm: Using Liquid / Electronic / Alternate / Equivalent QC / IQCP for Quality Control in POCT. Where Do We Go from Here?, Marcia L. Zucker, PhD, ZIVD, LLC

2:00 – 3:00pm: Diagnostic Technologies at the Point of Care: Strategies for Rational Use, Utility for Blood Conservation and Prevention of Iatrogenic Anemia, Sharon Geaghan M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Chair, Pediatric Maternal-Fetal Division, American Association of Clinical Chemistry

3:00 – 3:15pm: Innovative Instrument Solutions for POC Testing, i-STAT Wireless and AQF, Felicia Bourke, Abbott Point of Care

3:15 – 3:45pm: Intermission – Coffee and Meet the Exhibitors

3:45 – 4:30pm:  Analytical Obstacles to Effective Bedside Glucose Testing, Ron Newby Director of Marketing, NOVA Biomedical

4:30 – 5:30pm: Statistics for POCT. What Do the Numbers Mean? Marcia L. Zucker, PhD, ZIVD, LLC

5:30pm: Closing Remarks by Conference Chair: Joyce Kuhn, MLC.

Note: There is no charge for hospital practitioners to register and attend. 

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