Point of Care/Critical Care Testing 8: New Instrumentation and Management of Patient Results

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Monday, June 4, 2012
at 
The Lantana Conference Center
Normandy Room
located at
43 Scanlon Drive, Randolf, Massachusetts 
(15 minutes from Boston)

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 the effecst on laboratory practice.  This conference will also provide a forum for leaders in the POC industry, laboratory directors, POC coordinators, and technologists/practioners to share ideas, network with other attendees and advance their understanding of the impact that POC has on the delivery of medical care.

Speakers Include:

Dr. Harvey George		Dr. Marcia Zucker		Dr. Jim Nichols
Dr. Kent Lewandrowski

Agenda:

7:30 – 8:20am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:20 – 8:30am: Welcoming and Introductory Remarks by Conference Chair: Harvey George, PhD, DABACC, FACB, Laboratory Director, Calloway Labs

8:30 – 9:30am: How Do I? Resources for Point of Care Testing, Marcia L. Zucker, PhD, ZIVD, LLC

9:30 – 10:30am: Cross Contamination Risks at the Point of Care – Can They Be Addressed? Scott Sutton, PhD, The Microbiology Network, North Chili, NY

10:30 – 10:50am: Intermission – Coffee and Meet the Exhibitors

10:50 – 11:05am: PhOx Ultra Blood Gas Critical Care Analyzer, Ron Newby, Director of Marketing, Nova Biomedical

11:05 – 11:20am: Precision Web® Point of Care Data Management System, Abbott Diabetes Care

11:20 – 11:35am: Innovative Instrument Solutions for POC Testing, I-STAT Wireless and AQF, Felicia Bourke, Abbott Point of Care

11:35 – 11:50am: Roche Commercial Presentation

11:50 – 12:50pm: Lunch and Networking

12:50 – 1:50pm: The Effect that Cardiac Markers and other POC Testing Has on Improving Patient Outcomes, Kent Lewandrowski, MD, Medical Director POC Testing, Massachusetts General Hospital

1:50 – 2:50pm: Achieving Quality at the POC, Including Connectivity and the Latest CLSI Guidelines, as well as the NACB Practice Guidelines and Some Practical Tips, James H. Nichols, PhD, DABCC, FACB, Medical Director Clinical Chemistry, Baystate Health, Professor Pathology Tufts Univ. School of Medicine

2:50 – 3:15pm: Intermission – Coffee and Meet the Exhibitors

3:15 – 4:15pm: Point of Care Testing in a Regional Hospital: Secret Tips for Success, Buffy Kelly, MT, Point of Care Supervisor, Wyoming Central Hospital

4:15 – 5:15pm: POC is the Next Department to be Inspected by CLIA, CAP, TJC Team. As the POC Coordinator, Are You Ready? Harvey George, PhD, DABACC, FACB, Laboratory Director, Calloway Labs

5:15pm: Closing Remarks by Conference Chair, Harvey George, PhD, DABCC, FACB

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

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