Point of Care/Critical Care Testing 9: New Instrumentation and Management of Patient Results

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Monday, September 24, 2012
at 
The Holy Name Medical Center
located at
718 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, New Jersey

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. Harvey George		Dr. Marcia Zucker

Agenda:

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

9:00 – 9:10am: Welcoming and Introductory Remarks by Conference Chair: Ingo Kampa, PhD, K&K Consulting, AACC New Jersey Section Chair

9:10 – 10:10am: How Do I? Resources for Point of Care Testing Marcia L. Zucker, PhD, ZIVD, LLC

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: NOVA Commercial Presentation

11:45 – 12:00pm: Abbott Diabetes Care Commercial Presentation

12:00 – 1:00pm: Lunch and Networking

1:00 – 1:15pm: Roche Commercial Presentation

1:15 – 2:15pm: Achieving Quality at the “Point of Care”, Including Connectivity, the latest CLSI Guidelines, as well as the NACB Practice Guidelines and some Practical Tips. James H. Nichols, PhD, DABCC, FACB, Medical Director Clin. Chem, Bay State Health, Professor Pathology Tufts Univ. School of Medicine

2:15 – 3:15pm: The Effect of Cardiac Markers and other POC Testing has on Improving Patient Outcomes Kent Lewandrowski, MD, Med. Dir POC Testing Mass General Hospital

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

3:45 – 4:45pm: POC is the Next Department to be Inspected by CLIA, CAP, TJC team. As the POC “Coordinator, are You Ready? Learn how to pass your clinical laboratory inspection. Harvey George, PhD, DABACC, FACB, Laboratory Director, Calloway Labs

4:45 – 5:00pm: Enhancement/Changes to the CAP Check List. Harvey George, PhD, DABACC, FACB, Laboratory Director, Calloway Labs

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

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