Time & Location
Mar 08, 2019, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Lubbock, Texas, 3601 4th St, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
About The Event
Wound Workup & MALDI Workflow, Emerging Pathogens & Biothreat Organism ID Wet Workshop
Location: Texas Tech Health Science Center, Room HSC 1C125B (First floor, C Pod, Room 125B)
Parking: Free in Visitor Lots in both the HSC and UMC lots
Speakers: Cynthia Reinoso Webb, PhD, M(ASCP); Abby Hoffman, MS; Gillian Blackwell, BSN, RN, CIC
Sponsors: Texas Tech University and Bruker
SWACM Coordinator: Alanna Emrick - alanna.emrick@umchealthsystem.com
Lunch will be provided.
***Non-member registration includes a 2019 membership.***
SCHEDULE
8:00-8:45 Onsite Registration (no cards accepted – Cash or Check ONLY)
8:45-9:00 Introduction & Housekeeping
9:00-10:30 Wound Workup & MALDI Workflow
10:30-10:45 BREAK – Sponsored by Texas Tech Bioterrorism Response Laboratory
10:45-11:45 Emerging Infections In Our Region
11:45-12:45 LUNCH and presentation – Sponsored by Bruker
12:45-4:45 Biothreat Organism Identification Wet Workshop (HANDS-ON)
4:45-5:00 Closing Statements
OBJECTIVES
1. Recognize the importance of specimen collection and transport on the reliability of wound culture results.
2. Integrate MALDI-TOF identification in to current workflows to enhance antimicrobial stewardship
3. Describe the clinical significance of detecting antimicrobial resistance
4. Explain the significance of mechanisms of resistance
5. Discuss the clinical laboratorian’s role in the presumptive identification of potential bioterrorism organisms (Rule out/Refer)
6. Describe the laboratory characteristics of the most likely organisms to be involved in bioterrorism event
P.A.C.E®
SWACM is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Completion of this program will provide 6.5 contact hours of continuing education. SWACM programs are approved for the California-licensed clinical laboratory scientists and personnel. The instructional level of this program is intermediate.
SPEAKERS
Taylor Johnson MLS(ASCP)
Microbiology Manager
Midland Memorial Hospital
Gillian Blackwell, BSN, RN, CIC
HAI Epidemiologist, Region I
Texas Department of State Health Services
Abby Hoffman, M.S.
APHL-CDC Antimicrobial Resistance Fellow
Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network
Texas Department of State Health Services
Cynthia Reinoso Webb, Ph.D., M(ASCP)
Biothreat Coordinator
Texas Tech Bioterrorism Response Laboratory
Laboratory Response Network-B
Tickets
Price
Quantity
Total
Member Registration
$25.00
$25.00
0$0.00
Non-Member Registration
$45.00
Includes 2019 SWACM membership
$45.00
0$0.00
Total
$0.00