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CONFERENCES

June 16, New York, NY, and June 17, Orlando, FL. “Bedside Glucose Testing: Delivering a New Standard of Care” seminars will examine the causes and consequences of glucose and ketone alterations in hospitalized patients, glucose control in the ICU, detection and prevention of ketosis and DKA crises. The seminar, course materials, refreshments, and lunch are free. For information and registration, visit www.novabiomedical.com/glusem.htm or call 800-458-5813.

July 18. Reducing Laboratory Quackery and Other Forms of Unnecessary Laboratory Testing” will take place at 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the 14th Annual Management Sciences Division Leadership Seminar at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. $20 fee includes dinner followed by awards presentation and scientific session. Register at www.aacc.org/events/meetings/Pages/AM09_MGMT.aspx.

July 21-25. The 2009 ASCLS Annual Meeting will take place at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel, while the AACC/ASCLS Clinical Lab Expo will take place July 21-23 at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center with more than 600 companies displaying their products and services. Individuals registered for the full ASCLS Annual Meeting can attend regular sessions of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry at no charge. Go to www.ascls.org/conferences/2009AM.

August 10-12. “The Next Generation Dx Summit,” which will be held at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC, covers enabling point-of-care diagnostics, trends in cancer diagnostics, clinical adoption of next-generation diagnostics, and molecular diagnostics for infectious disease. Go to www.nextgenerationdx.com.

August 11-12. “Molecular Diagnostics for Infectious Disease” will take place at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC, offering insight into how molecular technologies are advancing the development of clinically useful diagnostic tests for infectious diseases in humans, animals, and plants, in developed and developing worlds. For more information, contact VP-Production Edel O’Regan at 781-972-5423 or e-mail eoregan@healthtech.com.

August 19-20. The International Swine Flu Summit in Washington, DC, will feature scientists, public health officials, law enforcers, first responders, and other experts to discuss pandemic prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. Attendees will learn how to create business continuity plans to prepare for, respond to, and survive a pandemic. Visit http://new-fields.com/ISFC.

Sept. 23-24. Beaumont Hospital’s 18th annual Symposium on “Clinical Applications in Genomic Medicine,” which will be held at the Somerset Inn, Troy, MI, includes a special session on molecular oncology. Visit www.beaumont.edu/dnasymposium.

September 29-30. “Lab Quality Confab" at the Atlanta Hilton is dedicated to advancing the knowledge, skills, and effectiveness of quality management practitioners in diagnostic medicine, with various programs on quality management techniques such as LEAN, Six Sigma, and ISO 15189. Go to www.labqualityconfab.com.

October 1-2. “Molecular Pathology Essentials: Diagnosis and Targeted Therapy” at the Hotel Scandic Copenhagen, Denmark, includes topics such as molecular diagnostic testing for genetic disorders, various cancers, complex diseases, hemoglobinopathies, pharmacogenetics, laboratory management, regulations, and a look at the future of molecular testing. Visit www.aacc.org/events/meetings

October 24-27. AABB’s Annual Meeting and TXPO 2009 for transfusion and cellular-therapy professionals will take place at the New Orleans Convention Center. The event will feature 130 educational sessions and nearly 200 exhibitors. Go to www.aabb.org for more information

October 29-30. Join top experts at “Lab Automation: Finding the Right Fit for Your Lab” at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City for tips and strategies for lab automation projects, and tours of the ARUP automated laboratories. Visit www.aacc.org events/meetings.

WEBINARS

June 17, 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EST “Time Laboratory QC: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice.” Improving QC practices could be the best strategy for helping cut costs in the long run. Register at www.aacc.org/events/meetings.

June 17, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. CST. “Journey to 15189: Piedmont Medical Laboratories – A Customer Perspective Guest.” See quality and efficiency improvements as a result of implementing ISO 15189. For more information, visit www.cap.org.

June 24, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. EST “Weathering the Storm: Surviving and Succeeding in Today's Economy.” Learn Strategies for managing revenue cycles and supply chains that will help reduce spending and preserve margins. Go to www.aacc.org/events/meetings.

July 15, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. CST “Quality Management Systems in the Laboratory – Creating a Culture of Quality and Sustainability.” Gain a better understanding of critical attributes of a QMS, implementation phases in building a QMS, and key requirements from the ISO 15189 standard. For more information, visit www.cap.org.

September 16, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. CST “Panel Discussion: Opportunities and Pitfalls of Implementing a QMS from Early Adopters.” Gain firsthand experience from a panel of CAP 15189 early adopters. For more information, visit www.cap.org.

AUDIO CONFERENCES

“How to Achieve Cost Savings for Your Lab by Analyzing Test Utilization Patterns” describes how laboratories can save shave hundreds of thousands of dollars every year by identifying and eliminating expensive tests that are of little to no clinical value. Visit www.g2reports.com/audioconferences/1089.html.

Learn how to start up and operate a molecular diagnostics lab with “Molecular 101: Starting Up and Running a Molecular Lab — Workshop DVD.” Go to www.g2reports.com/issues/RECORD/1620285-1.html.

TELECONFERENCES

June 18, 1:00 p.m-2:00 p.m. EST “Objective Decisions: Verify and Validate Laboratory Testing.” Visit www.aphl.org/clsi.

September 17, 1:00 p.m-2:00 p.m EST “Real-life Competency Assessment and Training Strategies That Work.” Visit www.aphl.org/clsi.

September 24, 1:00 p.m-2:00 p.m EST “Bad Bugs Need Drugs: Challenges of AST for Staphylococcus (MS05).” Visit www.aphl.org/clsi.