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WCLN 2017 Regional Meetings (9/27)

Name: WCLN 2017 Regional Meetings (9/27)
Start: 2017-09-27T08:20:00-05:00
End: 2017-09-27T15:30:00-05:00
Location: Turtleback Golf, Dining & Conference Center

September 27, 2017 @ 8:20 am - 3:30 pm

Presenters:

Erin Bowles, B.S., MT (ASCP), Laboratory Network Coordinator & Biosafety Officer, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH
Richard Dern, M.S., RM(AMM), M(ASCP), Biosafety Officer, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH
Erik Reisdorf, M.P.H, Virology Surveillance and Team Leader
Peter Shult, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH
Ann Valley, B.S., ARLN Coordinator

Description:

This one-day meeting presented by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) offers clinical and public health laboratorians, infection preventionists and public health officers the chance to strengthen their relationships through networking and discussions of relevant laboratory issues.

This year’s meeting is the 3^rd and final year focused on improving laboratory biosafety and biosecurity. We will roll out a revised risk assessment tool that will be utilized to analyze our progress on improving the culture of biosafety in WI laboratories. We will also discuss the importance of incorporating a biosafety plan into laboratory safety. We will provide updates on the impact of the ARLN, influenza, enteric pathogen, etc. surveillance programs. Other topics that will round out the day are a discussion of strategies for Clostridium difficile testing and case studies.

A certificate of participation will be granted to each participant based on 5.5 contact hours of instruction toward credit.
This program is co-sponsored by ASCLS-WI which is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. program.

As part of the new P.A.C.E. continuing education process, please go to the ASCLS CE Organizer web site to print your P.A.C.E. certificates. You will be asked for a code number to print the certificate. We will provide you this number during the workshop.
Please note that application for P.A.C.E. education credit must be received within one month of the workshop. P.A.C.E. credit will not be available to those who leave before the end of the meeting.