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WCLN: Microbiology Testing in the Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infections

December 9, 2013 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Presenter:

  • Raymond Podzorski, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Clinical Microbiologist, Department of Pathology, ProHealth Care Laboratories – Waukesha Memorial Hospital

Description:

This audio conference with cover the basic microbiology procedures used to help in the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections.  Areas covered will be organisms commonly associated with prosthetic joint infections, specimen collection and transport, Gram stain methodology, and culture parameters and interpretation.

A certificate of participation will be granted to each participant based on 1.0 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 teleconference.

Please note that the deadline for receiving P.A.C.E. education credit for this teleconference is December 9, 2014.

 

Materials:

Presentation (Powerpoint, 4.5 MB)

Handout (PDF, 2 MB)

PACE Evaluation Form (Word DOC)

Details

Date:
December 9, 2013
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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