WCLN 2018 Regional Meetings (9/25)

Presenters:

• Allen Bateman, Ph.D., MPH, D(ABMM), Assistant Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
• 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
• Peter Shult, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH
• Alana Sterkel, Ph.D., SM(ASCP)^CM,Assistant Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
• Ann Valley, B.S., ARLN Coordinator
• David Warshauer. Ph.D., Virology Surveillance and Team Leader

Description:

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

This year’s meeting concludes our biosafety grant funding and it is now time to determine whether or not we’ve been successful in improving the culture of laboratory biosafety in WI. We will share the results of the risk assessment tools that were completed and returned to us. We will also discuss the importance of continual emergency preparedness and raise the question “What is the minimal level of preparedness that a laboratory is expected to maintain?” Updates to the Reportable Conditions List, the ARLN, and WSLH Surveillance are also on the agenda. We will round out the day with everyone’s favorite topic “Case Studies”.

We have structured the day so that our guests from infection prevention and local public health may choose to leave after lunch, when the presentations become more focused on laboratory issues.

Program Time Table

Begin time: 8:20 a.m. End time: 3:30 p.m. Break(s): 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch: 12:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Materials

• WCLN 2018 Regional Meeting Brochure