Using Exercises to Help Prevent Bioterrorism Agent Exposures

Presenters:

• Eric Beck, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Technical Director of Microbiology, ACL Laboratories, West Allis, WI
• Erin Bowles, B.S., MT(ASCP), Clinical Laboratory Network Coordinator, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, WI
• Amanda Weiss, B.S., MT(ASCP), Program Coordinator, Proficiency Testing, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, WI

Description of Session:

All Sentinel Clinical Laboratories are encouraged to attend this webinar that highlights the importance of participation in rule-out bioterrorism agent exercises to help clinical laboratorians recognize potential bioterrorism agents and prevent laboratory exposures.  The speakers will share a case study and discuss which bioterrorism agents we’ve isolated in WI.   They will also talk through the thought process for completing proficiency exercises and provide some tips and information about the resources available to help laboratorians get the most benefit from participating in rule-out exercises.

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 webinar.

Please note that the deadline for receiving P.A.C.E. education credit for this webinar is December 5th, 2019.

Materials:

• Using Exercises to Help Prevent Bioterrorism Agent Exposures – Presentation
• Using Exercises to Help Prevent Bioterrorism Agent Exposures – Handouts
• WCLN Webinar – Using Exercises to Help Prevent Bioterrorism Agent Exposures