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SUMMARY:WCLN 2023 Regional Meetings (9/13)
DESCRIPTION:2023 WCLN Regional Meetings – “The WCLN Joins Harry Potter at Hogwarts”\n  \nPresenters:\n\nAllen Bateman\, PhD\, D(ABMM)\, MPH\, Director\, Communicable Disease Division\, WSLH\, UW-Madison\nErin Bowles\, BS\, MT(ASCP)\, Clinical Laboratory Network Coordinator\, Communicable Disease Division\, WSLH\, UW-Madison\nMegan Lasure\, MPH\, Epidemiologist\, Communicable Disease Division\, WSLH\, UW-Madison\nCaroline Mohr\, MPH\, Hepatitis C Surveillance Specialist\, Bureau of Communicable Diseases\, Division of Public Health\, Wisconsin Department of Health Services\nAlana Sterkel\, PhD\, D(ABMM)\, SM(ASCP)CM\, Associate Director\, Communicable Disease Division\, WSLH\, UW-Madison\n\nDescription:\nThese three one-day regional meetings presented by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) offer clinical and public health laboratorians\, infection preventionists\, and state and local public health representatives the chance to strengthen their relationships through networking and discussions on relevant laboratory issues. \nJoin us as we discuss pathogens and events that are impacting the laboratory and our communities. We will provide a review of what we found and learned from our 2022-2023 WSLH surveillance program. We will share how the rapid integration of sequencing technologies in public health laboratories is benefiting public health. We will share new recommended strategies for testing and combating Hepatitis C infections. You will be updated on our battle against antibiotic resistance in WI. You will learn more about the pathogens that have kept us busy this past year and which ones we are watching as the possible next threat to public health. We will discuss how the taxonomic name change of Ochrobactrum to Brucella impacts rule-out testing for possible bio-threat agents. We will provide some interesting case-studies and will wrap up the day with a panel discussion and provide some tools to help laboratories implement accepted revisions to breakpoints. \nA certificate of participation will be granted to each participant based on 6.0 contact hours of instruction toward credit. \nThis program is sponsored by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene which is an approved provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. program. \nTo obtain your P.A.C.E. certificate\, please go to the ASCLS CE Organizer web site to print your certificate.  You will be asked for a code number to print the certificate.  The code number will be provided in the recordings for both the morning and afternoon sessions.  You must listen to the entire morning and/or afternoon session to apply for P.A.C.E. credit.  The deadline to receive P.A.C.E. credit is September 19\, 2024. \n  \nProgram Time Table\nBegin time: 8:00 a.m. End time: 3:30 p.m. Break(s): 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch: 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.\n \nMaterials\n\n WCLN 2023 Regional Meeting Brochure\n 2023 RM Agenda\n WCLN Regional Meeting Madison AM Presentation\n 1 – The Sorting Hat Makes Sense of Data\n 2 – Lessons in Transfiguration\n 3 – The Auror’s Watch final\n 4 – A Quidditch Match – WCLN vs Hepatitis\n 5 – Battling the Dementors\n WCLN Regional Meeting Madison PM Presentation\n 6 – EO Solving the Clues for the Triwizard Tournament\n 6 – KK Solving the Clues for the Triwizard Tounament\n 7 – Lessons in Defense Against the Dark Arts\n 8 – Preparing for the Ministry of Magic Regulations Combined
URL:https://www.slh.wisc.edu/event/wcln-2023-regional-meetings-9-13/
LOCATION:The Grand Meridian\, 2621 N. Oneida St.\, Appleton\, WI\, 54911\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past WSLH Sponsored Events,WCLN Regional Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230914T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230914T153000
DTSTAMP:20260405T153327
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231101T145457Z
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SUMMARY:WCLN 2023 Regional Meetings (9/14)
DESCRIPTION:2023 WCLN Regional Meetings – “The WCLN Joins Harry Potter at Hogwarts”\n  \nPresenters:\n\nAllen Bateman\, PhD\, D(ABMM)\, MPH\, Director\, Communicable Disease Division\, WSLH\, UW-Madison\nErin Bowles\, BS\, MT(ASCP)\, Clinical Laboratory Network Coordinator\, Communicable Disease Division\, WSLH\, UW-Madison\nMegan Lasure\, MPH\, Epidemiologist\, Communicable Disease Division\, WSLH\, UW-Madison\nCaroline Mohr\, MPH\, Hepatitis C Surveillance Specialist\, Bureau of Communicable Diseases\, Division of Public Health\, Wisconsin Department of Health Services\nAlana Sterkel\, PhD\, D(ABMM)\, SM(ASCP)CM\, Associate Director\, Communicable Disease Division\, WSLH\, UW-Madison\n\nDescription:\nThese three one-day regional meetings presented by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) offer clinical and public health laboratorians\, infection preventionists\, and state and local public health representatives the chance to strengthen their relationships through networking and discussions on relevant laboratory issues. \nJoin us as we discuss pathogens and events that are impacting the laboratory and our communities. We will provide a review of what we found and learned from our 2022-2023 WSLH surveillance program. We will share how the rapid integration of sequencing technologies in public health laboratories is benefiting public health. We will share new recommended strategies for testing and combating Hepatitis C infections. You will be updated on our battle against antibiotic resistance in WI. You will learn more about the pathogens that have kept us busy this past year and which ones we are watching as the possible next threat to public health. We will discuss how the taxonomic name change of Ochrobactrum to Brucella impacts rule-out testing for possible bio-threat agents. We will provide some interesting case-studies and will wrap up the day with a panel discussion and provide some tools to help laboratories implement accepted revisions to breakpoints. \nA certificate of participation will be granted to each participant based on 6.0 contact hours of instruction toward credit. \nThis program is sponsored by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene which is an approved provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. program. \nTo obtain your P.A.C.E. certificate\, please go to the ASCLS CE Organizer web site to print your certificate.  You will be asked for a code number to print the certificate.  The code number will be provided in the recordings for both the morning and afternoon sessions.  You must listen to the entire morning and/or afternoon session to apply for P.A.C.E. credit.  The deadline to receive P.A.C.E. credit is September 19\, 2024. \n  \nProgram Time Table\nBegin time: 8:00 a.m. End time: 3:30 p.m. Break(s): 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch: 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.\n \nMaterials\n\n WCLN 2023 Regional Meeting Brochure\n 2023 RM Agenda\n WCLN Regional Meeting Madison AM Presentation\n 1 – The Sorting Hat Makes Sense of Data\n 2 – Lessons in Transfiguration\n 3 – The Auror’s Watch final\n 4 – A Quidditch Match – WCLN vs Hepatitis\n 5 – Battling the Dementors\n WCLN Regional Meeting Madison PM Presentation\n 6 – EO Solving the Clues for the Triwizard Tournament\n 6 – KK Solving the Clues for the Triwizard Tounament\n 7 – Lessons in Defense Against the Dark Arts\n 8 – Preparing for the Ministry of Magic Regulations Combined
URL:https://www.slh.wisc.edu/event/wcln-2023-regional-meetings-9-14/
LOCATION:Holiday Inn Eau Claire South\, 4751 Owen Ayres Court\, Eau Claire\, WI\, 54701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past WSLH Sponsored Events,WCLN Regional Meeting
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SUMMARY:WCLN 2023 Regional Meetings (9/19)
DESCRIPTION:2023 WCLN Regional Meetings – “The WCLN Joins Harry Potter at Hogwarts”\n  \nPresenters:\n\nAllen Bateman\, PhD\, D(ABMM)\, MPH\, Director\, Communicable Disease Division\, WSLH\, UW-Madison\nErin Bowles\, BS\, MT(ASCP)\, Clinical Laboratory Network Coordinator\, Communicable Disease Division\, WSLH\, UW-Madison\nMegan Lasure\, MPH\, Epidemiologist\, Communicable Disease Division\, WSLH\, UW-Madison\nCaroline Mohr\, MPH\, Hepatitis C Surveillance Specialist\, Bureau of Communicable Diseases\, Division of Public Health\, Wisconsin Department of Health Services\nAlana Sterkel\, PhD\, D(ABMM)\, SM(ASCP)CM\, Associate Director\, Communicable Disease Division\, WSLH\, UW-Madison\n\nDescription:\nThese three one-day regional meetings presented by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) offer clinical and public health laboratorians\, infection preventionists\, and state and local public health representatives the chance to strengthen their relationships through networking and discussions on relevant laboratory issues. \nJoin us as we discuss pathogens and events that are impacting the laboratory and our communities. We will provide a review of what we found and learned from our 2022-2023 WSLH surveillance program. We will share how the rapid integration of sequencing technologies in public health laboratories is benefiting public health. We will share new recommended strategies for testing and combating Hepatitis C infections. You will be updated on our battle against antibiotic resistance in WI. You will learn more about the pathogens that have kept us busy this past year and which ones we are watching as the possible next threat to public health. We will discuss how the taxonomic name change of Ochrobactrum to Brucella impacts rule-out testing for possible bio-threat agents. We will provide some interesting case-studies and will wrap up the day with a panel discussion and provide some tools to help laboratories implement accepted revisions to breakpoints. \nA certificate of participation will be granted to each participant based on 6.0 contact hours of instruction toward credit. \nThis program is sponsored by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene which is an approved provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. program. \nTo obtain your P.A.C.E. certificate\, please go to the ASCLS CE Organizer web site to print your certificate.  You will be asked for a code number to print the certificate.  The code number will be provided in the recordings for both the morning and afternoon sessions.  You must listen to the entire morning and/or afternoon session to apply for P.A.C.E. credit.  The deadline to receive P.A.C.E. credit is September 19\, 2024. \n  \nProgram Time Table\nBegin time: 8:00 a.m. End time: 3:30 p.m. Break(s): 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch: 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.\n \nMaterials\n\n WCLN 2023 Regional Meeting Brochure\n 2023 RM Agenda\n WCLN Regional Meeting Madison AM Presentation\n 1 – The Sorting Hat Makes Sense of Data\n 2 – Lessons in Transfiguration\n 3 – The Auror’s Watch final\n 4 – A Quidditch Match – WCLN vs Hepatitis\n 5 – Battling the Dementors\n WCLN Regional Meeting Madison PM Presentation\n 6 – EO Solving the Clues for the Triwizard Tournament\n 6 – KK Solving the Clues for the Triwizard Tounament\n 7 – Lessons in Defense Against the Dark Arts\n 8 – Preparing for the Ministry of Magic Regulations Combined
URL:https://www.slh.wisc.edu/event/wcln-2023-regional-meetings-9-19/
LOCATION:Holiday Inn Madison at The American Center\, 5109 W. Terrace Dr\, Madison\, WI\, 53718\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past WSLH Sponsored Events,WCLN Regional Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230921T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230921T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T153327
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SUMMARY:WCLN Webinar - 2023-2024 Respiratory Virus Season Update
DESCRIPTION:2023-2024 Respiratory Virus Season Update\n  \nPresenters: \n\nAllen Bateman\, Ph.D.\, D(ABMM)\, Director of Communicable Disease Division\, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene\nErika Hansen\, M.S.\, Virology Lead\, Communicable Disease Division\, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene\n\nDescription of Session: \nThis webinar will provide a review of the 2022 – 2023 respiratory virus season and will highlight our surveillance strategies and challenges for 2023-2024\, based on our expectations\, for the upcoming respiratory virus season. \nAdditional topics that will be discussed include a background on SARS-CoV-2\, influenza\, and other respiratory pathogen surveillance\, updates on SARS-CoV-2 and influenza vaccine strain components\, updates on SARS-CoV-2 and influenza transmission globally\, information about new RSV vaccines and treatments\, and updates on other respiratory virus activity and surveillance programs. \n  \nA certificate of participation will be granted to each participant based on 1.0 contact hours of instruction toward credit. \nThis program is sponsored by the WSLH\, which is an approved provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. program. \nAs 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 search for the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene programs under the “Other P.A.C.E. Programs” tab on the ASCLS CE Organizer web site. You will be asked for a code number to print the certificate. We will provide you this number during the webinar. \nPlease note that the deadline for receiving P.A.C.E. education credit for this webinar is September 21st\, 2024.\n \nMaterials:\n\n 2023-2024 Respiratory Virus Season Update – Presentation\nWCLN Webinar – 2023-2024 Respiratory Virus Season Update
URL:https://www.slh.wisc.edu/event/wcln-webinar-2023-2024-respiratory-virus-season-update/
CATEGORIES:Past WSLH Sponsored Events,WCLN Teleconference
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