The Amazing Race to Beat Zika Virus Presenters: David Warshauer, Ph.D., D(ABMM), CDD Deputy Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: Zika virus, once thought to be a relatively harmless virus, has raced to the top of everyone’s list of emerging pathogens. Zika’s rapid spread throughout Central and South America […]
The Continued Need for Immunizations in 2016 Presenter: Stephanie Schauer, Ph.D., Immunization Program Manager, Wisconsin Immunization Program, Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Wisconsin Department of Health Services Description of Session: This session will provide background on how vaccines work, and how they provide protection to an individual as well as a community (such as herd immunity). […]
Battling Infections of the Central Nervous System Presenter: Blake Buchan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin and Assistant Director, Clinical Microbiology, Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratories, Milwaukee, WI Description of Session: This session will provide a broad review of infections of the central nervous system (CNS), including the risk factors, common clinical presentations […]
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Update - 2016 Presenter: Pete Shult, Ph.D., CDD Director and Emergency Laboratory Response, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Erik Reisdorf, MPH, Virology Surveillance and Team Leader, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: This webinar will provide a review of the past 2015 […]
Benefits of Microbial Burden Management Presenter: Michael G. Schmidt, B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina Description of Session: In the United States, the implementation of Medicare’s Never Events policy and the passage of the Affordable Care Act have heightened the importance of practices that […]
The Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network Presenters: Timothy Monson, M.S., Supervisor, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene David Warshauer, Ph.D., D(ABMM), CDD Deputy Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently acts as the only sentinel surveillance program for the detection […]
Clinical Laboratory Preparedness and Response Guide - What’s New? Presenter: Erin Bowles, B.S., MT(ASCP), Wisconsin Clinical Laboratory Network Coordinator, State Training Coordinator and Co-Biosafety Officer, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: True laboratory preparedness and response assumes a coordinated effort and response from all laboratories in the U.S. that comprise […]
Blood Banking in India: Ten Years After Presenter: Susan T. Johnson, MSTM, MT(ASCP)SBB, Director of Clinical Education, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Description of Session: Ensuring safe blood transfusion is important worldwide. In India, pretransfusion testing practices are not on the same level as developed countries. This is in part due to lack of resources and […]
HIV Testing Technology and the Latest Algorithm Presenter: Dave Warshauer, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Deputy Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, WI Description of Session: This presentation will describe the latest laboratory methods for the diagnosis of HIV infection, especially acute infections. The latest HIV testing algorithm will be presented with the inclusion of […]
The Mosquitoes We Live With and the Diseases They Harbor (Part 1) Presenter: Lyric C. Bartholomay, Ph.D., Director of Upper Midwestern Regional Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI Description of Session: There are many species of mosquito that live in the […]