Presenter: Thomas Novicki, Ph.D., Clinical Microbiologist, Marshfield Lab Description: This session will review the most common tick-borne diseases seen in the upper Midwest states: Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis. The agents of these diseases, their tick vector, disease presentation, epidemiology, lab diagnosis, and treatment will be covered. Materials: Webcast (Windows Media, […]
Presenter: Erik Munson, Ph.D., Technical Director, Wheaton Franciscan Laboratory Description: This two-part series seeks to provide laboratory professionals with baseline knowledge of antimicrobial agent classification, mechanisms of action, and resistance mechanisms. Clinically significant pathogens will serve as the basis for discussion. This two-part audioconference series is recommended as preparatory material for the WSLH sponsored […]
Presenter: Sonya Havens, Ph.D. candidate, Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program, University of Wisconsin–Madison Description: On Feb. 16, 2010, Sonya Havens, a Ph.D. candidate in the Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, presented to the WSLH Board an overview of research looking at the occurrence of hormones, hormone metabolites and estrogenic and […]
Presenter: Erik Munson, Ph.D., Technical Director, Wheaton Franciscan Laboratory Description: This two-part series seeks to provide laboratory professionals with baseline knowledge of antimicrobial agent classification, mechanisms of action, and resistance mechanisms. Clinically significant pathogens will serve as the basis for discussion. This two-part audioconference series is recommended as preparatory material for the WSLH sponsored Antimicrobial […]
Presenter: David Warshauer, Ph.D. D(ABMM), Deputy Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description: This presentation will provide laboratory professionals with guidance for reading and interpreting the CLSI document M100-S20: Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing. Participants will be introduced to other CLSI documents pertaining to susceptibility testing and some of the changes […]
Presenter: Dr. Seth Foldy, State Health Officer, Administrator of the Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services Description: Dr. Seth Foldy, State Health Officer and Administrator of the Division of Public Health at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, gave a presentation to the WSLH Board about the current status of the Wisconsin […]
Presenters: Garrett Peterson, Acting Director, Division of Public Health Informatics and Surveillance, WSLH Mary Wedig, Electronic Laboratory Reporting Coordinator, WSLH James Grant, PHIN Director, Wisconsin Department of Health Services Description: In this presentation to the WSLH Board, Garrett Peterson (Acting Director, Division of Public Health Informatics and Surveillance, WSLH) spoke about the current state of […]
Presenter: Tim Monson, M.S., Laboratory Coordinator, Foodborne Diseases, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description: Detection of Shiga toxins and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is becoming a routine part of the stool specimen work-up in the clinical laboratory. Recent national recommendations have guided laboratories to not limit STEC diagnosis to E. coli […]
Presenter: Erik Munson, Ph.D., Technical Director, Wheaton Franciscan Laboratory Description: This two-part series attempts to provide a foundation in molecular biology theory and introductory techniques in preparation for the WSLH sponsored Molecular Workshop in the spring of 2011. Materials: Webcast (Windows Media, 20 Kbps) Presentation (PDF) Handout (PDF, 1 MB)
Presenters: Pete Shult, Ph.D., Director of the Communicable Diseases Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Erik Reisdorf, MPH, M (ASCP) CM, Virology Laboratory-Team Leader, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description: This audioconference will provide updated information about rotavirus and other viral causes of acute gastroenteritis (AGE), the public health impact of the rotavirus vaccination program, […]