Staffing Crisis, What Can My Laboratory Do?   Presenter: Michael Baron, MS, Chemistry(ASCP), MBA, is the Executive Director of Laboratory Services at Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratories in Milwaukee, WI. Description of Session: Maintaining adequate staffing levels of qualified employees is a challenge for many clinical and public health laboratories. It is a known fact that professional […]

Antimicrobials, Susceptibility Testing, and Antimicrobial Resistance: A Primer   Presenter: Thomas Novicki, PhD, D(ABMM), Clinical Scientist in Microbiology and Molecular Pathology for Marshfield Labs, a division of Marshfield Clinic Health System in Marshfield, WI. Tom is also a member of the Wisconsin Clinical Laboratory Network (WCLN) Laboratory Technical Advisory Group (LabTAG). Description of Session: This […]

Data Goldmine: Maximizing Insight from WCLN Surveillance Data   Presenters: Matthew Martin, Ph.D., is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) Fellowship employee working with the Communicable Disease Division at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. Annie Sanchez, Ph.D., is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Laboratory Leadership […]

2024 Updates to CLSI M100   Presenter: Erik Munson, PhD, D(ABMM), is an Assistant Professor at Marquette University in the Department of Medical Laboratory Science and a member of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Laboratory Technical Advisory Group Description of Session: The Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) updates the “Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility […]

Infection Preventionist Roles and Services within a Healthcare System and Beyond   Presenter: Benjamin Kaetterhenry MT ASCP Description of Session: This presentation will describe the various functions performed by Infection Prevention within a healthcare system. Individual Infection Prevention practitioners can operate in a variety of settings ranging from hospitals, surgical centers, ambulatory clinics, to long-term […]

Iron Deficiency Anemia and Thrombocytosis: An Increasingly Unsurprising Duo   Presenter: Valerie Everard-Gigot, PhD, MLS(ASCP) is the Program Director and a Clinical Assistant Professor for the Department of Medical Laboratory Science at Marquette University Description of Session: The causes and diagnostic laboratory results (e.g., iron panel results) associated with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is common […]