Presenter: Richard B. Thomson, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Director, Microbiology Laboratories, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois This two-part workshop will provide a complete review of the Gram stain. Specimen selection, smear preparation, staining, microbial morphotype recognition and reporting, inflammatory cells and indicators of pathology, and clinical interpretation. […]
Presenter: Richard B. Thomson, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Director, Microbiology Laboratories, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois This two-part workshop will provide a complete review of the Gram stain. Specimen selection, smear preparation, staining, microbial morphotype recognition and reporting, inflammatory cells and indicators of pathology, and clinical interpretation. […]
Presenters: Mary Dikeman, Technical Manager, Microbiology Affinity Health System - St. Elizabeth Hospital, Appleton, WI Michael Costello Ph.D., Technical Director - Microbiology, ACL Laboratories, Rosemont, IL Description: This program will address common misconceptions and pitfalls pertaining to collection and transportation of clinical microbiology specimens. The profound effect poor specimen collection and transport can have on […]
Presenters: James Kazmierczak, DVM, State Public Health Veterinarian, Wisconsin Division of Public Health Jim Powell, MS, Advanced Microbiologist, WSLH Description: Presentation (to the WSLH Board) on the joint Rabies program of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene and the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, given by Jim Powell of WSLH and Jim Kazmierczak of WDPH […]
Presenter: Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, SAGE, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW Department of Population Health Sciences Description: Scientific presentation to the WSLH Board on Climate Change and its relationship to Publich Health in Wisconsin, given by Dr. Jonathan Patz of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the UW-Madison Department of Population Health Sciences. […]