2010 VSCLS Annual Meeting

“COPING WITH THE CHANGING CLIMATE
LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS DO IT BEST”

April 19, 2010
Augusta Health
Augusta Community Care Conference Center
78 Medical Center Drive
Fishersville, VA 22939
 

Hotel accommodations:
Hampton Inn Waynesboro/Stuarts Draft
15 Four Square Lane
Fishersville, VA 22939
540-213-9500

For reservations, call the hotel directly and mention you are a guest of Augusta Health for a special rate.

Registration

Register for the meeting either online or on-site at the registration desk: Registration Form

Registration Member Non-Member
Full Registration $90.00 $110.00
Student Full Registration $30.00 $40.00

Online registration is now closed. Please register on-site on Monday.

Preliminary Program

7:30 – 8:30
Registration
Augusta Community Care Conference Center  

8:30 – 10:00
Session I:
“The Future of the Lab 2010 - A CDC On-going Report”
Elissa Passiment - ASCLS Executive Director


Session II:
“What’s Hot/What’s Not – An Overview of Current Communicable Diseases”
Margaret Tipple, M.D.
Virginia Department of Health
 

10:00 -10:30
Break - Coffee and Pastry will be provided


10:30 – 12:00
Session I:
“Developments in Clostridium difficile Disease and Testing”
David Lyerly, Ph.D. Vice-President, Research and Development,
TechLab, Inc.

Session II:
LEAN/Six Sigma 101
LeeAnn Bocklet,
Hospital Account Representative
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute


12:00 – 1:30
Lunch & VSCLS Business Meeting
Open to Active Members of VSCLS in good standing
Nominations announced: VSCLS Treasurer (2Y): Darrell Little
Nominations Committee (3Y) – Jerry Houghton

1:30 – 3:00
Session I:
“BOC and ME” The ASCP Board of Certification. What you need to know!

And do you know where the House Bill 601 is right now?
Walter Oliveira, Vice Chair
Board of Governors
Director,Molecular Dx/Cytogenetic, UVA Health Science
Elissa Passiment
Randy Vandevander,
Director, Laboratories
Augusta Health
 

Session II:
“So you want to become a certified Phlebotomist?”
Karen Gordon
VSCLS President

3:00 – 3:15  Break

3:15 – 4:45
Session I:
“Do I need to take part in the Certification Maintenance Program (CMP)?”
Karen Gordon,
Clinical Education Coordinator, MLT Program

Frankie Harris-Lyne,
MLT Program Director,
Northern VA Community College
 

Session II:
“Laboratory Information Systems, EHR & CLIA - Controversy Explained”
Elissa Passiment
 

The 2009 Meeting Program has been moved to the Forms & Documents section

Page Updated: March 15, 2010