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More than 30 people attended
the inaugural meeting of the First Coast POC Group on Friday,
December 5, 2003 at
Shands Hospital in
Jacksonville, FL. |
Meeting topics included:
- Developing
a Comprehensive POCT Competency Assessment Program
- Method
Validation Studies -
It's a Jungle Out There!
- Point
of Care Testing and Microbiology
- Business
Meeting
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Mary Anne
Hauser
Roche Diagnostics |
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This meeting was sponsored by
Roche Diagnostics and made possible in large part due to
the efforts of Mary Anne Hauser, Roche Senior Sales
Consultant, Hospitals. |
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Developing
a Comprehensive POCT Competency Assessment Program
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Marcy Anderson, MS, MT(ASCP)
of Medical Automation Systems, and the current co-chair of
the AACC Critical and Point of Care Testing
Division, led this interactive talk and provided the
steps necessary to develop a competency assessment
program. To view Marcy's presentation or Competency
Test example, right click on the appropriate link below, choose 'Save
Target As' and save the file to your hard drive. |
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Marcy
Anderson
Medical Automation Systems |
Developing a
Comprehensive POCT
Competency Testing Program (484KB)
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Blood
Glucose Monitor for Competency Test (PDF)
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Acrobat installed on your computer, click
here to download it..
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Method
Validation Studies - It's a Jungle Out There!
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Susan Ramsey of Roche
discussed the basic components of method validation
studies as well as how to a study including accuracy
studies.
To view Susan's
presentation, right click on the link below, choose 'Save
Target As' and save the file to your hard drive.
Method
Validation -
It's Jungle Out There (211KB)
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Susan Ramsey
Roche Diagnostics |
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Point
of Care Testing and Microbiology
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Dr. Yvette McCarter closed
out the meeting with an engaging presentation on POCT
Microbiology. Among her discussion points were; Why
do we need it?; What to consider?; and Diagnosis of
various micro tests. To view Dr. McCarter's
presentation, right click on the link below, choose 'Save
Target As' and save the file to your hard drive.
Point
of Care Microbiology (11.0MB)
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Yvette S.
McCarter
University of Florida Health Science Center |
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Business
Meeting Highlights
Mary Anne Hauser led the
business meeting portion of the day. From the
meeting, the following individuals volunteered to act as
the First Coast Core Group and will begin plans for the
group's next meeting in April 2004:
- Cheryl Desmond, Mayo/St. Luke's Hospital
- Kim Fowler, Orange Park Medical Center
- Jenny Huxford, St. Vincent's Medical Center
- Olga Ryan, Shands Medical
Center-Jacksonville
The date, time and topic
for the next meeting will be posted on this web site soon,
so be sure to check back often. |
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