Agenda

9:00-10:00 am

Coffee & Breakfast; time with vendors

10:00-10:30 pm

Whitmire Medical (food sponsor)

Michael Falck, Director Of Sales, Doug Patterson, President & CEO of CoagSense.

CoagSense – New Technology

10:30-12:00 pm

Diagnostic Technologies at the Point of Care: Strategies for Rational Use, Blood Conservation and Prevention of Iatrogenic Anemia

Dr. Sharon Geaghan, Chief, Pathology, at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, and Co-Director of the Clinical Laboratories at Stanford Hospital and Clinics for Pediatrics. Also Director of Point of Care Testing Program for both Stanford Hospital and Children’s Hospital, Sponsored by Abbott Point of Care

12:00-1:30 pm

Lunch; time with vendors

1:30-2:30 pm

Managing the Risks of Opioid Therapy

Mary Anne Lange, MS, RN-BC, Assistant Director of Clinical Resources, Ameritox

Sponsored by Ameritox

2:30-2:45pm

Break

2.45-3:45pm

Advancements in the Diagnosis of Rupture of [Fetal] Membranes (ROM):

A look at how the drawbacks of traditional methods for diagnosing ROM have led to the development of an accurate POC test

Michael Thompson, Senior Product Specialist, AmniSure International, LLC

Sponsored by Aminsure

3:45-4:30pm

NW POC Group Members Round Table Discussion

6:00-8:00pm

NW POC Group Members Meeting and Dinner

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Lura Wilhelm

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Questions?

Lura Wilhelm

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Jerry Wood

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Diana Erspamer

diana.erspamer@providence.org

P.A.C.E® Level of Instruction:

Basic

P.A.C.E® Contact Hours: 1

AmniSure International, LLC is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program.

Directions

St. Charles Medical Center ~ Bend, 2500 NE Neff Road, Bend, OR 97701

From Portland

• Take I-84 E/US 30 E the Dalles

• Take exit 16 for 238^th Dr toward Wood Village

• Turn right onto NE 238^th Dr

• Continue onto NE 242^nd Dr

• Turn left onto E. Powell Blvd

• Slight right onto US 26 E

• Continue onto US 97/The Dalles Hwy. You will pass through Madras and Redmond. You have two options at this point:

  • Continue into Bend and use the directions as if coming from Salem by turning left onto Olney Ave.

  • Continue onto NE Penn Ave

  • Continue onto NE Neff Road 

  • The hospital is on the left

  OR

  • Exit Slight right toward Tumalo Road

  • Turn left onto Tumalo Road

  • Continue onto Deshcutes Market Road

  • Turn right onto NE Butler Market Road

  • Take the 2^nd left onto NE 27^th Street

  • Turn right onto NE Neff Road

  • The hospital will be on your right.

From HWY 22, Salem

• Take OR-22 E/N Santiam Hwy SE

• Continue onto OR-126 E/US 20 E. Continue to follow US 20 E

• Turn left onto Olney Ave.

• Continue onto NE Penn Ave

• Continue onto NE Neff Road 

• The hospital is on the left

• Take OR-20 W

• Turn right onto NE 27^th St

• Turn left onto NE Neff Road

• The hospital is on the right.

There is a perimeter road with access to multiple entrances. The main entrance will be the closest to the classrooms.

Parking

• Parking Instructions:  Please park your vehicle any where on campus that is designated as employee parking.

• From the main hospital entrance you should see the NW POCT Group poster board immediately as you walk in. We are in Classroom A. Vendors will be set up in the pre-function area outside of the classrooms.

• Campus Map: http://www.scmc.org/bend/directions.html

Thank You!

• A very special thank you to Diana Erspamer for all of the hard work that she puts into each meeting.

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