"NACB
Evidence-based
Practice
of POCT"
is Now Available
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This webinar's presenter Ellis Jacobs,
Ph.D., DABCC, FACB
strongly believes there is a need for
Evidence-Based POCT.
Clinicians, staff and
laboratorians need
guidance in applying
POCT in the most
effective manner for
patient benefit. This
guidance should be based
on a concurrence of the
scientific evidence to
date. The development
and conclusions of the
NACB (National Academy
of Clinical
Biochemistry’s)
Laboratory Medicine
Practice Guideline –
Evidence Based Practice
for Point of Care
Testing will be
reviewed.
Objectives: After
viewing this webinar,
attendees will be able
to:
-
Explain Evidence
Based Medicine, the
systematic review
process, and the
levels of evidence
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Understand the need
for the application
of EBM to POCT
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Give examples of
where the use of
POCT is not
supported by an EBM
review
About
our
Speaker:
Dr. Ellis Jacobs is
Associate Professor of
Pathology at NYU School of
Medicine, Associate Director
of Clinical Pathology of the
South Manhattan Health
Network, Director of
Pathology at Coler-Goldwater
Memorial Hospital and
Director of Chemistry &
Point of Care Testing at
Bellevue Hospital Center.
Dr. Jacobs obtained a B.S.
degree in Chemistry and
Natural Sciences from
Muhlenberg College in
Allentown, PA, in 1974, and
received his Ph.D. in
Biochemistry from the
University of South Carolina
in 1979. He completed
postdoctoral training in
Clinical Chemistry &
Toxicology at the University
of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill in 1981. He joined the
New York State (NYS)
Department of Health (DOH)
as the Director of the
Clinical Laboratory
Evaluation Program in 2002
and in 2005 was appointed
Head of the NYS DOH
Therapeutic Substance
Monitoring and Clinical &
Forensic Toxicology
Proficiency Testing
Programs, and Head of the
NYS DOH Limited Service
Laboratory Accreditation
Program. He assumed his
current positions in 2008.
