The 2014 Fall meeting with vendor
fair was attended by 57 registered healthcare professionals
and sponsored by Alere and Nova Biomedical. Registered
vendors included: Abbott, Accriva, Alere, Alere
Informatics, BD, Carepoint Solutions, Chek Diagnostics,
Conworx Data Solutions, Fisher HealthCare, Helena
Laboratories, HemoCue/Beckman, IL, Innovative Medical
Systems, Qiagen, Radiometer, Sekisui Diagnostics, Siemens
and Telcor.
The meeting commenced with opening
remarks by Darlene Sobucki, founder of the Tri-State POC
Network. Members of the core group include: Wendy Denk,
Ingalls Hospital, Harvey, IL; Gil Salas, Univ of Illinois –
Chicago, Chicago, IL, and Sandra Curran, Univ of
Illinois.
Sessions and presentations
included:
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“Quality Management and
Personnel Requirements for the Point of Care Lab”
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“PPMP CLIA Certificates”
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“IQCP – What it is and what it
means”
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“Pre-analytical Systems,
Partners in Achieving Better Quality and Safer Work”
To view the detailed meeting
minutes submitted by Wendy Denk, MT(ASCP),
click
here.
Future Meetings:
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Meeting / Vendor Fair :
April 27, 2015 at the Doubletree Hotel in Alsip.
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Meeting / Vendor Fair :
October, 2015 at the Doubletree Hotel in Alsip.
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