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					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:  
						
						
						“Quality Management and 
						Personnel Requirements for the Point of Care Lab”
						
						“PPMP CLIA Certificates”
						
						
						“IQCP – What it is and what it 
						means” 
						
						“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: 
						
						
						Meeting / Vendor Fair : 
						April 27, 2015 at the Doubletree Hotel in Alsip.
						
						Meeting / Vendor Fair : 
						October, 2015 at the Doubletree Hotel in Alsip. |