Join Us on September 10, 2014
at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for...
Top Tips for Managing Your POC Program
Kim Skala, MT(ASCP), IL
AND
A Dialogue on Preparing for IQCPs
Thomas I. Koshy, Ph.D., Alere
Hosted by: Maria Mattei
Agenda I Registration I Location I Speaker
8:30am
Continental Breakfast & Sign-in
9:00am
Welcome & Announcements
9:15am
Top Tips for Managing Your POC Program - Ms. Skala
10:30am
Presentation- Telcor
10:45am
Break
10:45am
Presentation- Beckman Coulter
11:00am
A Dialogue on Preparing for IQCPs - Dr. Koshy
12:00pm
Lunch and Visit the Vendors!
1:15pm
Dr. Koshy, continued
2:15pm
Break
2:30pm
KEYPOCC Business Meeting
3:30pm
Adjourn
By Email
thawkins@ChristianaCare.org
If additional people in your organization are interested in attending, please included them in your email or click here to download a our meeting form. There is a $20.00 meeting registration fee for all non-KEYPOCC members.
Wilkes- Barre General Hospital
575 North River Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18764
Kim Skala,
MT- Clinical Specialist, Critical Care and Point of Care, Instrumentation Laboratory-
Ms. Skala has a Bachelor’s degree from Augustana College and over 30 years of laboratory experience, including 14 years as a point of care coordinator. Ms. Skala has spoken at AACC International and annual meetings and was an author of the 2014 AACC POC Specialist Certificate Program. She has been published in the Journal of Point of Care Testing, Clinical Lab News, Advance, and MLO. She lectures on POCT for RUSH University and received the AACC Point of Care Coordinator of the Year award in 2011.
Thomas I. Koshy, Ph.D.- Senior Director, North American Scientific Affairs Alere
Dr. Koshy’s experience covers many areas including transplant, endocrine/thyroid, pregnancy/fertility, hepatitis/retrovirus, and cardiac diagnostics. He has worked in R&D, Manufacturing, Technical Support, and Quality and Scientific Affairs. Dr. Koshy has been an author of the CLSI Guidance document: POCT09: Selection Criteria for POCT Devices and currently serves on the CAP POC Committee.
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