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MAGNOLIA EDUCATIONAL TREASURES PRESENTED BY THE ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE STATE SOCIETIES OF AMERICAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS AND THE FLORIDA COALITION OF LABORATORY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AT THE EDGEWATER BEACH RESORT PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA FEBRUARY 21 – 23, 2008 PROGRAMFor more information, call (904) 282 - 9040
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008
11:30 am – 3:30 pm REGISTRATION
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm 1. HISTOLOGY FOR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS 1.0 contact hour Ever think of enhancing your career or making a career change within the profession? Histology With the critical shortage of Histo-technologists nationwide, many laboratorians are #08-01-08 branching out. This program will provide an overview of what goes on in that strange smelling room including slides of tissue samples and cells for identification. Roxann Clifton, MT (AMT), Secretary, National AMT Board of Directors MLT Program Director, SWOSU at Sayre, Oklahoma
12:00 noon – 1:00pm 2. AIDS – “IT CAN’T HAPPEN TO ME” – DON’T BET YOUR LIFE 1.0 contact hour Frank discussion on prevention, modes of transmission, testing, treatment, AIDS attitude, compassion and education (audience participation). #08-02 -08 Kay Fergason, BS, MT (AMT), Vice President, AMT Institute for Education *a 1 hour AIDS course is Mandatory Orange Park Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida For Laboratory re-licensure in Florida
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 3. ABNORMAL PLATELETS - PLATELET FUNCTION TESTING 1.0 contact hour Bleeding management utilizing the PFA-100 and it’s broad applications. Hematology BiBi Gromling, MT (ASCP), MBA #08-03-08 Hemostasis Sales Representative, Siemens Medial Solutions Diagnostics
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 4. FLU PANDEMIC: WHAT IS IT? 1 contact hour Experts believe a flu pandemic is likely at some point in the future. At the end of the Microbiology session, the participants will learn that using common sense can help minimize the effect. #08-04-08 Zenaida Maraggun, MS, MT (AMT), CLS (NCA), Micro & Immunology Supervisor Bayne Jones Army Hospital, Ft. Polk, Louisiana
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm REFRESHMENT BREAK VENDOR EXHIBITS
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm 5. YOU “CAN” INFLUENCE HEALTHCARE POLICY 1 contact hour How to effectively monitor and advocate before the State and Federal General Government on legislation affecting your profession. #08-05-08 Michael N. McCarty, Esquire, Attorney at Law, Washington DC AMT National Legal Counsel THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008 continued
3:30pm –3:45pm WELCOME CEREMONIES Color Guard provided by Tyndall Air Force Base
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm 6. KEY NOTE SPEAKER 1 contact hour LESSONS LEARNED ON THE FARM: VIEWS FROM THE LAB EDITORS DESK General How we can get more mobilized for change as a profession, day by day, piece by piece, #08-06-08 and person by person Matthew T. Patton, Editor ADVANCE FOR MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS
6:30 pm – 7:15 pm REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm WELCOME WINE AND CHEESE VENDOR EXHIBITS Drawings for door prizes
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008
7:00 am - 2:30 pm REGISTRATION
7:15 am – 8:00 am COFFEE/PASTRY BREAK VENDOR EXHIBITS
8:00 am – 9:00 am 7. SPECIMEN INTEGRITY – SAMPLE COLLECTION PROCESS 1 contact hour The quality and accuracy of your results (no matter how good your instrument General / Phlebotomy precision and QC/QA activities are, first depend on the integrity of your specimen). #08-07-08 Richard Crowner, BS, MT (AMT), Florida Medical Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida President, Florida State Society American Medical Technologists
8:00 am –10:00 am 8. CLIA UPDATE WORKSHOP 2.0 contact hours New CLIA regulations presented as well as proposed changes to state regulations Admin./Management to accommodate the CLIA changes. #08-08-08 Gwendolyn Williams, MS, MT (ASCP), Laboratory Consultant CLIA Regional Office, Atlanta, Georgia Denise Abbott, BS, MT (ASCP), Health Services and Facilities Consultant Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration, Laboratory Unit
9:00 am – 10:00 am 9. CURRENT ISSUES IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE: CHAGAS’ Disease and TRALI 1 contact hour The pathophsiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Chagas’ Disease and Immunohematology TRALI reactions will be discussed. Blood Bank Tim Peterson, M.D., Medical Director, The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana #08-09-08 Sponsored by the College of American Pathologists
10:00 am – 10:15 am REFRESHMENT BREAK VENDOR EXHIBITS
10:15 am – 11:45 am 10. CONSUMER DRIVEN HEALTH: THE NEW PATIENT 1.5 contact hours Changes continue to affect delivery of Healthcare. Admin./Management Cheryl Davis, DHA, MS, CLS (NCA), Program Director, Healthcare Management #08-10-08 South University, Montgomery, Alabama
10:15 am – 11:45 am 11. CARDIAC MARKERS A TO Z 1.5 contact hours Standard and new testing to detect cardiac disease will be discussed. Chemistry David Plaut, Consultant #08-011-08 Sponsored by Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics
Friday, February 22, 2008 continued
11:45 am – 1:00 pm LUNCH (included) VENDOR EXHIBITS / DOOR PRIZE DRAWINGS
1:00 pm –2:00 pm 12. PATHOGEN OR NOT? 1.0 contact hours How normal flora can become pathogenic in another part of the body. Microbiology Karen Hurban, MT (AMT), FSSAMT Vice President #08-012-08 Microbiologist, Bartow Regional Medical Center, Bartow
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm 13. PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS 2.0 contact hours Is your facility prepared to handle a bioterrorism, chemical terrorism or Admin./Management pandemic flu issue? General Rhonda R. White, MBA, Director #08-013-08 Office of Public Preparedness, Florida Department of Health
1:00 pm – 5:15 pm 14. EDUCATE BEFORE YOU VACCINATE Are vaccinations causing immunologic diseases? 4.0 contact hours Extremely sensitive and controversial subject. Children are being kept out of school Immunology if the parents do not get them vaccinated and some states are even arresting or #08-014-08 considering legislation to jail the parents. Get the facts and decide for yourself. Dr. Gary Tunsky, Traditional Naturopathic Physician CEO, Precision Healing Technologies; Co-founder of Global Biophysics Cancer Institute April Renee, Keynote speaker, Vaccine Injury Coalition and Past President of The Autism Autoimmune Project, Broward County, Florida
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm 15. MYTHS & REALITY OF HOSPITAL DECON AND COMPLIANCE WITH HAZWOPER 1.0 contact hour Have an effective plan that works and be prepared to use it. Safety Joseph E. Burgess, CEO, Burgess and Associates, Inc. #08 – 015-08
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm REFRESHMENT BREAK VENDOR EXHIBITS
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm 16. ARE YOU PREPARED FOR A CLIA OR STATE UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION? 1.0 contact hour Guidelines and suggestions to prepare for a successful inspection Admin. / Management Patricia L. James, BS, MA, Laboratory Consultant #08-016-08 Former Health Services and Facilities Consultant Supervisor Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Lab Unit
3:15 pm – 5:15 pm 17. COMMUNICATION FOR THE ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL 2.0 contact hours Interactive workshop to discuss the importance of common barriers, Admin/Management techniques and listening. General Gerard Boe, Ph.D., Executive Director #08-017-08 American Medical Technologists Institute for Education Sponsored by Puritan Medical Products Company LLC
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm 18. FLORIDA LABORATORY PERSONNEL LAW AND RULES 1.0 contact hour Overview of the regulations that all licensees should be familiar with. Law/Rules Roger Bertholf, PhD., Chairman, Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel #08-018-08 Associate Professor of Pathology, Director of Clinical Chemistry, Toxicology and Point of Care *Mandatory for Laboratory University of Florida, Shands Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida re-licensure in Florida
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm AMT STATE SOCIETY BOARD MEETINGS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2008 7:00 am – 10:00 am REGISTRATION
7:15 am – 8:00 am COFFEE/PASTRY BREAK
8:00 am – 11:45 am 19. WORKSHOP: COST EFFECTIVE “NUTS AND BOLTS” HOSPITAL 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm MICROBIOLOGY (Workshop description on back of pre-registration form.) 6.5 contact hours Dennis L. Wegner, PhD., Consulting Clinical Microbiologist Microbiology Collaborative Laboratory Services, Ottumwa, Iowa #08–019-08 Sponsored by Becton Dickinson
8:00 am – 9:00 am 20. THALASSEMIA 1 contact hour Learn more about this inherited blood disorder that causes mild to severe cases of anemia. Hematology Dorilyn Hitchcock, MS, MT (ASCP) #08-020-08 Director, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Central Florida University, Orlando Sponsored by Iris Diagnostics, a Division of Iris International, Inc.
8:00 am 9:00 am 21. RESPONSIBILITIES OF A MEDICAL ASSISTANT 1 contact hour In addition to your routine tasks and utilization of your skills , there are # 08-021-08 professional responsibilities vital to your success. *AMTIE credit only Patricia Poitier Sands, RMA (AMT), FSSAMT Treasurer/Board Member Office Manager, Practice of Vijay Samant, M.D., Boca Raton, Florida
9:00 am – 10:00 am 22. POINT OF CARE TESTING, STRATEGIES AND STRUCTURE 1 contact hour Reaching efficient, proficient and compliant goals in Point of Care Testing. General / Chemistry Edwina F. Szelag, MHM, BSMT(ASCP),Point of Care Testing Coordinator #08-022-08 Health First, Inc., Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne Recognized at the AACC Convention as National Point of Care Coordinator of the Year 2006
9:00 am – 10:00 am 23. MEDICAL RECORDS OVERVIEW 1 contact hour Guidelines for compliance including HIPAA mandates. General Bobbie Rose Wilson, RMA (AMT), Medical Records Co-ordinator #08-023-08 Bell Care Nursing Registry and Educational Center, Miami, Florida
10:00 am – 10:15 am REFRESHMENT BREAK VENDOR EXHIBITS
10:15 am – 11:45 am 24. CALIBRATION VERIFICATION AND PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS 1.5 contact hours The requirements for calibration verification and verifying the performance Admin./Management specifications of a new test system will be reviewed in detail. The session will include #08-024-08 how to perform verification studies, how to evaluate performance and interpret your results (sample worksheets will be provided). Material commercially available for use in verification studies will also be discussed. Rebecca Kenner, MT (ASCP) DLM Accreditation Surveyor, COLA
10:15 am – 11:45 am 25. THE BASICS OF INFERTILITY AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE 1.5 contact hours TECHNOLOGIES #08-025-08 For some, having a family is a distant dream. Participants will learn the most common *AMTIE credit only causes of infertility and the basics of Assisted Reproductive Tehnologies. Kathleene Hardy, AAS, RMA (AMT), In - Vitro Fertilization Coordinator Reproductive Medicine Group, Tampa
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2008 continued
11:45 AM – 1:00 pm LUNCH (included) VENDOR EXHIBITS / DOOR PRIZE DRAWINGS
1:00 pm –2:00 pm 26. RISK MANAGEMENT RAP 101 IN THE MEDICAL OFFICE 1.0 contact hour Focus on recognizing the areas of risk in the physicians office #08-026-08 Linda Raven, AS, RMA (AMT), Physician Office Consultant, ABHES Site Evaluator *AMTIE credit only George Raven, BS, EMT, Director of Compliance, Safety and Scheduling CCR Technologies
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm 27. MEDICAL ERRORS 2.0 contact hours Reporting, recording and heavy emphasis on the prevention of medical errors. Medical Errors Naomi Melvin, PhD/EdD, MPH, CLC (AMT), CL Sup (NCA), BSMT(ASCP) (AMT) #08-027-08 Director, SCB Laboratory Consultants, Inc., Chipley, Florida *Mandatory for laboratory re-licensure in Florida
2:00 pm -3:00 pm 28. DRESSING FOR A SUCCESSFUL JOB INTERVIEW 1 contact hour How you present yourself (appearance and attitude) will make the difference. General Julia Hardcastle, BS, MT (AMT), Consultant #08-028-08 Fairview Community Healthcare Center, Bowling Green, Kentucky Kentucky AMT State Society President, Chair, National AMT Student Activity Committee
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm REFRESHMENT BREAK VENDOR EXHIBITS
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm 29. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 1.0 contact hour Signs and symptoms, how it affects the family (especially the children), requirements #08-029-08 for reporting suspected violence or abuse. *AMTIE credit only Pearl Campbell, AS, RMA, (AMT), CMA (AAMA) Healthcare Instructor, Bell Care Nurses Registry and Education Center, Miami, Florida
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm 30. WHO MADE MY LAB INTO A FACTORY? 1.0 contact hour Discussion of cGMP and CBER rules and regulations Immunohematology Cynthia F. Moore, MS. MT (AMT) Blood Bank Blood Donor and Distribution Center Compliance Officer # 08-030-08 Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
4:15 pm –5:30 pm AMT STATE SOCIETY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP/BUSINESS MEETINGS (All AMT members and guests invited)
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS PROVIDED BY: AMERICAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION # 823307 STATE OF FLORIDA ( CE Broker) #50 – 2288
NOTE: The state of Tennessee accepts AMTIE and Florida credits for laboratory re-licensure.
The “ * AMTIE credit only” notice on a few of the courses signifies that these courses are not lab related and therefore may not be used for renewal of your Florida laboratory license. They are intended primarily for our Registered Medical Assistant membership for renewal of their AMT Certificate of Competency. However, if you lab folks already have enough credit for renewal, many of these courses are of interest to all participants, so feel free to attend. # 19. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
COST EFFECTIVE “NUTS AND BOLTS” HOSPITAL MICROBIOLOGY WORKSHOP Offered Saturday, February 23, 2008 Workshop fee included in your conference registration fee.
Dr. Dennis Wegner will show you how to apply the latest techniques, which can be used in hospitals of all sizes (including intermediate and smaller sized community hospitals), to provide high quality, patient orientated microbiology at minimum cost. In fact, you will see how quality microbiology practices will increase prospective payment reimbursements and greatly help improve the hospital’s “bottom line”.
Participants will receive a copy of the CLSI / NCCLS-formatted Procedure Manual.
At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to: (a) Describe the importance of the Gram stain to evaluate mixed flora from wound and sputum cultures and to possibly optimize prospective payment reimbursements for bacterial pneumonia. (b) Identify blood culture techniques and communication protocols that increase sensitivity and optimize prospective payment for septicemia. (c) Discuss how broad spectrum microbiology antibiotic therapy active intervention can improve the hospital’s “bottom line” by reducing stays, improve patient care, and can increase technologist job satisfaction. (d) Discuss the insensitivity of the throat specimen streptococcal rapid antigen testing. (e) Improve culture sensitivity and reduce confusion regarding urine cultures from long-term urinary catheter patients. (f) Understand adverse pregnancy outcomes due to bacterial vaginosis (BV) and quantitatively score (BV) Gram stains. (g) Cost effectively diagnose Giardia in-house.
Other topics to be covered include:
· MRSA’s – Where do they come from and how to get rid of them with inexpensive oral therapy alternatives to Vancomycin and Linezolid (WMMD’s – Weapons of Mass MRSA Destruction) · Efficient cost and labor effective approaches for doing microbiology lab broad spectrum intervention · Improving Gram stain quality and clinical interpretation · Urinary tract infections and “go with the flow” urine culture and screening protocols · “Germs of Endearment” culture / microscopy for other STD’s · “Pneumonia – it’s more than an annoying cough”. Gram stain directed management of patients with bacterial lung infections · Wounds, catheters, and anaerobic cultures · “ Stool school - the straight scoop on poop” PRE-REGISTRATION FORM MAGNOLIA EDUCATIONAL TREASURES FEBRUARY 21, 22, and 23, 2008
EDGEWATER BEACH RESORT, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA Pre-registration cut off 1/20//08. After this date, add $10 to all registration fees.
Name_____________________________________ PRE-REGISTRATION FEES
Address___________________________________ Prior to 1/20/08 Students
City________________ State_______ Zip ________ Full 3 day package $110 $40
Phone: home ___________ work ___________ 1 day only (Fri. or Sat) $70 $20
Employer ________________________________ Thursday only $40 $10
Student: Yes _____ No _____ School____________________________________
AMT Member: Yes _____ No _____ AMT Membership # _______________
Dir __ Supv __ CLC __ AHI __ MT __ MLT __ COLT ___ RMA ___ RDA ___ RPT ___
Membership in other Professional Organizations: (ie: CLMA, ASCLS, etc.) _____________________________________________________________________________________ Make checks payable to : MAGNOLIA EDUCATIONAL TREASURES Mail checks to: AMT/Magnolia, c/o Julia Hardcastle, 890 Fairview Ave., # B101, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 42101
Please circle the sessions you plan to attend: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008: 1 2 3 4 5 6
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2008: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Please indicate here if you have special dietary needs for the lunches (vegetarian, etc.) and we will make every effort to accommodate you. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ HOTEL INFORMATION: Edgewater Beach Resort - right on the beach of the Gulf of Mexico (View property on line at www.edgewaterbeachresort.com.)
Reservations: 1-800-874-8686. Booking Code #6221. Cutoff date: January 15, 2008
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