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WEdnESday, July 3
6:30 – 8:30 AM Normandie Lounge WORKSHOP
Attendee Breakfast
7:30 AM – 4:00 PM 8th Street South 1929 1:00 – 3:00 PM Waldorf Room
Red Cell Morphology: Learn for the Fun of It!
Registration
Presented by Dr. Georgia McCauley,
7:30 – 8:30 AM Boulevard AB PhD, MBA, MT(AMT)
State Presidents’ Forum Attendance limited to 2.00 CE Hours
State Society presidents or The blood smear review for abnormal
appointed representative. red blood cell morphology is still a critical
diagnostic tool in the differential diagnosis
7:30 – 8:30 AM 8th Street South of anemia. Establishing and maintaining
Delegate Credentialing competency in abnormal RBC morphol-
ogy identification and disease correlation is essential, given
7:30 – 8:30 AM Boulevard C that most smear reviews will be abnormal due to technological
Armed Services Committee advances of hematology analyzers. Through visual, auditory,
and kinesthetic learning activities and case study presentations,
GENERAL SESSION the participants will learn to identify and correlate abnormal RBC
morphology to clinical conditions. The use of Play-Doh TM mod-
eling will be incorporated into the presentation as a learning tool
1927 9:00 – 10:00 AM Grand Ballroom specifically targeting a kinesthetic learning style.
Facing the Opioid Crisis
Presented by Mark Witte BREAKOUT SESSIONS
The opioid epidemic has gotten nation-
al attention — rightly so, because today 1:00 – 2:00 PM Marquette Room
and every day more than 130 people will 1930 Confronting the Conundrum of
die from an opioid overdose. We will dis- Contaminated Blood Cultures
cuss the origins of addiction and trends in Presented by Joel Mortensen,
currently used substances and talk about MLT(AMT), SM(NCRM),
how prevention and treatment programs HCLD(ABB), CLC(AMT)
are addressing the crisis. The problem did not emerge over-
night, and it will not be resolved overnight, and so all of us will This session will explore an important
need to know our role in reducing the epidemic and to resolve financial and clinical problem that faces
together to be an intentional part of the solution. all hospitals. The issue of contaminated
blood cultures is a pre-analytical issue
10:00 – 10:30 AM Normandie Lounge that forces the laboratory to be an active
Attendee Refreshment Break participant with Antimicrobial Steward-
ship, Infection Control, the Emergency Department, nursing
services, and more.
GENERAL SESSION
Laboratory Track
10:30 – 11:30 AM Grand Ballroom
1928 Emerging Clinical Applications 1:00 – 2:00 PM Williford A Room
for Medical Cannabis 1931 The Culture of Cultures: Wound Care
Presented by Jenn Michelle Pedini and Culture Techniques
Presented by Christina Wagener,
This session will overview the over three
dozen U.S. states and terri tories that MSN, APRN, NPC, CWCN
regulate cannabis for medical and/or This session will identify the proper way
adult-use. to identify a colonized wound and how to
swab culture a wound correctly. Review
of wound principals, wound identifica-
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM 8th Street tion / treatment options by wound type
South and patient education. Additionally, we
Delegate Credentialing will cover when to refer wounds out for a higher level of care.
Medical Assisting Track
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM Boulevard AB
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