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LATE REGISTRATION - The Science Of Medicine: Joint Meeting of KSCLS and Wheatland CLMA
 
Event Starts:
Tue Apr 16, 2019
@ 8:00 AM

Event Ends:
Wed Apr 17, 2019
@ 5:00 PM

Timezone
US/Central

Location:
Wichita Marriott Hotel

9100 Corporate Hills Blvd
Wichita, KS 67207
US

A block of rooms has been reserved with room rates of $119.00 for single or double occupancy. Reservations may be made utilizing the link found in the General Information or copying the web address below into your browser:
http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCorp.mi?resLinkData=KSCLS/CLMA Annual Meeting^ictwe`CLSCLSA|CLSCLSF`119`USD`false`4`4/12/19`4/20/19`4/9/19&app=resvlink&stop_mobi=yes

To ensure hotel room availability, and the meeting rate, reservations must be made by April 9, 2019

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LATE REGISTRATION - LUNCHES CAN NOT BE GUARANTEED!

Joint Meeting

KSCLS – Wheatland CLMA

April 16 – 17, 2019 – Wichita, KS

As is the custom, Kansas laboratory organizations will join together in 2019 to celebrate our profession and commitment to quality patient care by sponsoring a Joint Meeting of the Kansas Society for Clinical Laboratory Science and the Wheatland CLMA.  This year’s meeting will be held Tuesday - Wednesday, April 16-17, 2019.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The meeting will be held at the Wichita Marriott Hotel, 9100 Corporate Hills Drive, Wichita, KS.

  • A block of rooms has been reserved at the hotel, with room rates of $119.00 for single or double occupancy. Reservations may be made utilizing our Personalized Group Web Page address: 

Book your group rate for KSCLS/CLMA Annual Meeting

  • To ensure hotel room availability, and the meeting rate, reservations must be made by April 9, 2019
  •  Registration fees include admission: general sessions, exhibits, breaks, Tuesday and Wednesday lunches, and the Tuesday evening Vendor reception. 
  • Lunch is included in the Full and Daily registration. 
  • Lunch is included in the Full and Daily Student registration. 
  • Institutional Registration includes two 2-day badges for admission to general sessions, exhibits and breaks. Institutional pass discount:  Note: lunches are not included in the Institutional Registration. Lunches may be purchased separately. 
  • Member rates are available to individuals who are current members of the Kansas Society for Clinical Laboratory Science and the Wheatland Chapter, CLMA. 
  • Non-members may join as a part of registration, and participate at the KSCLS / CLMA member rate. 
  • Complimentary registration will be available for individuals wishing to visit the exhibits only. Badges may be obtained at the registration desk. 
  • PayPal or credit / debit cards may be used for online registrations.
  • If you prefer to pay by check payable to KSCLS Annual Meeting
  • Mail to Jennifer Jones, 12345 High Dr., Leawood, KS 66209
  • Your cancelled check will serve as your receipt. If an additional receipt is required, request one at the registration table
  • Meals cannot be guaranteed for registrations received after April 9, 2019. 
  • All registrations received after April 9, 2019 will incur a $25.00 late fee.  
  • Registration cancellation is available until April 9, 2018, must be in writing and subject to a $25.00 processing fee. 

TUESDAY, April 16, 2019

   Preliminary Program 

7:00a – 6:00p

Registration  (Pre-Assembly)

8:00a – 9:30a

Welcome and Keynote / General Session (Salon D)

Michael Schwanke, KWCH Television

9:40a – 10:40a

 

Exclusion of Venous Thromboembolism with   D-dimer Assay

-  Charlotte Pesek  IL

Procalcitonin

-  Moe Abouzari, PharmD

Capital Equipment Acquisition:  Carrying the Message

Michael W. Wells

10:40 – 10:50a

Break (Pre-Assembly)

10:50a – 11:50a

 

ARC Updates:  Why Everything Old is New Again?

-  Matthey D Coleman  MD

Antimicrobial Stewardship Trends and Tools

-  James Keegan M.D  

Understand the Benefits of High Sensitivity Troponin

-  Lenette Walters

 

11:50a – 12:45p

Lunch (Atrium)

 

CLMA Business Meeting (Arkansas)

12:45p – 1:30p

Exhibits (Salon E-F)

1:30p – 2:30p

ARC Updates:  Why Everything Old is New Again?

-  Matthey D Coleman, MD 

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Rapid Diagnostic Testing

-  Cheryl Parnis RN

Escalation of Chronic Inflammation in past 60 years

-  Gordon Ens

 

2:30p – 2:45p

Break (Pre-Assembly)

2:45p – 3:45p

 

Applying Six Sigma Principles as a Quality Indicator of Instrument Performance

-  Lenette Walters

Pharmacogenomics

-  Alzghari Saeed, PharmD

Hemostasis Lab Results: “Are They Real or are they NOT?”

-  Diana Cochran-Black

3:55p – 4:55p

Updates on Microbial Resistance.

-  Ellen Smith Moland 

Bench Optimization for Clinical Laboratories

-  Bill Marquardt

Chronic Inflammation – The Science and How to Manage It.

-  Gordon Ens

5:00p – 6:30p

Exhibits & Vendor Reception (Salon E-F)

7:00p – 8:00p

KSCLS Annual Business Meeting


 WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2019

Preliminary Program 

 

7:00a – 4:00p

Registration (Pre-Assembly)

8:00a – 9:30a

Welcome and Keynote / General Session (Salon D)

The Health of Kansas Healthcare

- William Cathcart-Rake, MD, Dean, KU School of Medicine-Salina

9:30a – 10:00a

Break in Exhibits (Salon E-F)

10:00a – 11:00a

Clinical Utilities of Hematology Parameters:  IG, RetHE, & IPF

-  Susan Kane

Legislative Update

-  Lety Nunez-Argote, Cheryl Lippert, & Nicholas Yu

“Aspirin the 1899 Wonder Drug Lives Again”

-  George Fritsma

11:10a – 12:10p

Green Death Crystals and Other Gems from the Hematology Lab

-  Jennifer Jones  

Understand the Benefits of High Sensitivity Troponin

-  Lenette Walters

Blood Bank Case Studies

-  Ted Parsons, MD

 

12:10p – 12:45p

Lunch  - Awards Ceremony (Antrum)

12:30p – 1:30p

Exhibits (Salon E-F)

1:30p – 2:30p

 

Student Activity

“Medical Laboratory Scientists     Choose Wisely”

-  George Fritsma

Blood Gases 101

-  Laurie Alloway

 

2:30p – 2:45p

Break (Pre-Assembly)

2:45p – 3:45p

Clinical Flow Cytometry:    An Overview

-  Noelle Steen

The Birth of DCLS

-  Renee Hodgkins, PhD

 

Impact of Diseases on           Global Events

-  Reitha Delter

3:55p – 4:55p

Destination Leadership:  It’s all in the Journey and the Fun You Have Along the Way

-  Patty Eschliman

Algorithms for diagnosis of

 C. Difficile Infection

- Sarah Nickel

POC Testing and the Role of the Laboratory

-  Jessica Dirks

 

  • P.A.C.E.® Credit
  • The ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program approves KSCLS as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences. 
  • All sessions are pending approval for P.A.C.E.® credit. The P.A.C.E.® credits awarded for each session will be published in the final program. 
  • CE Organizer will be used for P.A.C.E.® documentation. 
  • For those individuals participating in the ASCP Certification Maintenance Program (CMP), the program committee has attempted to offer continuing education sessions which meet the CMP for generalists (MLS and MLT). A minimum of 36 points over a period of three years is required and must include the following: 1 point in safety, 2 points each in blood bank, chemistry, hematology, and microbiology. Other areas that may be counted toward CMP are immunology, molecular diagnostics, management, education, and/or other related laboratory area(s) of interest.
  • QUESTIONS: Please contact: Ruby Brower (ruby.brower@kscls.com) or (785) 532-8621 (Cell) or Jennifer Jones (jjones1@kumc.edu) or (816) 803-0043 (cell)