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ASCLS REGION III TRIENNIAL MEETING BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS): Beliefs, Core Values

Through the past seven decades, ASCLS has contributed much to the profession: in advocacy, standards setting,
education (professional and continuing), personal and professional development, and much more. ASCLS continues
today as the pre-eminent laboratory organization representing laboratory personnel and advancing their interests —
individually and collectively. ASCLS members are the heart of ASCLS and there is the continuous flow of goals,
ideas, strategic actions and communication between our grassroots members, our state, our region and national
ASCLS. Sharing of time and talents at all levels of our society moves our profession and our professional
organization forward.

ASCLS Believes:
1. Quality laboratory service is essential to quality health care.
2. Competent, credentialed, laboratory professionals are the foundation to quality laboratory medicine.
3. Everyone deserves access to safe, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered healthcare, and
4. Advancing the laboratory profession advances health care.
Core Values:
1. Ensuring safe, accurate, efficient, appropriate and cost effective laboratory services is a component of

quality
2. Defining the characteristics of competent personnel within the profession and providing professional

development opportunities so that practitioners can maintain competency are essential roles of a
professional association
3. Enabling laboratory professionals to function at their highest level of competence will contribute to cost
effective health care
4. Promoting diversity supports the delivery of quality laboratory service
5. Taking a leadership role in standard and policy setting is a core professional responsibility
6. Advocating for quality within the laboratory is essential to the assurance of quality health care delivery

ASCLS Regions and ASCLS Region III

ASCLS is made up of three levels of governance, national, regional, and state. At each of these levels, ASCLS has
governing bodies that function to coordinate, within their boundaries, activities that support the principles of ASCLS
and further the goals of ASCLS. ASCLS national is divided into 10 regions and each region is made up of associated
states. The 10 regions each have a regional council that serves as the governing body of the region. This regional
governing body consists of a nationally elected Regional Director, Officers of Constituent states and, as ex officio
members, all such persons in the region who serve ASCLS in an elective or appointive capacity. The purpose of the
regional council is to provide for the constituent states support and greater access to, and utilization of, the resources
of ASCLS. ASCLS region III includes the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Tennessee, and Puerto Rico. The current leadership of Region III is found below.

Region III Director Dr. Janelle M. Chiasera
Treasurer Ms. Krystal Triplett
Membership Ms. Brianna Miller
First Yr. Professional VACANT
Student Forum Rep Ms. Stephanie Walsh
Government Affairs Rep Mr. John Bandura
Political Action Comm. Rep Ms. Kemorine Roberts
Diversity Advisory Council Rep Ms. Kemorine Roberts and Dr. Ana Oliveira
New Professionals/New member Rep Ms. Ally Storla
Leadership Development Rep Mr. David Thrash
ASCLS-Alabama Ms. Tera Webb, President, Ms. Brianna Miller, President-elect
ASCLS-Florida Dr. Tripat Kaur, President
ASCLS-Georgia Ms. Crystal Bradley, President
ASCLS-MS Ms. LaJuanda Portis, President, Ms. Rana Walley, President-elect
ASCLS-NC Ms. Jesse Locklear, President, Ms. Candice Freeman, President-elect
ASCLS-SC Mr. Fred Hornick, President; Ms. Joanna C. Baker, President-elect
ASCLS-TN Ms. Hema D’souza, President, Dr. Perry Scanlan, President-elect

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Welcome

When gazing into the crystal ball at healthcare delivery, one thing is clear: the affordable care act, other health system
reforms, trends in healthcare delivery, changing demographics, and the role of healthcare design in this new
landscape is shaping a completely different future. As a result, we live in a most exciting time so far as health care
and health care delivery is concerned. Patients are becoming increasingly active consumers of healthcare rather than
passive recipients and experts predict innovations such as e-prescribing, e-visits, at-home testing, increased
transparency of data, pharmacy clinics, and health apps will become more and more popular. The future appears to
be focusing heavily on triple aim care where better health, better care, and lower costs are intricately linked. As many
of you know, nearly 20 percent of GDP is spent on healthcare, and approximately 30 percent of healthcare spending
is wasted on unnecessary procedures, missed opportunities for prevention, and other inefficiencies. We can make
significant contributions to reducing these costly practices.

Laboratory medicine will be fundamentally different in the future. The introduction of advanced practitioner scientists,
clinical diagnostic scientists, skills mix, managers and audit managers within the laboratory environment will
revolutionize how we, as practitioners of laboratory medicine, will deliver our service to the healthcare sector. We can
decide to respond to this challenge in one of two ways - we can get BITTER or we can get BETTER, the choice is
ours. Come join us for an exciting 3 days of educational sessions, visits with our vendors, professional networking,
and some friendly competition with our region-wide student bowl competition.

Planning Committee

The Region III triennial meeting planning committee did an exceptional job of preparing a triennial meeting program
including a comprehensive mix of cutting edge clinical laboratory educational sessions, clinical educator specific
sessions, student-focused sessions, a social event, and a region-wide student bowl, to name a few activities. The
planning committee members are found below.

Triennial Ana Oliveira Social Events Jason Frazier
Meeting Kathy Jones Ally Storla
Program Brianna Miller Tera Webb
Lauren Spivak
Lacey Campbell

Student Bowl Brianna Miller Food and Janelle Chiasera
David Thrash event space
Lee Byrd

Marketing Tabitha Godwin Brochure Janelle Chiasera
Jason Frazier

Social Kemorine Roberts PACE Kemorine Roberts
Media/Website Ally Storla Kyle Taylor

Registration Lee Byrd Volunteers Brianna Miller

Vendors Tera Webb

Registration

Registration for this conference may be done online or you may print a copy of the registration form to submit with
your payment from the http://triennial.asclsal.org/ website. Full registration for this meeting includes all sessions,
activities, meetings, and food as described in the program. The social event is not included in the full registration
price. Those wanting to attend the social event on Thursday evening will need to specify their attendance and include
the additional payment for the social event.

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Climate and Dress

Birmingham, Alabama is a relatively mild climate the month of November. Temperatures this time of year average a
high of 65o with lows averaging 45o. Chance of precipitation is projected to be 35-40% this time of year. The relative
humidity typically ranges from 45% (comfortable) to 91% (very humid) over the course of a typical November. The
likelihood of snow falling is 2% and the 2% usually happens after November 30th. The conference center is set at a
“comfortable” temperature; however, what the conference center may believe is comfortable to them may be either
too cold or too warm for you. We recommend that you layer your clothing and/or you bring a light sweater or jacket
with you to the event center. Dress while attending the conference is business casual - It is important to be
comfortable.

Conference Location

All conference sessions, meetings, breaks, and vendor exhibits will be held on the campus of The University of
Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the Hill Student Center located at 1400 University Blvd. All activities, excluding the
social event on Thursday evening, will take place on the 3rd floor of the Hill Student Center (ballroom and meeting
rooms). With over 150,000 square feet, the UAB Hill Student Center is centrally located on the UAB campus and is
the living room of the university and a place for many to congregate, eat and study.

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Hotel/Accommodations

A block of rooms has been set aside for all conference attendees from Nov. 15-18th at the Doubletree Hotel by Hilton
Birmingham located at 808 South 20th Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35205.
(http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/alabama/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-birmingham-BHMDTDT/index.html).
Conference attendees are encouraged to make their hotel reservations early and secure the conference pricing by
mentioning the code ASC when making reservations. Conference attendees may make reservations by calling the
hotel directly at 1-205-933-9000 or by accessing this link:
http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/B/BHMDTDT-ASC-20161115/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG.
The confirmed group rate is $121.00/night (plus tax/fees). This price includes free parking, free high speed internet
access, and a mouthwatering Doubletree chocolate chip cookie upon arrival. Reservations by attendees must be
received on or before Tuesday, November 1, 2016. After that date, the hotel will release the unreserved rooms for
general sale, and determine whether or not it can accept reservations based on a space- and rate-available basis at
the ASCLS’s group rate. This hotel has a complimentary shuttle (up to 2 miles) that runs from 5:00 a.m. until 11:00
p.m. Located in the heart of downtown Birmingham, the hotel is ideally situated in the vibrant Southside neighborhood
and is adjacent to the University of Alabama (UAB) campus, two blocks from the Five Points South Historic District,
and only 7 miles from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM).

Airport and Transportation

If you will be flying to Birmingham, Alabama, the closest airport is the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
(BHM) located at 5900 Messer Airport Highway, Birmingham, Alabama 35212. BHM is home to four major airlines,
servicing over 100 daily flights to 25 cities for more than 2.6 million passengers each year: American Airlines, Delta
Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines. Taxi service from the airport is available 24/7, with cabs located on
the ground level directly outside the baggage claim area. Car rentals from BHM are available on the ground level of
the parking deck.

Continuing Education Credit

The continuing education programs are approved by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® program for clinical laboratory sciences.
P.A.C.E.® contact hours are accepted by the ASCP/ASCLS/AGT Board of Certification, and all states, including
California and Florida for recertification and licensure. Registrants who participate in the Conference can earn up to
18 P.A.C.E.®-approved contact hours. To document the P.A.C.E.® credits you earn, you will be able to produce a
P.A.C.E.® certificate of attendance using the ASCLS CE Organizer. The CE Organizer is online at
http://ceorganizer.ascls.org. As an ASCLS member benefit, contact hours earned will be automatically transferred to
the BOC Certification Maintenance Program (CMP) for re-certification purposes if you have a valid customer ID
number listed in CE Organizer.

Social Event

“Hop” on our bus of fun and network with your fellow colleagues as we visit three Birmingham breweries on Thursday
evening. For a very reasonable price, $40.00/person, we will provide you with transportation from the Doubletree
Hotel to three local breweries. You will receive a Bar-B-Que buffet dinner catered by the one and only Dreamland
Bar-B-Que, 2 free beers, and that all-important drive back to the hotel at the end of the evening. Even if you don’t
drink beer, you don’t want to miss this fun-filled evening of networking, good food, and great people. Space is limited
so reserve your seat today!

Institutional Passes

Institutional passes are available to allow Institutions (Hospitals and Reference labs) to send up to 3 people (per
institutional pass) to attend the meeting that fits the employees’ schedule. The institutional pass is designed for
personnel who are unable to miss work for the entire 3-day meeting. With this pass, all three (3) people may attend
on one day or each may come on different days (one on Wed., one on Thursday, one on Friday). The people who
attend and the sessions attended may be determined by the Laboratory Manager and/or employee supervisors.

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Program-at-a-Glance (session-by-session details are found beginning on page 9)

Time Tuesday, November 15, 2016

6:00 – 9:00 pm Region III Leadership Dinner
The Fish Market

612 22nd St S, Birmingham, AL 35233

Time Wednesday, November 16, 2016

8:00–11:00 a.m. Region III Council Meeting
11:30 am–12:30 pm
12:45–1:00 pm Hill Student Center: 3rd floor lobby
1:00–2:00 pm
Registration and Snacks
2:00–3:00 pm
Hill Student Center: 3rd floor lobby
3:00–4:00 pm
Welcome/Announcements
4:00–5:00 pm
Hill Student Center: Ballroom
5:00–7:00 pm
Opening Keynote Session #1

Reducing Diagnostic Errors

Dr. Marisa B. Marques, MD

Hill Student Center: Ballroom

Session #2 Session #3 Session #4
Just another day in the
Blood Bank Cushing’s and Addison’s Un "Comfortably Numb":

Sabrina H Bryant, PhD Diseases: What The Evolving Opioid

Session #5 Laboratorians’ Need to Epidemic
Innovative
Educational Methods Know

Tino Unlap, PhD Rachel C. Beck, PhD
Session #8
Linda S. Gorman, PhD
Current Concepts in
Hepatitis Testing Session #6 Session #7

Denise L. Uettwiller-Geiger, Personalized Medicine: Minding the Gaps
PhD
Bench to Bedside and

Beyond Barbara Snyderman, MLS

Nita A Limdi PharmD, PhD (ASCP)cm DLMcm

Session #9 Session #10

Why Communication Maximizing your Graduate

Skills are an Important Success: Secrets for

Science in the Laboratory Millennials to Succeed in

Our Career

J. Eric Stanford, MHA Lacey Ann Campbell, MHS

Vendor Reception

Hill Student Center: Ballroom

Sponsored by: XXXXXX XXXX

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Time Thursday, November 17, 2016

8:00 – 8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 am
Hill Student Center: 3rd floor lobby
9:30 – 10:30 am
Session #11 Session #12 Student Session #13
10:30 – 11:30 am
11:30 – 12:30 pm Hospital-Acquired Anemia and Diagnosis of Fungal Microbiology Review
12:30 – 1:30 pm
1:30 – 2:30 pm Test Ordering Practices Infections: Challenges

2:30 – 3:30 pm and Opportunities

3:30 – 4:30 pm Michelle Brown, MS John W. Baddley, Tera Webb, MS
6:00 – 9:00 pm
MD,MSPH

Session #14 Session #15 Student Session #16

Patient Blood Management Managing Test Chemistry Review

Utilization for

Improved Patient Care

Dr. Marisa B. Marques, MD and Financial Kathryn Dugan MEd

Performance

Thomas P Joseph,

MBA,

Session #17 Session #18 Student Session #19

Improving Acute Care with The Alabama Public Blood Bank Review

Coagulation Mixing Studies Health Laboratory:

George Fritsma Under the Microscope Robin Rauenhorst

Evelyn Geeter

Visit with Vendors and Boxed Lunch (Ticket Required)

Hill Student Center: Ballroom

Sponsored by: XXXXXX XXXX

General Session #20

Hill Student Center: Ballroom

Elissa Passiment - Federal Regulatory and Legislative Update

Session #21 Session #22 Student Session #23

Reporting to Public Health: Chimerism: The Hematology Review

What Laboratorians Need to Stranger Inside You

Know

Sherri Davidson, MPH Lee Byrd,MT(ASCP)H) Floyd Josephat, EdD

Session #24 Session #25 Student Session #26

Moving into the Future or The Survivalist Guide Are you ready: Preparing

Stuck in the Past: RBC to Body Fluids for Clinical Rotations and

Morphology and the Rule of 3 Solidifying your Spot as a

Laboratory Professional

John Bandura David Thrash Robert McManus, MS

Session #27 Session #28 Student Session #29

Diversity's New Frontier and Usefulness of the CLS Hot Topics

Healthcare Lipid Panel: NCEP vs.

ACC/AHA

Cheryl R. Caskey, MA Robert Hardy, PhD UAB Graduate Students

Social Event Session #30

Bus will pick up event participants at the Doubletree Hotel

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Time Friday, November 18, 2016

8:00 – 9:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast and Visit with Vendors
9:00 – 10:00 am
10:00 – 11:00 am Hill Student Center: 3rd floor lobby

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Session #31 Session #32

12:00 – 1:00 pm ABO Incom Renal Transplants Tell of Tales Student Bowl Competition
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Lance Williams, MD Sherry Polhill, MS
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Session #33 Session #34
3:00 – 4:00 pm
4:00 – 4:15 pm Transfusion Reaction - What eGFR and CKD Student Bowl Competition
4:15 – 5:00 pm do I do Now?

Judith Ann Sullivan, MS Elissa Passiment

Session #35 Session #36

A Forward Genetic Approach Hematology Quality

to the Discovery of Proteins Control Review

Required for Fertilization Student Bowl Competition

using the Nematode C.

elegans Marquita D. Robinson,

Tim Kroft MPA

Boxed Lunch (Ticket Required)

Hill Student Center: Ballroom

Session #37 Session #38

High Sensitivity Troponin Managing, and

Assays Managed by, the Student Bowl Competition

Millennial Generation

Robert Hardy, PhD J. Eric Stanford, MHA

Session #39 Session #40

How Health Disparities Impact Parasites in My

How We Treat Patients Backyard in Student Bowl Competition
Birmingham

Kara Caruthers

William Benjamin, PhD

Closing Keynote #41

Hill Student Center: Ballroom

Three Indispensable Virtues of the Ideal Team Player

Janelle Chiasera, PhD

Student Bowl

Award Ceremony

Hill Student Center: Ballroom

Region III Council Meeting

Hill Student Center

The sessions associated with this educational program have been
approved by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® program. P.A.C.E.® is accepted by the
ASCP Board of Certification (BOC), and all states, including California and
Florida, as an approved provider of continuing education for recertification
and licensure. ASCLS members may use CE Organizer to build CEU
certificates and have them automatically downloaded to the ASCP Board of
Certification.

Visit: http://www.ascls.org/education-meetings/ce-organizer

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SESSION DETAIL
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Session #1 Session #5

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. 1 CEU Lab Mgmt 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. 1 CEU Education

Reducing Diagnostic Errors Innovative Educational Methods

Marisa B. Marques, MD Tino Unlap, PhD

Review of the publication of the Institute of Medicine As we move through the 21st century, there is an urgent
“Improving Diagnosis in Health Care” released in need for innovators to identify areas of unmet needs in
September of 2015, discussing its findings as well as the healthcare industry and to develop innovative
proposed solutions. Among them, emphasis will be solutions to these needs. Our graduates can fulfill this
placed on what medical laboratory professionals can do role by using the skill set they received from their
to contribute to safer medical care. graduate programs.

Session #2 Session #6

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. 1 CEU Blood Bank 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. 1 CEU Molecular

Just another day in the Blood Bank Personalized Medicine: Bench to Bedside and

Sabrina H Bryant, PhD, MLS (ASCP)cm Beyond

Nita A Limdi PharmD, PhD, MSPH

Blood Bank case studies with atypical causes and This session will help one to understand current
complications. prescription practices and outcomes, discuss examples
of genes/ genetic variants and their influence on drug
Session #3 therapy, and understand that impact of genetics in
personalizing drug therapy.
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. 1 CEU Chemistry

Cushing’s and Addison’s Diseases: What

Laboratorians’ Need to Know Session #7

Linda Gorman, PhD 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. 1 CEU General

Adrenal diseases present problems for laboratorians as Minding the Gaps
the initial symptoms are vague and often missed. This
presentation will look at the adrenal diseases of Barbara Snyderman, MLS (ASCP)cm DLMcm
Addison's and Cushing's thru the laboratory
assessments being used today. Cases will be used to Due to delayed retirements, for the first time laboratories
demonstrate the laboratory's role in identifying these have employees across four generations. In this session
diseases. We will also look at present genetic detection we will define the characteristics of each generation as
as well as treatment options for these affected patients. well as outline how to better communicate, understand
and motivate them, hoping to create more harmony in
our workplaces.

Session #4

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. 1 CEU Chemistry SPONSOR: Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

Un "Comfortably Numb": The Evolving Opioid

Epidemic Session #8

Rachel C. Beck, PhD, F-ABFT 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 1 CEU Immuno/Chem

Current Concepts in Hepatitis Testing

The opioid epidemic continues; however, preferred drug Denise L. Uettwiller-Geiger PhD DLM(ASCP)
trends have shifted from heroin, oxycodone, and
hydrocodone to fentanyl analogs, loperamide, designer Session provides attendees with an overview of
opioids, and laced heroin blends. Many of these new laboratory tests used to aid physicians in the diagnosis
drugs and/or drug combinations are not detectable by of viral hepatitis. The speaker will also review the CDC
traditional immunoassay screens because of structural Guidelines for hepatitis screening and touch on the
differences yet are clinically relevant due to effects differences in commercially available hepatitis C assays.
elicited through binding to the µ-opioid receptor in the
brain. This presentation will focus on these new threats SPONSOR: Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
and their clinical significance.

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Session #9 Session #12

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 1 CEU General 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. 1 CEU Microbiology

Why Communication Skills are an Important Science Diagnosis of Fungal Infections: Challenges and

in the Laboratory Opportunities

J. Eric Stanford, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM John Baddley, MD

With the increasing focus on inter-departmental This session will focus on the epidemiology and
collaboration and improved, accountable, patient care, diagnosis of fungal infections. The diagnosis of fungal
communicating efficient, clear information is becoming infections is often difficult and the interaction of clinical
as important a science as chemistry and hematology. and laboratory personnel is essential to obtain the best
This session will explore effective communication skills patient outcomes. Fungal diagnosis will be reviewed
and their vital importance within the laboratory utilizing through a review of challenging cases.
various tools and examples to identify personal
communication types, active listening skills, and Session #13 STUDENT-FOCUSED
appropriate methods specifically designed for the
introverted laboratorian in all of us. 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. 1 CEU Microbiology

Microbiology Review

Tera Webb, MS

Session #10

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 1 CEU General Microbiology review for the Board of Certification. This
session is specifically targeted to MLS/MLT students;
Maximizing your Graduate Success: Secrets for however, all are welcome for this comprehensive review
of microbiology.
Millennials to Succeed in Our Career

Lacey Ann Campbell, MHS, MLS(ASCP)CM

In school they teach us the knowledge from our core Session #14
classes we need to know to successfully pass the BOC
Registry Exam; however, they miss a truly critical part 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. 1 CEU Blood Bank
that dictates the level of success we can potentially
achieve. They fail to teach us the methods of Patient Blood Management
professionalism that allows us to perform to the greatest
of our abilities as a medical laboratory professional. In Marisa Marques, MD
this presentation, we will uncover the secrets to success
they don't teach you in school to shine above your fellow Patient blood management or PBM is defined by the
graduates and climb that professional ladder throughout Society for the Advancement of Blood Management
your career. (SABM) as “the timely application of evidence-based
medical and surgical concepts designed to maintain
Thursday, November 17, 2016 hemoglobin concentration, optimize hemostasis and
minimize blood loss in an effort to improve patient
outcome”. In this talk, I will discuss how PBM is
practiced by clinicians and how medical laboratory
professionals may contribute to it.

Session #11

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. 1 CEU Management

Hospital-Acquired Anemia and Test Ordering

Practices

Michelle Brown, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB

Hospital-acquired anemia results from IV fluids, surgery,
and phlebotomy. Join this session to explore data on
blood loss associated with diagnostic blood
draws. Many lab tests are ordered too frequently or
when they are not indicated. We will explore
phlebotomy in the ICU and behavioral factors of
providers associated with test ordering.

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Thursday, November 17, 2016 continued

Session #15 Session #18

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. 1 CEU Management 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. 1 CEU Microbiology

Managing Test Utilization for Improved Patient Care The Alabama Public Health Laboratory: Under the

and Financial Performance Microscope

Thomas P Joseph, MBA, MT(ASCP) Evelyn Geeter, MBA

Overutilization and underutilization of laboratory testing This session will provide an overview of the testing
are challenges facing health systems today. Laboratory programs performed at the Bureau of Clinical
managers can play an important role in improving test Laboratories. Attendees will be informed about the lab's
utilization. In an environment of decreasing testing options and how sample submissions contribute
reimbursements, managing test utilization to reduce to improving Alabama's Public Health.
unnecessary and unreimbursed testing represents one
of the greatest opportunities for laboratories to improve Session #19 STUDENT-FOCUSED
financial performance. Health systems must use a
variety of approaches to manage utilization, as no one 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. 1 CEU Blood Bank
strategy provides a complete solution. This session will
provide an overview of the environment leading to Blood Bank Review
increased focus on test utilization practices, the variety
of approaches health systems have to improve Robin Rauenhorst, BS
utilization, and how analytics can drive improved
utilization practices. Blood Bank review for the Board of Certification. This
SPONSOR: Visiun, Inc. session is specifically targeted to MLS/MLT students;
however, all are welcome for this comprehensive review
of blood bank.

Session #20

Session #16 STUDENT-FOCUSED 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. 1 CEU General

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. 1 CEU Chemistry Federal Regulatory and Legislative Update

Chemistry Review Elissa Passiment, Ed.M., CLS

Kathryn Dugan MEd, MT(ASCP)

Clinical Chemistry review for the Board of Certification The CMS PAMA reimbursement project and value based
using case studies. This session is specifically targeted reimbursement, FDA laboratory developed test
to MLS/MLT students; however, all are welcome for this guidance, CLIA changes, CDC CLIHCTM initiative,
comprehensive review of chemistry. patient safety emphasis, and the advancements in our
science all have implications for the practice of
Session #17 laboratory science that will change our approach to
delivering our services dramatically or leave us behind.
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. 1 CEU Heme/Coag This session will describe and analyze the federal
government policy developments and examine how we
Improving Acute Care with Coagulation Mixing need to respond.

Studies

George A. Fritsma MS, MLS Session #21

Surgeons and physicians order PT and PTT assays to 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. 1 CEU Microbiology

predict bleeding risk, often generating isolated, Reporting to Public Health: What Laboratorians

unexplained prolonged PTs or PTTs. In follow-up, the Need to Know

laboratory scientist mixes patient plasma with normal Sherri Davidson, MPH

plasma and repeats the assay on the mixture. Mixing

studies distinguish between coagulation factor The session will review laboratory results that should
prompt a notification to Public Health. Attendees will
deficiencies and plasma inhibitors, and may be provided learn what information to report, how to report, when to
report, and why their involvement in the process is
by laboratory practitioners at community hospitals and critical.

acute care facilities. The information gained from mixing

studies is an essential first step in the diagnosis of many

hemostatic abnormalities. During this presentation, we

discuss the importance of mixing studies, describe how

they are performed, and show how their results

contribute to diagnosis.

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Session #22 Session #27

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. 1 CEU Molecular 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. 1 CEU General

Chimerism: The Stranger Inside You Diversity’s New Frontier and Healthcare

C Lee Byrd, BS Cheryl Caskey, MA, SBBcm

This mysterious and exciting session will explore real-life It is time to rethink diversity on some levels. Previously,
cases of human chimerism. Examples include a diversity initiatives have focused primarily on fairness for
vanishing twin who shared DNA in utero, a patient with protected populations. A more nuanced kind of diversity,
both an O and A blood group, a male who was also diversity of thought, is emerging. How can/will this affect
female with a different genetic makeup, and a mother diversity in healthcare?
accused of stealing the children she gave birth to.

Session #23 STUDENT-FOCUSED Session #28
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Hematology Review 1 CEU Hematology 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. 1 CEU Chemistry
Floyd Josephat, EdD
Usefulness of the Lipid Panel: NCEP vs. ACC/AHA

Robert Hardy, PhD

Hematology review for the Board of Certification Session #29
examination. This session is specifically targeted to
MLS/MLT students; however, all are welcome for this 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. 1 CEU General
comprehensive review of hematology.
Hot Topics in CLS

UAB Graduate Students

Session #24 Three groups of UAB graduate students will be proving 3
brief presentations of current hot topics in Clinical
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. 1 CEU Hematology Laboratory Sciences.

Moving into the Future or Stuck in the Past: RBC Session #30 SOCIAL EVENT CEU

Morphology and the Rule of 3

John Bandura 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. 1 CEU Chem/Micro

The Culture of Micro-Brewery

Session #25

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. 1 CEU Heme/Chem Friday, November 18, 2016

The Survivalist Guide to Body Fluids

David Thrash, BS, MT(ASCP) Session #31

We are all familiar with the use of blood and urine as 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. 1 CEU Blood Bank
interpretative tools in the clinician's diagnosis of
disease. These fluids can tell the clinician much about a ABO Incompatible Renal Transplants
patient from presence or absence of disease to its
severity and prognosis. However, there are other body Lance Williams, MD
fluids with a story to tell. This session will provide a
review of normal and abnormal body fluid morphology ABO-incompatible renal transplantation is a life-saving
using Wright-stained cytospin preparations from CSF, procedure that allows many more patients to receive
Serous, Synovial and BAL samples to afford the transplants than would otherwise be possible. This
laboratory professionals necessary skills to provide session will focus on the role of the staff in the blood
clinicians with the valuable information needed to aid in bank and apheresis unit to facilitate this life-changing
the diagnosis and treatment of disease processes. procedure.

Session #32 1 CEU General
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Session #26 STUDENT-FOCUSED Tell of Tales
Sherry Polhill, MS
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. 1 CEU General

Are you ready: Preparing for Clinical Rotations and Connecting with one another through effective
communication is essential for successful operations
Solidifying your Spot as a Laboratory Professional within any industry, especially healthcare. The
presentation will cover means, methods and examples
Robert McManus, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM for improving how we communicate and connect with
others.
Advice and tips from Lab Administrators and former
graduates on how to successfully start a career in
laboratory medicine.

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ASCLS REGION III TRIENNIAL MEETING BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

Friday, November 18, 2016, continued Session #38

Session #33 1:00 am – 2:00 pm 1 CEU General

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. 1 CEU Blood Bank Managing, and Managed by, the Millennial

Transfusion Reaction - What do I do Now? Generation

Judith Ann Sullivan, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ) J. Eric Stanford, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM

Managing, and being managed by, the millennial

Blood transfusions are a critical component to patient generation can be tough – with their unique experiences
care. Although many checks and balances are put in
place to ensure safe blood transfusion, transfusion and a different outlook from other generations. But how
reactions do occur. This presentation will discuss the
various categories of transfusion reactions, including do you leverage a mixed-generational team towards a
signs and symptoms and treatments. It will also
examine how the blood bank and hospital services can common goal and keep everyone happy? This session
partner to minimize the occurrence of transfusion
reactions. will highlight the key advantages and disadvantages of

the millennial generation, how they function both as an

employee and as a manager, and useful strategies for

collaboration to transform the future of the laboratory.

Session #39

SPONSOR: Ortho Clinical Diagnostics 2:00 am – 3:00 pm 1 CEU General

How Health Disparities Impact How We Treat

Patients

Session #34 Kara Caruthers, MS

10:00 – 11:00 am 1 CEU Chemistry This session will explore health disparities seen in
specific populations in the United States. We will
eGFR and CKD discuss how these disparities impact clinical treatment of
our patients.
Elissa Passiment, Ed.M., CLS

The estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) is a Session #40
calculation developed to determine if a patient has
kidney disease. The presentation will review the current 2:00 am – 3:00 pm 1 CEU Microbiology
staging of renal disease, the discussion about the
various equations in use and possible new ones, how Parasites in My Backyard in Birmingham
they are being used and the controversy surrounding the
interpretation of the results as well as the latest William H. Benjamin, Jr., PhD
discussion of the use of this parameter.
This presentation is a discussion of parasites found in
Session #35 animals in Birmingham, Alabama and the risk of these
parasites infecting humans. The lifecycles and means of
11:00 am – 12:00 pm 1 CEU Microbiology infecting people will be covered. Some interesting cases
of human parasites seen in patients at UAB hospital,
A Forward Genetic Approach to the Discovery of mostly contracted in other countries will also be
discussed.
Proteins Required for Fertilization using Nematode

C. elegans

Tim Kroft Session #41

Session #36 3:00 am – 4:00 pm 1 CEU General

11:00 am – 12:00 pm 1 CEU Hematology Three Indispensable Virtues of the Ideal Team Player

Hematology Quality Control Review Janelle M. Chiasera, PhD

Marquita D. Robinson, MPA, MLS(ASCP)cm The Institute of Medicine issued a recommendation to
move health care institutions toward high reliability
A review of establishing, monitoring, practicing quality organizations (HRO’s). Teamwork has been identified to
control in the Hematology section of the Laboratory. be an essential characteristic of HROs. Much has been
written about the process for building highly functional
Session #37 Chemistry teams, but far less has been focused on individuals that
1:00 am – 2:00 pm 1 CEU make great team players. This session will present the
High Sensitivity Troponin Assays powerful framework for how to identify, hire, develop,
Robert Hardy, PhD and become the ideal team player.

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