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Watch: Meeting the Dynamic Challenges for Quality and Patient Safety — June 11, 2020
POCT’s emphasis on quality and patient safety is more important than ever! Medical (diagnostic) errors recently were identified as the third leading cause of death! While not directly involved in diagnosis, POCT professionals are important members of the healthcare team. The information POCT generates is essential to the diagnostic process. Error reduction throughout the testing process, operator competence through education and training, sample collection, and the timely and accurate reporting of the right/accurate results are essential for quality test results. This presentation focuses on current and future challenges for POCT to maintain and enhance its role in contributing to and improving the diagnostic process.
Learning Objectives:
This basic-level, complimentary webinar is produced by Whitehat Communications. Whitehat Communications is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program.
About the Speaker:
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss common and not so common ways to improve quality in the testing process.
- Describe approaches for error reduction.
- Explain the whats, whys and ways to better achieve patient safety.
- Summarize current and future POCT challenges.
This basic-level, complimentary webinar is produced by Whitehat Communications. Whitehat Communications is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program.
About the Speaker:
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Sharon S. Ehrmeyer, Ph.D., MT(ASCP)
Professor Emeritus, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine UW School of Medicine and Public Health University of Wisconsin Madison, WI Dr. Sharon Ehrmeyer is the Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, WI. Her interests focus on POCT and laboratory quality issues, including the impact of mandated regulations on testing practices. She has written in numerous journals, book chapters, and web-based articles, and has presented her interests nationally and internationally. Her recently updated manual, the New Poor Lab's Guide to the Regulations, provides an understandable approach to meeting U.S. regulatory requirements for both POC and central labs. |
Orchard Software is a proud sponsor of this P.A.C.E®-accredited opportunity on behalf of
Whitehat Communications
We thank the Texas Gulf Coast POCC Group for their commitment to supporting continuing education.
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