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Hemostasis Happenings
Sunday, April 5, 2009
HEMOSTASIS HAPPENINGS: APRIL 2009
Mayo Medical Center - Quality in Coagulation Testing -
Minneapolis, Minn.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
7:00-8:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
Marriott Minneapolis City Center Hotel, 4th Floor Lobby
Session I: Quality in Laboratory Hemostasis and Thrombosis
Moderator: John D. Olson, MD, PhD
7:55-8:00 AM Welcome and Introduction - Ballroom 1
William L. Nichols, MD
8:00-8:30 AM General Quality Planning in the Hemostasis Laboratory
John D. Olson, MD, PhD
8:30-9:00 AM Hemostasis Test Validation, Performance and Reference Intervals
Richard A. Marlar, PhD
9:00-9:30 AM Sample Integrity and Preanalytical Variables
Dorothy M. (Adcock) Funk, MD
9:30-10:00 AM Internal Quality Control in the Hemostasis Laboratory
Steve Kitchen, PhD
10:00-10:30 AM Break (Exhibits Open)
10:30-11:00 AM External Quality Assessment in Hemostasis: Its Importance and Significance
F. Eric Preston, MD
11:00-11:30 AM Initial Evaluation of Hemostasis: Reagent and Method Selection
Wayne L. Chandler, MD
11:30-12:15 PM Questions and Panel Discussion
Faculty
12:15-1:45 PM Luncheon
Marriott Ballroom 2
Session II: Laboratory Quality Organizations: Updates About New Initiatives and Programs
Moderator: Piet Meijer, PhD
1:45-2:05 PM EQATH: Passing and Failing PT/EQA - Results of an EQATH Survey
John D. Olson, MD, PhD
2:05-2:25 PM QMP-LS: A Canadian Regional EQA Program - How Labs Get In and Out of Trouble in Ontario
Anne Raby, MLT, ART
2:25-2:45 PM ECAT: New EQA Initiatives - Factor XIII, Fibrinolysis, Heparin
Piet Meijer, PhD
2:45-3:05 PM UK-NEQAS: What's New? - EQA for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) Testing and LMWH (Low Molecular Weight Heparin) Assays
Steve Kitchen, PhD
3:05-3:35 PM Break (Exhibits Open)
3:35-3:55 PM NASCOLA's New Studies and Initiatives - Burning Questions, and Networking to Find Answers
Catherine P.M. Hayward, MD, PhD
3:55-4:15 PM CLSI: Highlights of New Guidelines for Hemostasis Testing
Dorothy M. (Adcock) Funk, MD
4:15-4:35 PM CAP: Results from New EQA Initiatives - HIT, Heparin, Thrombophilia
Elizabeth M. Van Cott, MD
4:35-5:15 PM Panel Discussion and Questions
5:15 PM Adjourn
6:00-8:00 PM Conference Reception with Hemostasis Product Display and Poster Viewing
Marriott Fourth Floor Lobby
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
7:00-8:30 AM Breakfast
Marriott Fourth Floor Lobby
7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast-with-the-Experts (Simultaneous sessions, repeated on Thursday; pre-registration required)
Session 1: Pediatric Hemostatic Disorders and Testing: A Case-Based Discussion - Crystal Lake Room
Georges E. Rivard, MD
Session 2: Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) and Laboratory Testing - Ballroom 1
James L. Zehnder, MD
Session 3: Optimizing Testing for Platelet Disorders - The Nitty Gritty of What We Do - Deer Lake Room
Karen A. Moffat, MLT, ART, FCSMLS(D) and Marilyn A. Johnston, MLT, ART
Session 4: Validating New or Revised Diagnostic Tests - Elk Lake Room
Elizabeth A. Plumhoff, MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA) and Marlies R. Ledford-Kraemer, MBA, BS, MT(ASCP) SH
8:40 AM Announcements and Updates - Ballroom 1
Session III: Platelet Functional Disorders and Testing
Moderator: James L. Zehnder, MD
8:45-9:30 AM Platelet Electron Microscopy for Diagnosis of Platelet Disorders
James G. White, MD
9:30-10:00 AM NASCOLA / ECAT Platelet Aggregometry Interpretive Survey and Proficiency Exercise for Dense Granule Deficiency Evaluation
Catherine P.M. Hayward, MD, PhD
10:00-10:30 AM Flow Cytometry for Evaluation of Platelet Disorders
Dong Chen, MD, PhD
10:30-11:00 AM Break (Exhibits and Posters Open)
11:00-11:30 AM Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) Laboratory Testing: Results of a New ECAT EQA Initiative
Piet Meijer, PhD
11:30-12:00 PM Panel Discussion and Questions
12:00-1:30 PM Luncheon
Conference Luncheon - Ballroom 2
or optional attendance at NASCOLA Members' Luncheon and Business Meeting - Ballroom 3 (pre-registration required)
Session IV: Coagulation Workshop 1: Platelet Functional Disorders and Testing
Spring Training: Instrument & Reagent Presentations ( Pre-registration Required)
Moderator: William L. Nichols, MD
Presentations by Platelet-related Diagnostics/Instruments/Reagents Companies (Companies to provide speaker)
1:30 PM Workshop Opening Comments
William L. Nichols, MD
1:35-2:00 PM Whole Blood Platelet Aggregation in Clinical Practice
Ravindra Sarode, MD
Director, Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis Reference Laboratory
Professor of Pathology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Sponsored by Chrono-Log Corp.
2:00-2:25 PM PFA-100 Testing: Clinical Indications
Donna D. Castellone, MS, MT(ASCP) SH
Clinical Project Manager Hemostasis/Hematology
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
Tarrytown, New York
Sponsored by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
2:25-2:40 PM The Technique of Platelet Whole Mount Electron Microscopy for Dense Granule Enumeration: A Video Demonstration
James G. White, MD
2:40-2:50 PM Panel Discussion and Questions
2:50-3:30 PM Break (Exhibits and Posters Open)
Workshop: Case-based testing & clinical presentations
Moderator: William L. Nichols, MD
(Faculty Presentations)
3:30-4:00 PM Case A
Catherine P.M. Hayward, MD, PhD
4:00-4:30 PM Case B
William L. Nichols, MD
4:30-5:00 PM Case C
Dong Chen, MD, PhD
5:00 PM Adjourn (No pre-scheduled evening conference activities)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
7:00-8:30 AM Breakfast
Marriott Fourth Floor Lobby
7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast-with-the-Experts (Simultaneous sessions, repeated from Wednesday; pre-registration required)
Session 1: Pediatric Hemostatic Disorders and Testing: A Case-Based Discussion - Crystal Lake Room
Georges E. Rivard, MD
Session 2: Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) and Laboratory Testing - Ballroom 1
James L. Zehnder, MD
Session 3: Optimizing Testing for Platelet Disorders - The Nitty Gritty of What We Do - Deer Lake Room
Karen A. Moffat, MLT, ART, FCSMLS(D) and Marilyn A. Johnston, MLT, ART
Session 4: Validating New or Revised Diagnostic Tests - Elk Lake Room
Elizabeth A. Plumhoff, MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA) and Marlies R. Ledford-Kraemer, MBA, BS, MT(ASCP) SH
8:40 AM Announcements and Updates - Ballroom 1
Session V: Von Willebrand Factor/Disease (VWF/VWD) and Factor VIII Inhibitors
Moderator: Ellinor I. Peerschke, PhD
8:45-9:10 AM Laboratory Diagnosis of VWD: The 2008 NHLBI Guidelines
William L. Nichols, MD
9:10-9:30 AM VWF/VWD Testing Practices: NASCOLA Survey Results
Wayne L. Chandler, MD
9:30-10:00 AM Clinical and Laboratory Aspects of Factor VIII Inhibitors: An Overview
Georges E. Rivard, MD
10:00-10:30 AM Break (Exhibits and Posters Open)
10:30-11:00 AM Factor VIII Inhibitor Testing: Nijmegen Modifications, Experience and Recommendations
Bert Verbruggen, PhD
11:00-11:20 AM Factor VIII Inhibitor Evaluation: Mayo Clinic Approach & New Information
Rajiv K. Pruthi, MBBS
11:20-11:35 AM NASCOLA Proficiency Testing Results for Factor VIII Inhibitors
Ellinor I. Peerschke, PhD
11:35-12:10 PM Panel Discussion and Questions
12:10-1:30 PM Luncheon
Marriott Ballroom 2
Session VI: Coagulation Workshop 2: Coagulation Disorders and Testing
Spring Training: Instrument & reagent presentations (Pre-registration Required)
Moderator: Rajiv K. Pruthi, MBBS
Presentations by Coagulation-related Diagnostics/Instruments/Reagents Companies (Companies to provide speaker)
1:30 PM Workshop Opening Comments
Rajiv K. Pruthi, MBBS
1:35-2:00 PM Innovations in Monitoring Anticoagulant Therapies
Jim F. DeMase
Marketing Manager - Hemostasis
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Brea, California
Sponsored by Beckman Coulter / Instrumentation Laboratory
2:00-2:25 PM New Technologies in Coagulation for GTI Diagnostics: VWF & Propeptide Assay & FVIII Antibody Screen
Dave Boyer, MSc
Product Manager - New Technology Assessment
GTI Diagnostics
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Sponsored by GTI Diagnostics
2:25-2:50 PM Procoagulant Phospholipid
Gwyn A. Cutsforth, MT(ASCP), PhD
Clinical & Scientific Research Manager
Diagnostica Stago, Inc.
Parsippany, New Jersey
Sponsored by Diagnostica Stago, Inc.
2:50-3:00 PM Panel Discussion and Questions
3:00-3:30 PM Break (Exhibits and Posters Open)
Workshop: Case-based testing & clinical presentations
Moderator: Rajiv K. Pruthi, MBBS (Faculty Presentations)
3:30-4:00 PM Case A
Rajiv K. Pruthi, MBBS
4:00-4:30 PM Case B
Layna K. Cardel, BS, MT(ASCP)
4:30-5:00 PM Case C
Elizabeth M.Van Cott, MD
5:00 PM Adjourn
(No pre-scheduled evening conference activities)
Friday, April 17, 2009
6:45-7:55AM Breakfast (Marriot 4th Floor)
Session VII: Coagulation Testing Potpourri
Moderator: Dong Chen, MD, PhD
7:55 AM Announcements - Ballroom 1
8:00-8:30 AM External Quality Assessment of Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Devices in Hemostasis Including ACT, ROTEM and TEG
Steve Kitchen, PhD
8:30-8:45 AM Abstract #1: Evaluation of the Haemonetics TEG® 5000 Platelet Mapping™ Method
Suzanne M. Hoffman, MT(ASCP)
Special Coagulation Laboratory
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin
8:45-9:15 AM EQA Assessment Incorporating Biological Variation
Piet Meijer, PhD
9:15-9:30 AM Abstract #2: A Regional Quality Assurance Program for Core Coagulation Laboratories
Karen A. Moffat, MLT, ART, FCSMLS(D)
9:30-10:00 AM D-Dimer Assay Issues and Standardization: QMP-LS Studies
Anne Raby, MLT, ART
10:00-10:30 AM Break
10:30-11:00 AM Laboratory Monitoring of Heparin Anticoagulation: Current Issues and Recommendations
Marilyn A. Johnston, MLT, ART
11:00-11:15 AM Abstract #3: Evaluation of an Alternate Activating Reagent for the Performance of Coagulation Factor Assays in the Presence of Lupus Anticoagulants
John Barranco, MT(ASCP)
Florida Hospital Center for Thrombosis Research
Orlando, Florida
11:15-11:30 AM Abstract #4: Laboratory Evaluation of an Automated Latex von Willebrand Factor Activity Assay
Julie I. Tange, BS
Special Coagulation Laboratory
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
11:30-12:00 PM Panel Discussion and Questions
12:00 PM Adjourn
(Box lunches available)
Experimental Biology
Event Time: Sunday, April 19, 2009 9:00:00 AM
Location: New Orleans, LA
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Experimental Biology
April 19, 20, 21, 2009
Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, LA
Booth# 910
Exhibiting Aprotinin Protease Inhibitor (Pharma and RUO), Prionex®, The BSA Alternative™, Pefabloc® serine protease inhibitors, snake venom proteins, Pefachrome® and Pefafluor™ peptide substrates and Pefakit® coagulation and fibrinolysis test kits.
Anticoagulation in Practice 2009
Wolfson Centre, Medical School, University of Birmingham
23rd & 24th April 2009
Thursday 23rd April
09.00 Registration
A.M. Session chaired by Ellen Murray & Nicky Fleming
09.30 Welcome and introductions
09.45 Keynote speech: Dr Patrick Kesteven
The Wright project - Travellers thrombosis
10.30 Debate: All people with DVT should be screened for malignancy?
11.30 Tea and Coffee
12.00 Anticoagulation for IV drug abusers
12:30 Is aspirin resistance real?
13:00 Lunch and exhibition
P.M. Session chaired by Steve Davidson & Julie Braine
14.30 Self testing for children on oral anticoagulants
15.00 Pregnancy and thrombosis
15:30 Update on thromboprophylaxis for hospital in-patients
16.15 Plenary and close
Friday 24th April
09.00 Registration
A.M. Session chaired by David Fitzmaurice & Eve Knight
09.30 Keynote speech: Professor Sam Machin
Whither warfarin? New anti-thrombotic agents
10.15 Patient education - the role of warfarin leaflets
10.45 Tea and Coffee
11.15 Anticoagulation and dental surgery
11:45 Case studies
12.30 Lunch and exhibition
P.M. Session chaired by Bunis Packham & Pamela Fox
14.00 All party parliamentary group on VTE thromboprophylaxis report
15.00 Debate: This house believes that patients should take the same dose of warfarin every day
16:00 One persons experience of self management
16.30 Close
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Annual Conference 2009
Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel - Washington, DC
Conference Dates: Apr 29 - May 1, 2009
http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1224883371151ATVB%20(DC)%20Prelim%20Prog%2010231.pdf
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THE NORTHEAST REGION MEDICAL HOSPITAL POCT LABORATORY CONFERENCE EXHIBITION AND TRADE SHOW .... OUR 23RD YEAR!
14- 15 April 2009 Boxborough Holiday Inn
Boxborough Massachusetts
Day 2 Sessions / Topics / Educational Courses
at Northeast Region Conference and Exhibition 15 APRIL
Laboratory Management of Antiplatelet Therapy 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Jackie Coleman, Ph.D.
ASCP 2009 Chicago Workshops for Lab Professionals
Date: April 14-17, 2009
Location: Chicago, IL
THURSDAY, Apr 16
5757 Practical Hemostasis: Laboratory Aspects of Bleeding and Thrombosis
Memphis Hilton for TALC 2009, April 23-24. Come to the birthplace of rock and roll for over 30 hours of quality continuing education,
Angela Phillips, ASCLS-TN President 2008-2009
TALC AT A GLANCE
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009
7:30-8:30 AM Registration and Exhibits Opening
8:30-9:45 AM Keynote Address: Paula Garrott Moving the Walls of the Laboratory
9:45-10:15 AM ASCLS-TN Awards and Business
10:15-10:30 AM Break
10:30-12:00 Noon Current and Emerging Anticoagulants
Sandra Harmon, MT(ASCP)
Johnson & Johnson
Donna Castellone
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