Wisconsin Fall Meeting
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Preliminary Program Details:
SCACM is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program.
9:00 – 9:50 am Registration/Light Refreshments/Visit Vendor Exhibits
9:50 – 10:00 am Welcome and Acknowledgements WI State Director: Eric Beck
10:00 – 11:00 am 1.0 Contact Hour - Level: Basic - P.A.C.E. ® #
"Clinical Utility of New Antibiotics"
Thomas Dilworth, PharmD, Infectious Disease Pharmacist, Advocate Aurora Health, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Objectives: At the conclusion of the lecture, participants will be able to,
- Summarize various new antibiotics and their indication for use.
- Appraise clinical utility of various new antibiotics.
- Discuss situations in which antibiotic susceptibility testing for new antibiotics may be warranted.
11:00 am – 12:00 pm 1.0 Contact Hour - Level: Intermediate - P.A.C.E.® #
"New Bugs, New Drugs Bring AST Shrugs: How to Keep Pace in the World of Susceptibility Testing"
April Abbott, PhD, D(ABMM), Microbiology Director, Deaconess Health System, Evansville, IN and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine, Evansville, IN
Objectives: At the conclusion of the lecture, participants will be able to,
- Describe ways to stay up to date with nomenclature and AST recommended changes.
- Discuss the necessity of interdepartmental collaboration with regard to antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
- Review testing options and adoption plans for newer agents, while highlighting pros and cons for different test systems.
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch and Visit Vendor Exhibits
1:00 – 2:00 pm 1.0 Contact Hour - Level: Intermediate - P.A.C.E. ® #
"Candida auris: Not Your Grandmother’s Baking Yeast"
Allen Bateman, PhD, MPH, D(ABMM), Assistant Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, WI
Objectives: At the conclusion of the lecture, participants will be able to,
- Describe the emergence and global epidemiology of C. auris.
- Explain pitfalls and approaches for laboratory testing to identify C. auris.
- Describe the testing available at the WSLH as part of the AR Lab Network.
2:00 – 2:30 pm Refreshments and Visit the Vendors
2:30 – 3:30 pm 1.0 Contact Hour - Level: Basic - P.A.C.E. ® #
"Epidemiology of Tick-Borne Infections"
Blake W. Buchan, PhD, D(ABMM), Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology, WI Diagnostic Laboratories, Milwaukee, WI and Associate Professor of Pathology, Medical College of WI, Milwaukee, WI
Objectives: At the conclusion of the lecture, participants will be able to,
- Understand the epidemiology of tick-borne illness.
- Identify the diagnostic approach(es) that are available and optimal for each organism.
- Consider the potential utility of molecular diagnostics for diagnosis of tick-borne infections.
3:30 – 4:30 pm 1.0 Contact Hour - Level: Intermediate - P.A.C.E.® #
"Clinical Cases in Infectious Disease"
Loren Nunley, MD, MBA and Haroon Shah, DO, Infectious Disease Fellow Physicians, Division of Infectious Disease, Medical College of WI, Milwaukee, WI
Objectives: At the conclusion of the lecture, participants will be able to,
- Understand how physicians determine and order microbiology laboratory testing to aid in diagnosis of infectious disease.
- Be aware how microbiology laboratory results contribute to and determine patient care.
- Be aware how microbiology laboratory results affect patient outcomes.
4:30 – 5:00 pm Final Questions and Closing Remarks
Handouts: Available for download after the meeting
Additional information: Contact Eric Beck, PhD, D(ABMM)
Microbiology Technical Director, ACL Laboratories, Advocate Aurora Health
Eric.beck@aurora.org or 414-328-6124
