New Directions in Laboratory QC: EQC, Alternate QC and Risk Assessment

 Program Information 

This audioconference brings together three renowned laboratory quality control (QC) experts to discuss the hottest topics in laboratory QC today. These include concepts like risk assessment, EQC and alternate QC. Regulatory changes are likely coming that will provide labs with an opportunity to use one or all of these concepts to customize their QC. In preparation for these changes, it’s important for you to learn how you can take advantage of these changes to develop QC procedures that result in improved test accuracy and reliability.

Target Audience

Laboratory administrators, directors, and managers; pathologists; and IVD industry professionals involved in performing QC, developing QC procedures or quality improvement.

The Experts:

Sharon Ehrmeyer, PhD, MT(ASCP), Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science Program Director at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

James O. Westgard, PhD, FACB, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Wisconsin and Faculty Director of Quality Management Services for the Clinical Laboratories at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI

W. Greg Cooper, CLS, MHA, Manager, Clinical Standards and Practices, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA

How It Works:

It's easy. All you need is a telephone to participate. Registration is by site, one phone connection per registration. If you want to share this information packed program with your colleagues, all you need is a speakerphone. It's that simple! Prior to the audioconference, we will put the conference manual and instructions on how to participate on the AACC website, which you can download at your convenience to your computer. You will be notified when these materials are available.