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H.E.R.O.™ Solutions Workshop
April 8

Be the Hero.

Discover how you can become the hero of your laboratory.






Location: Holiday Inn (click for map)
1620 Motor Inn Drive
Girard, OH 44420
330.759.0606
Product Focus: BD Phoenix™
BD BACTEC™
BD EpiCenter™
BD GeneOhm™
BBL™ CHROMagar™

Workshop Agenda:
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
9:15 - 9:30 a.m. H.E.R.O.™ Solutions
Helping to Improve Healthcare Efficiences, Results and Outcomes
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. BD Phoenix™ Automated Microbiology System and
BD EpiCenter™ Data Management System – Uses in the Lab and Beyond

Guest Speaker:
   Toni Beavers-May, BSMT (ASCP)
   Technical Chief-Microbiology,
   Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Arkansas
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Blood Culture Performance and Antimicrobial Removal Systems

Guest Speaker:
   Dr. Richard F. Pfeltz, Ph.D.
   Project Scientist - Microbiology / R & D
   BD Diagnostics – Diagnostic Systems
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch & Live Product Demonstrations
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Rapid Molecular Testing for MRSA

Guest Speaker:
   Geraldine Susan Hall, Ph. D.
   Department of Microbiology
   Cleveland Clinic Foundation
   Cleveland, OH
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. The Role of the Laboratory in MRSA Surveillance

Guest Speaker:
   A. William Pasculle, Ph.D.
   University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
3:00 - 3:10 p.m. Conclusion & Adjournment


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