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3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
- NAACLS / BOC Update
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10:00 am – 11:15 am
- Scientific Assembly Meeting – Hematology / Hemostasis
- Scientific Assembly Meeting – Microbiology / Public Health
- Scientific Assembly Meeting – Phlebotomy
1:20 pm – 2:15 pm Opening Keynote Session
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
- SS01: Sickle Cell Trait: Benign Carrier or Clinical Condition?
- SS02: Engaging Nursing to Improve Specimen Quality
- SS03: Laboratory Test Selection: Working Towards a New Paradigm
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
- SS04: Innate Lymphoid Cells: New Players in Immune Defense?
- SS05: Your Team Is Diverse — So What?
- SS06: Clinical Laboratorian Consultation: Improving Diagnosis and Reducing Cost
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- SS07: When Is Urine Glucose “Normal” and Other Urine Oddities
- SS08: Massive Transfusion Protocols: Does One Size Really Fit All?
- SS09: Globalization and Infectious Diseases
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8:30 am – 9:30 am
- SS10: The Benefits of Learning Something New
- SS11: One Haplotype Matched Bone Marrow/Hematopoieitic Stem Cell Transplants
- SS12: What’s Hot in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Literature
- SS13: Cancelled
9:45 am – 10:45 am
- SS14: Managing Chaos — Surviving in the Laboratory
- SS15: Newest Pieces in the Iron Puzzle and the Mutations Leading to Anemias
- SS16: The Career Options for MLS
- SS17: Rapid Infectious Disease Identification Using Next Generation DNA Sequencing
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- SS18: Crisis Response and the Laboratory
- SS19: Troubleshooting Clinical Laboratory Errors: Collaborative Case Studies
- SS20: Things Are Heating Up: An Update on Emerging Sexually Transmitted Infectious Agents
- SS21: Topics in Laboratory Cost Savings and Productivity
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7:00 am – 8:00 am
- ESA Business Meeting
8:00 am – 9:00 am
- SS22: Neutrophil Extracellular Traps — An Update
- SS23: The Anatomy of a Laboratory Professional
- SS24: Health System Mergers and the Laboratory Integration Process
- SS25: Conducting Research: Data for the Clinical Laboratory Scientist
9:15 am – 10:15 am
- SS26: D-Dimer and the Wells Score May Reduce Overuse of CT Scans in Suspected PE Patients
- SS27: Westgard Rules: Past, Present, and Future
- SS28: Strategies for Making Effective Appointments That Grow Your Constituent Society
- SS29: TeamSTEPPS: An Interprofessional Teamwork and Communication Tool
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
- SS30: Lab 2.0 – Surviving the Journey
- SS31: Case Study Presentations and Member Submitted Research
- SS32: Diagnostic Microbiology: Interactive Case Studies with the Experts
- SS50: Controlled Substance Monitoring and the Opioid Epidemic
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- SS33: An OSHA Inspection in the Laboratory
- SS34: Government Enforcement in the Clinical Laboratory Space
- SS35: What’s Wrong with Warren? A Campus-Wide Interprofessional Education Event
- SS36: ASCLS Leadership Academy Class of 2017–2018 Project Presentation
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
- SS37: Quality of Healthcare in Cuba
- SS38: Body Fluid Specimen Flow Cytometric Immunophenotyping
- SS39: Tales from Clinical Rotations: What Student Feedback from Clinical Experiences Says About Our Profession
- SS40: Hot Topics in Chemistry
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
- SS41: Insert “Lab Values” Here: Meeting the Needs of Transgender Patients in the Clinical Laboratory
- SS42: Doctorate in Clinical Laboratory Science Clinical Experience: A Tale of Two Programs
- SS43: The Emergence of Pathogen Genomics in Diagnostic Laboratories
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8:30 am – 9:30 am
- SS44: Specimen Rejection — Why Does This Need to Be Recollected?
- SS45: The Demand for Blood and the Challenge to Manage It — A Conundrum
- SS46: Foodborne Illnesses Be Gone
9:45 am – 10:45 am
- SS47: Neglected Tropical Diseases: Importance of Diagnosis
- SS48: Lab Formulary: A Ten Year Experience
- SS49: Dialogue Heals: The Art and Science of Mastering a Crucial Conversation
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Closing Keynote Address