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 President's Message Mary Lou Gantzer, PhD, FACB
New CLSI President
At the annual Leadership Conference at the end of March, three members of the Board of Directors were recognized for the completion of their service on the Board----Valerie L. Ng, PhD, MD, Michael Thein, PhD, and Naotaka Hamasaki, MD, PhD. I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of all of the members of CLSI, to thank them for their dedicated service.
The Leadership Conference is also the time when the new officers and Board members begin their terms of office, and I am pleased to introduce them to you.
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 New Point-of-Care Companion Products Checklists, documentation log, quick guides, and wallcharts based on |
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CLSI Workshop
Tools for Tackling EP23: Laboratory Quality Control Based on Risk Management; Approved Guideline
May 23, 2012
The Radnor Hotel, St. Davids,
Pennsylvania, USA
This one-day workshop features a discussion on CMS's plans to incorporate key EP23 concepts into CLIA Interpretive Guidelines, along with a focus on assessing risk. Break-out sessions will be held, and CEUs will be awarded from P.A.C.E.®
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EP23 Q & A
Answers to common questions about EP23----Laboratory Quality Control Based on Risk Management; Approved Guideline as well as the EP23 workbook and worksheet.
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CLSI Welcomes New Members
Thank you to our new members for their support!
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2012 NMLPW Honors
CLSI congratulates its member laboratories who have received Laboratory of the Year recognition.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, USA was recognized as the 2012 Advance Laboratory of the Year.
Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center Laboratory in Los Angeles, California, USA was the 2012 MLO Lab of the Year recipient.
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Documents for Public Review and Comment
MM20 (Draft 2)----Quality Management for Molecular Genetic Testing
Comment Deadline: May 21, 2012
M54 (Draft 2)----Principles and Procedures for Detection of Fungi in Clinical Specimens----Direct Examination and Culture
Comment Deadline: May 29, 2012
I/LA26 (Draft 2)----Performance of Single Cell Immune Response Assays
Comment Deadline: June 11, 2012
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Educational Updates
CLSI-APHL: Understanding Detection Capability for Quantitative IVD Assays (588-610-12)
June 7, 2012 1:00-2:00 PM ET
This teleconference will focus on recent guidelines from CLSI document EP17 for establishment, verification, and practical use of the three fundamental detection capability estimates: limit of blank, detection, and quantitation (LoB, LoD, and LoQ, respectively).
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CLSI-APHL: Anaerobic Bacteria Susceptibility Testing (588-612-12)
June 21, 2012 1:00-2:00 PM ET
The two CLSI-approved reference methods for determining MIC end points for anaerobic organisms will be described, along with a more detailed discussion about endpoint determination. The teleconference will focus on material presented in the recently published CLSI document M11, which addresses methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of anaerobic bacteria.
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View all upcoming CLSI-APHL webinars.
Coming Soon
June 2012 CLSI-The Joint Commission: Waived Testing
New Education Portal
CLSI is working with the College of American Pathologists to enhance its new education portal with products and services from CLSI. In the coming months, medical technologists, medical directors, and pathologists will be able to see what documents and other products help meet their needs for the Laboratory Medical Direction competency. More information about this exciting partnership will be coming soon.
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Visit CLSI
2012 APHL Annual Meeting
May 20-23, 2012
Booth #509
Westin Hotel
Seattle, Washington, USA
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ASM General Meeting 2012
June 17-19, 2012
Booth #419
Moscone Center
San Francisco, California, USA
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2012 AACC Annual Meeting and
Clinical Lab Expo
July 17-19, 2012
Booth #1722
Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, California, USA
Learn more...
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Did You Know?
Facts About CLSI Membership
CLSI can connect you with professionals throughout the world.
- Becoming a member of CLSI provides organizations with a valuable forum for communication.
- Participation in CLSI presents an ideal opportunity for representatives from different constituencies to meet, discuss issues, and to the extent possible, identify and implement solutions.
- CLSI offers a membership for Consultants and/or Consulting Firms for professionals who are still active in the industry, independent of an organization.
For more information on membership with CLSI, please contact our membership department at membership@clsi.org.
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Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
610.688.0100
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