Sunday, July 28, 2024 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM US Central Time McCormick Place Chicago
This course covers the essentials of the Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential, including regulatory and quality components of automated testing, and peripheral blood smear review indications. Blood smear review requires a broad knowledge base, pattern-recognition skills, and data integration to appropriately pursue follow-up testing for diagnosis. We will focus on CBC with smear review interpretation to distinguish reactive from neoplastic cell populations, appropriate flagging of critical findings such as hemolytic anemia, and confirmation of CBC results. The course will be a mixture of didactics with audience polling and guided inquiry learning (e.g., facilitated group activities including virtual slide review) by speakers with expertise in medical laboratory science, hematopathology, and clinical chemistry.
This activity is designed for lab supervisors, lab directors (and/or assistant directors), lab managers (supervisory and/or non-supervisory), medical technologists, and in-training individuals.
General knowledge regarding the following items will be helpful, but not required:
A fully charged electronic device (e.g. laptop, tablet) is strongly recommended, but not required; virtual slides are viewable on smartphones, but smaller displays may make interaction with session exercises more challenging.
Mark Girton, MD, ABPath, DABCC | University of Michigan
David Maciak, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM | Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Nam Ku, MD, ABPath | University of California, Los Angeles
Maria (Ria) Vergara-Lluri, MD, ABPath | Keck School of Medicine of USC
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