WCLN 2019 Regional Meetings (9/18)

Presenters:

• Allen Bateman, Ph.D., MPH, D(ABMM), Assistant Director, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH
• Erin Bowles, B.S., MT(ASCP), Laboratory Network Coordinator, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH
• Rachel Kloss, DVM, MPH, State Public Health Veterinarian, Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
• Erik Munson, Ph.D. D(ABMM), Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Laboratory Science at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI
• Erik Reisdorf, MPH, Virology Surveillance and Team Leader, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
• Alana Sterkel, Ph.D., SM(ASCP)^CM, Assistant Director, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH
• Ann Valley, B.S., ARLN Coordinator, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH

Description:

This one-day meeting presented by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) offers clinical and public health laboratorians, infection preventionists, and local public health staff the chance to strengthen their relationships through networking and discussions of relevant laboratory issues.

This year’s meeting will cover updates to the many surveillance programs the WSLH is a part of, such as the antibiotic resistant network, Influenza, and other vaccine preventable illnesses.  Additionally we will hear an update on Dr. Munson’s statewide antimicrobial resistance tracking project.  We will walk you through the process that happens when laboratories identify a suspect bioterrorism agent and talk about Legionella and Measles. Finally, we will challenge everyone with a game of Kahoot and round out the day sharing a case study or two.

Program Time Table

Begin time: 8:00 a.m. End time: 3:30 p.m. Break(s): 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. and 1:50 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. Lunch: 12:10 a.m. – 1:10 p.m.

Materials

• WCLN 2019 Regional Meeting Brochure
• 1 – Here Comes the Sun
• 2 – AS With a Little Help From My Friends
• 3 – EB RK Got to Get You Into My Life
• 4b – TB We Can Work it Out WSLH S pneumo Case Study Sept 2019
• 5 – AV The Long and Winding Road
• 6 – EM Here There and Everywhere
• 7 – ER Get Back
• 8 – AB Yellow Submarine