Tuesday, August 06, 7:00 AM

Closing the Patient Care Gap in Autoimmunity: The Clinical Value of New Biomarkers

Room: Hilton Anaheim, California B Room

Implementation of Quality Controls: Converting to a new provider to support laboratory efficiencies- Experience from Germany

Room: Anaheim Marriott, Grand C

Sample-to-results: Novel solutions for improved process control in molecular IVD assays

Room: Hilton Anaheim, California A Room

Successful Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Provide Measurably Better Healthcare

Room: Hilton Anaheim, California CD Room

The clinical use and performance of high-sensitivity troponin assays: overcoming challenges in implementation

Room: Marriott, Platinum Ballroom 1

Tuesday, August 06, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Point-of-Care Rapid Diagnostics Technology (RDT) for Global Health

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 3

Tuesday, August 06, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Improving Outcomes with Effective Chronic-Disease Management at the Point-of-Care

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 1

Tuesday, August 06, 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

The Critical Role of Water Quality in Lab Performance

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 3

Tuesday, August 06, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Escape the commodity trap and make your lab indispensable

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 3

Tuesday, August 06, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

A simple saliva test is all it takes for Congenital CMV detection

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 3

Tuesday, August 06, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Making YOUR words matter: The Secret to a Successful Lab Stewardship program

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 2

Tuesday, August 06, 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Case Study – BIT Group partnership with Qorvo Biotechnologies to commercialize innovative POC testing solution utilizing BIT’s lifecycle management processes.

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 3

Tuesday, August 06, 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

Multiple Benefits of Point-of-care Immunoassay Analyzer in Diverse Applications and Environments

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 3

Tuesday, August 06, 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Implementation of High-Sensitivity Troponin I Starts in the Laboratory

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 1

Tuesday, August 06, 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

Sample-to-answer, CLIA-Waived PCR system with Visually Read Results for POC: Comparative Flu Detection Analysis with Other FDA-cleared Molecular Assays.

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 3

Tuesday, August 06, 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

A solution for pre-analytical blood sample transport quality control

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 3

Tuesday, August 06, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Managing Patient Pathways and Improving Outcomes in NAFLD and NASH

Room Number TBD

Tuesday, August 06, 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM

The utility of droplet molecular diagnostics: clinical validation of a FDA-cleared BCR-ABL assay for minimal residual disease monitoring

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 3

Tuesday, August 06, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Examining the innovative ways that early-stage tech companies are accessing capital, commercializing their products and growing their business.

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 2

Tuesday, August 06, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Procalcitonin as a Tool in Antibiotic Stewardship in Hospitals: How to Maximize Clinical and Economic Outcomes

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 1

Tuesday, August 06, 6:00 PM

Advances in Latent Tuberculosis Testing and Changing Guidelines

Room: Anaheim Marriott, Platinum Ballroom 6

Aspects of Software to Monitor Myeloma Patients

Room: Anaheim Marriott, Platinum Ballroom 3

Finding Solutions for Sample Preparation at Point of Care

Room: Hilton Anaheim, Oceanside Room

The Digital Transformation of Healthcare Diagnostics

Room: Anaheim Marriott, Platinum Ballroom 1

Wednesday, August 07, 7:00 AM

Emerging role of clinical proteomics in laboratory medicine

Room: Hilton Anaheim, California A Room

Immunoassay Interferences and Their Impact on Patient Care

Room: Hilton Anaheim, California B Room

Modern Thinking about Lingering QC Questions

Room: Anaheim Marriott, Platinum Ballroom 5

Role and Importance of Gastrointestinal Inflammatory Markers in Diagnostics

Room: Anaheim Marriott, Platinum Ballroom 6

The Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction in Conjunction with the Clinical Laboratory Practice Recommendations for the Use of High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Room: Hilton Anaheim, California CD Room

Wednesday, August 07, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

The Cost of Poor Specimen Quality and Errors in Preanalytical Processes

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 2

Wednesday, August 07, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Patient Outcomes Depend on Accurate Test Results that Depend on Operator Proficiency

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 3

Wednesday, August 07, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

From the Lab to the Emergency Department: the Benefit of High-sensitivity Troponin in the US Since 2017

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 1

Wednesday, August 07, 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

25 Years of Cardiac Marker Research and Development of Diagnostics Tools

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 2

Wednesday, August 07, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Lab-Quality Basic Metabolic Testing in the ED for Efficient Triage and Enhanced Patient Care

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 1

Wednesday, August 07, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

The NEW Coag Value Playbook…Embrace the Power of Local Testing

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 2

Wednesday, August 07, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Free Light Chain Testing in Diagnosis and Monitoring of Multiple Myeloma by N Latex FLC kappa and lambda Assays

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 1

Wednesday, August 07, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Translating Glycomics into Clinical practice. The use of N-Glycan measurement for the assessment of liver disease.

Room: Anaheim Marriott, Platinum Ballroom 3

Thursday, August 08, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Be Sure with your LC-MS instruments – for a healthier tomorrow

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 1

Thursday, August 08, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Implementing the BioFire® FilmArray® Pneumonia Panel

Room: Exhibit Hall, Theater 2