Archive for August, 2007
Upcoming webcast: “Global Public Health Preparedness: Is It Possible?” (9/11/07)
Registration is required for the live webcast of “Global Public Health Preparedness: Is It Possible?” on 9/11/07 , 8:30 am-4 pm ET, presented by the Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness.
This symposium will discuss global public health preparedness in its broadest context; from preparing for catastrophic health events to addressing global health issues including multi-drug resistant tuberculosis to developing the public health workforce in the international community.
An archived webcast is expected to be available two weeks after the event.
For more information or to register: http://www.sph.umich.edu/micphp/globalsymposium.html
archived webcasts and online courses from the MI-CPHP:
https://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/micphp/dynamic/site.php?module=courses#online
Add comment August 31, 2007
“Serologic Testing for Parasitic Disease” – upcoming NLTN teleconference
The registration deadline is approaching for the next teleconference in NLTN’s Laboratory Learning Links Series:
“Serologic Testing for Parasitic Diseases”
Teleconference
Program Dates: September 12, 2007 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
Location: Teleconference
Registration Fee: $50.00 (Payable to APHL): per site for one phone line.
Registration Deadline: September 5, 2007
Add comment August 30, 2007
NLTN article in Clinical Laboratory Science, Summer 2007
“Evaluation of Effectiveness of a Continuing Education Program on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing” reports a study of the effectiveness of an NLTN course. Authors are Eunice R. Rosner, Jane R. Willis, Karen K. Mulawski, Alice S. Boone, Harvey B. Lipman, all of the CDC, and Janet F. Hindler, UCLA Medical Center, who conducts AST courses for NLTN. The article appears in the Summer 2007 issue of Clinical Laboratory Science, the Journal of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS).
The article reports:
Results: Data indicate a high level of participant satisfaction, a gain in AST knowledge, an increase in the number of laboratories acquiring the most recently published CLSI guidelines, and improvement in 4 of 28 specific AST practices.
Add comment August 28, 2007
Laboratory Medicine Grand Rounds – University of Washington
Laboratory Medicine Grand Rounds is a series of programs from UWTV available as audio or video podcasts.
The following programs are included in the series:
- Advances in Cervical Cancer
- Improving Lab Utilization in Ambulatory Care: The Role of Physician
- Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial and Fungal Diseases
- Medical Errors & Patient Safety in the Clinical Lab
- Microarrays for the Detection of Chromosomal Anomalies
- Postanalytic Error: Cases, Concepts and Interventions
- The Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Total Laboratory Automation
- Trends in Autoantibody Testing
- Trends in Newborn Screening
Add comment August 28, 2007
new Medical Microbiology fellowships at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Mass.)
One fellowship is accredited by the American College of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), and the other by the American College of Microbiology.
Add comment August 28, 2007
New Lab training program at Montana State U
Montana State University recently announced a new Clinical Laboratory Scientist training program:
Add comment August 28, 2007
article on traveling med techs – Times-News 8/23/07
Twin Falls Idaho Times-News has an article on contract staffing in labs & worker shortage: http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2007/08/23/news/local_state/119034.txt
Add comment August 27, 2007
“How to Select the Right Laboratory Hood System” at LaboratoryNetwork.com
A booklet on “How to Select the Right Laboratory Hood System” is available for download here from the download library at Laboratory Network.com.
Add comment August 27, 2007
New items in the NLTN Library – Aug 2007
“DNA: Secret of Photo 51“, a DVD from the NOVA series on PBS, is now available for loan from the NLTN Library. The program tells the story of Rosalind Franklin ’s contribution to the discovery of DNA’s double helix structure by James Watson and Francis Crick. More information is available at the PBS Website.
We have also received a collection of books on infectious diseases and bioterrorism. New titles include two books on anthrax: The Killer Strain: Anthrax and a Government Exposed by Marilyn W. Thompson (HarperCollins, 2003) and Anthrax: The Investigation of a Deadly Outbreak by Jeanne Guillemin (University of Califonria Press, 1999).
Also available: The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox by Jennifer Lee Carrell (Dutton, 2003).
Watch this blog for more new NLTN Library items coming soon!
Add comment August 27, 2007
Welcome to the NLTN Library blog!
Visit the NLTN Library Blog for news and resources related to clinical and public laboratory training, continuing education, med tech and laboratory workforce issues, plus NLTN Library updates.
About the NLTN Library
The National Laboratory Training Network is a training system sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The NLTN Lending Library offers over 900 training and educational items on laboratory-related topics, available for loan by mail to interested US residents. The only cost is for return shipping to the library. The library index also contains links to websites and online training material that can be viewed by anyone. Review the library user’s guide or search for laboratory training materials.
Add comment August 21, 2007
The National Laboratory Training Network is a training system sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
