Attended 3 days of training at Anaerobe Systems, Morgan Hill, California. Training reviewed Anaerobe chamber use, lectures and hands on training of anaerobe identification techniques.
(07/2011)
Attended 3 days of Siemens MicroScan LabPro Advanced Operator Training (1) Drug Suppressions and Aert EX (2) Spring Microbiology Conference (3) Queries and Epidemiology.
(05/2011)
Attended 2 half day workshops at ASM in New Orleans. Topics: Clinical Impact and Laboratory Detection of Newer beta lactamases and Understanding the Increasing Complexity of the Microbiology of Chronic Infection in Cytic Fibrosis
(05/2011)
Participated in a CAP Competency Assessment Program 2011 Assessment: Respiratory Cultures.
(04/2011)
Participated in an inspector team member update training through CAP in preparation for a CAP inspection.
Participated in a CAP inspection in Phoenix, Arizona on May 4,2011
(04/2011)
Attended a 3 1/2 day workshop for the MicroScan WalkAway microbiology ID and MIC instrument. The class was presented by Siemens. The workshop was a laboratory administrator workshop learning about the software of the system with some troubleshooting applications.
(10/2009)
Attended a 6 hour hands on workshop on "Anaerobic Bacteriology for the Clinical Laboratory". Presented by Anaerobe Systems.
(09/2009)
July 2009 Attended a 1 day workshop for the Laboratory Response Network in California: Past, Present and Future. Sponsored by the California Association of Public Health Laboratory Directors and L.A. County Department of Public Health
(07/2009)