How Our Labs Improve Care for Bloodstream Infections, Today. The past year has seen tremendous progress in how labs are reporting same day identification results for positive blood cultures and impacting patient care. Several studies were presented on how rapid species identification: Reduced mortality and costs associated with S. aureus bacteremia (1) Reduced time to correct therapy and mortality for E. faecium bacteremia (2) Reduced antifungal drug costs associated with C. albicans fungemia (3)
Presentations and Speakers
Join your colleagues from other labs to learn how they are reporting rapid species identification and impacting patient care and outcomes for bloodstream infections.
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Monday, May 21, 2007 @ 7:00PM
Implementing, Reporting and Improving Patient Care with Rapid Results
Kevin Hazen, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Microbiology
University of Virginia Medical Center
The Intercontinental Hotel
Barclay Room - 2nd Floor
220 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Canada
Click here to sign-up by e-mail | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 @ 7:00PM
Impact of rapid C. albicans, S. aureus and Enterococcus results on patient care
Jennifer K. Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Microbiology
University of Maryland Medical Center
Boba Restaurant
90 Avenue Road
Toronto, Canada
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007 @ 7:00PM
Customer appreciation night
Mingle with your friends
Boba Restaurant
90 Avenue Road
Toronto, Canada
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RSVP:
Please RSVP with the dinner of your choice by clicking on the corresponding "sign-up by e-mail" link or call +1-781-376-0009.
We look forward to seeing you in Toronto,
Jennifer M. Wilson
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1. Ly et al. Poster 358. SHEA 2007, Baltimore, Maryland.
2. Toombs et al. Oral Presentation 131. IDSA 2006, Toronto, Canada.
3. Forrest et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Sep;44(9):3381
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