A How-Should-I Guide to Laboratory Quality Control

Credits: 2 CME/CMLE

“Good Laboratory Practice” demands a good QC Program. This eCourse describes how to determine the QC limits for different tests and why the traditional +/- 2 SD limits cannot be applied to all cases.

An Overview of Chemical Terrorism Agents

Credits: 2 CME/CMLE

A chemical emergency occurs when a hazardous chemical has been released and has the potential for harming human health. Chemical releases can be unintentional, as in the case of an industrial accident, or intentional, as in the case of a terrorist attack.

Sample Collection and Anticipated Clinical Sample Flow Following a Chemical Exposure Incident

Credits: 1.5 CME/CMLE

This course describes the flow of communication between the clinical laboratory, local and state public health laboratories, the CDC, and various other government agencies following a chemical emergency event. An overview of the collection and handling of clinical specimens is provided and the flow of specimens from clinical laboratories to CDC is explained.

Specimen Collection, Storage, and Packaging

Credits: 2 CME/CMLE

This ASCP eCourse covers detailed information on the collection, storage and transport conditions acceptable for submitting specimens to the Centers of Disease Control & Prevention for Rapid Toxic Screen analysis. In addition, documentation and packaging practices that facilitate the acceptance of test results as forensic evidence will be reviewed.

The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute and the Microbiology Laboratorian: Putting Guidelines Into Practice

Credits: 3 CME/CMLE

Through a series of real laboratory case scenarios, common to microbiologists, the faculty discuss relevant issues and problems associated with antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST).

A Practical Approach to Dermatopathology of Inflammatory Skin Disease:
Inflammatory Diseases of the Dermis and Subcutis

Credits: 1.5 CME

This course will give a broad overview of common inflammatory skin diseases in the above inflammatory reaction patterns.

A Practical Approach to Dermatopathology of Inflammatory Skin Disease:
Inflammatory Diseases with Prominent Epidermal Change

Credits: 1.5 CME

Provide an approach to the diagnosis of skin biopsies and to help demystify inflammatory skin disease. To participate in this conference you should have a working familiarity with surgical pathology.

Confessions of a Laboratory Safety Officer

Credits: 2 CME/CMLE

Despite vigilant compliance, extensive training and numerous safety regulations, bad things can still happen to laboratorians. This eCourse presents a first-person view of case studies where small details drastically influenced safety outcomes.

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Does It Matter? Clinical Implications of Pap Test Interpretations

Credits: 2 CME

Through a discussion of known challenging cases and Pap test interpretations, this eCourse presents a comprehensive explanation of how to approach such cases and determine the related clinical management implications. Cytologists constantly have to make judgment calls as to the best interpretation of atypical cells on a Pap test (conventional and liquid based preparations).

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytopathology of Lymph Nodes

Credits: 2.5 CME

Lymphadenopathy represents a major source of morphologic material for pathologic diagnosis in cytopathology laboratories. This eCourse covers the advantages and limitations of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy for evaluation of lymphadenopathy and related topics.

Lymphoid Disorders in Blood and Bone Marrow in Children and Adults

Credits: 2 CME/CMLE

As hematology laboratory staff members play an important patient-care role in assessing abnormal lymphoid populations, this eCourse offers a comprehensive discussion of identifying, reviewing and assessing blood and bone marrow lymphoid disorders.

New Aspects of Cardiac Risk Factors

Credits: 2 CME/CMLE

Exciting new developments have occurred in the use of new markers, such as hsCRP, homocysteine, oxidized LDL and dense LDL, for the assessment of cardiac risk. This program will review the evidence for these markers, synthesize the findings, and recommend their use with the traditional lipoprotein markers and the ATP III.

Preparing for Large Scale Emergencies and How Your Terrorism Preparedness Training Can Help

Credits: 2 CME/CMLE

This eCourse provides an overview of emergency response planning for clinical laboratories and stresses the importance of communication, collaboration and coordination as key components of the emergency response planning activity.

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An Algorithmic Approach to the Diagnosis of Malignant Mesothelioma

Credits: 2 CME

The incidence of malignant mesothelioma continues to rise and diagnosis remains extremely difficult. This eCourse presents criteria for making a diagnosis of epithelial and sacromatous malignant mesothelioma and related topics.

Preventing Errors in the Hematology Laboratory to Improve Patient Safety

Credits: 2 CME/CMLe

The routine CBC and leukocyte differential (Diff) count remain important sources of laboratory errors. This eCourse identifies and offers solutions to the most common errors in the hematology lab.

Red Cell Morphology: A Necessary Tool For Rapid and Accurate Assessment of Anemias

Credits: 4 CME/CMLE

Various factors have contributed to the decline of expert knowledge of red cell morphology among laboratory personnel. This eCourse seeks to redress this trend through an in-depth discussion of laboratory evaluation of anemia.