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Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 December 2017 10:44

Below is an archive of past Hot Topic presentations. 

•  December 2017, "Metrics in Microbiology", presented by Linoj Samuel, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Division Head, Clinical Microbiology, Henry Ford Health System.

•  October 2017, "Update on MDRO: The Battle Continues!", presented by Janet A. Hindler, MCLS MT(ASCP), F(AAM), Independent Consultant.

•  August 2017, "Best Practices in Diagnosis of Anaerobic Infections", presented by Morgan A. Pence, PhD, D(ABMM), Director, Clinical and Molecular Microbiology, Cook Children's Medical Center.

•  June 2017, "An Update on Corynebacterium species and Their Clinical Significance", presented by Kathryn Bernard, M.Sc., ARM (CCM), Public Health Agency of Canada- Winnipeg.
  
  
•  April 2017, "The Story of Open Heart Surgery, Heater-Cooler Units and Mycobacterium chimaera", presented by Alice S. Weissfeld, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM), President and CEO, Lab Director, Microbiology Specialists Incorporated.
  
  
•  February 2017, "New Drugs: Few Tests", presented by Romney Humphries, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Section Chief, Clinical Microbiology, UCLA Health System.
  
  
•  December 2016, "Competency Assessment in Microbiology", presented by Susan E. Richardson, M.D., FRCPC, Hospital for Sick Children.
  
  
•  August 2016, "Update on Clostridium difficile Infection", presented by Alice Guh, M.D., M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
  
•  June 2016, "IQCP Best Practices", presented by Susan E. Sharp, Ph.D., D(ABMM), F(AAM), Kaiser Permanente.
  
  
•  April 2016,"Stuff We Should NOT Be Doing", presented by Robert L. Sautter, Ph.D., RL Sautter Consulting LLC, Retired, Carolinas Pathology Group.
  
  
•  February 2016, "Molecular Multiplex Testing: Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Pathogens", presented by Melissa B. Miller, Ph.D., D(ABMM), University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill.
  
  
•  December 2015 - "Discovery of the Urine Microbiome: Implication for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory", presented by Paul C. Schreckenberger, Ph.D., D(ABMM), F(AAM), Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Loyola University Medical Center.
  
  
•  October 2015 - "Stool Culture Work Up" presented by Yvette S. McCarter, Ph.D., D(ABMM), University of Florida Health- Jacksonville.
  
  
•  August 2015 - "Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium sp.: What’s New in 2015?" presented by Gerri S. Hall Ph.D., D(ABMM), F(AAM), Emeritus, Cleveland Clinic.
  
  
•  June 2015 - "Diagnosis and Advanced Molecular Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis" presented by Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Ph.D. and Michael Arrowood, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control.
  
  
•  April 2015 - "Verification of Non-FDA Approved Tests" presented by Michael Loeffelholz, Ph.D., D(ABMM), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
  
  
•  February 2015 - "Optimizing Laboratory Test Utilization in Microbiology and Beyond" presented by Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Mayo Clinic.
  
  
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•  2012 Hot Topics

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 December 2017 12:05

The December hot topic discussion, “Metrics in Microbiology” was presented by Linoj Samuel, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Division Head, Clinical Microbiology, Henry Ford Health System.

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