Jocelyn Hicks, PhD, FRC Path, Children s Hospital, Washington, DC This session will discuss strategic planning, customer service and the impact of demographics on the practice of laboratory medicine. The session will examine the challenges faced by the laboratorian and clinician in caring for the critically ill neonate. Included are the pre-analytical and analytical problems faced during the course of clinical laboratory testing which are unique to the newborn. Future technological advances should result in increased use of POCT for the neonate and ultimately to improved patient care. In this session, recommendations will be presented by an expert panel on the use of laboratory analytes for the diagnosis and management of patients with diabetes mellitus.
Limited attendance provides an interactive learning experience.
Workshops are presented at basic, intermediate, and advanced levels. Roundtables are focused discussions on narrow topics allowing for active discussion among participants after a brief presentation by the Roundtable leader. Roundtable and Workshop proposals are reviewed and selected by the Annual Meeting Organizing Committee during their Fall 1999 meeting. In order to be considered, proposals must be submitted by Friday, September 10. Poster Presentations Clinical laboratory scientists from around the world will present approximately 900 posters during the Clinical Laboratory Exposition.