New Jersey Point of Care Coordinators Meeting
On Thursday March 10th, 2011 from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sponsored by
Hosted by CentraState Medical Center
901 W. Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
(732) 431-2000
Our meeting will be in the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus. You should park in the North Parking lot behind the Ambulatory Campus. The meeting will be in the Conference Center next to the Fitness and Wellness Center.
Registration:
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Agenda
9:00 AM / Registration and Breakfast / Provided by Alere9:20 AM / Welcome / Mohamed Abd-Rabouh M.T. (ASCP)
9:30 AM / MRSA Update
Rapid Testing 2011 / Dr. Denise Uettwiller-Geiger
Director, Clinical Laboratories
JT Mather Memorial Hospital
10:45 AM / Break
11:00 AM / An epoc Leap in Point of Care Testing- The epoc Blood Gas Analysis System / Art Piccotti, M.T (ASCP)- Alere
11:45 AM / Lunch / Provided by Alere
12:15 PM / Critical Care Testing & POC Trends- PACE credit presentation / Colleen Quinn, RN- Alere
1:30 PM / Round-Table / Mohamed Abd-Rabouh M.T. (ASCP)
2:00 PM / Wrap up
Learning objectives
MRSA Update:
1. Review MRSA
2. Gain Knowledge and understand the different rapid MRSA tests available
3. Understand the matrix for implementation of a rapid MRSA screening program in the hospital setting
Critical Care Testing & POC Trends
1. Describe the benefits of Critical Care POC Testing
2. Understand the utility of Blood Gas Testing
3. Describe current trends in POC Testing- Blood Gases, Cardiac Multi-Markers
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Directions
Our meeting will be in the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus. You should park in the North Parking lot behind the Ambulatory Campus. The meeting will be in the Conference Center next to the Fitness and Wellness Center.
Click here <http://www.ambulatorycampus.com/map.asp> for an exterior map of the Ambulatory Campus and adjacent Medical Center campus.
Click here <http://www.ambulatorycampus.com/3D-map.asp> for a map of the Ambulatory Campus building interior.
From the East
1. Take Business Route 33 to Route 537 in Freehold.
2. Make a left at light onto 537 West.
3. Proceed on 537 West for about 1.8 miles.
4. The Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus will be on your right, just after
CentraState Medical Center.
From Ocean County & South Jersey
1. Take Route 9 North into Freehold.
2. Take the West Main Street/ Route 537 exit.
3. Turn left and proceed west on 537.
4. Continue straight for approximately 1.8 miles and the Star and Barry
Tobias Ambulatory Campus will be on your right, just past CentraState Medical
Center.
From Northern Jersey/New York
1. Take the Garden State Parkway South to Exit 123 (Route 9 South).
2. Take Route 9 South past Freehold Raceway to the West Main Street/Route 537 Exit
ramp.
3. Turn right onto Route 537 West.
4. Continue straight for approximately 1.8 miles.
5. The Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory will be on your right, just past CentraState
Medical Center.
From New Brunswick Area & Northwest
1. Take Route 18 East to Route 9 South.
2. Proceed as above.
From the Hightstown Area
1. Take Route 33 East.
2. Stay on Route 33 East until it splits.
3. BEAR RIGHT onto Route 33 BUSINESS (Freehold).
4. Proceed straight and make right onto Wemrock Road (Wemrock Orchard on your right
side is a landmark).
5. Continue straight on Wemrock Road to Route 537 (major intersection with traffic
light).
6. Turn right onto Route 537.
7. Proceed approximately ¾ mile to the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus on
the right (just past CentraState Medical Center).
From the Philadelphia Area
1. Take the New Jersey Turnpike to exit 7A for 195 East.
2. Take to the Great Adventure/Freehold exit for 537 East.
3. Continue straight for approximately 7.3 miles.
4. The Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus will be on your left. (If you pass
CentraState Medical Center on your left, you've gone too far.)