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H.E.R.O.™ Solutions Workshop
June 23

Be the Hero.

Discover how you can become the hero of your laboratory.






Location: Disneyland’s Grand Californian
Hotel & Spa (click for map)
1600 South Disneyland Drive
Anaheim, CA 92802
Product Focus: BD BACTEC™ FX
BD Phoenix™
BD Phoenix™ AP
BD EpiCenter™
CHROMagar™ Media
BD Affirm™ VPIII

Workshop Agenda:
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
9:15 - 9:30 a.m. H.E.R.O.™ Solutions
Helping to Improve Healthcare Efficiencies, Results and Outcomes
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Where’s the Plumber? Overflowing Resistance with a Dripping Antibiotic Pipeline

Guest Speakers:
Holly D. Maples, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor, Dept of Pharmacy Practice
Assistant Professor, Dept of Pediatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Toni Beavers-May, BSMT (ASCP)SM
Technical Chief, Microbiology
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Best Practices in Blood Culture

Guest Speaker:
Susan Whittier, Ph.D, ABMM
Associate Director,
Clinical Microbiology Service
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch & Live Product Demonstrations
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. BD GeneOhm - Rapid Molecular Testing for Diagnosis of C.difficile Infections

Guest Speaker:
Diane Kawa, Ph.D., SM(ASCP)
Director, Scientific Affairs
BD Diagnostics - GeneOhm
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Conclusion & Adjournment


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