Inspectors Training Workshop

Speaker(s)

• 

  Nick Brown
• 

  Michael Gautreaux, PhD

  Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• 

  Taba Kheradmand
• 

  Barbara Masten
• 

  John Schmitz, Ph.D., D(ABMLI, ABHI)

  UNC Chapel Hill
• 

  Cal Stone
• 

  Melissa Weeks

  ASHI

This full day workshop will be held primarily to train laboratory inspectors, but anybody is welcome to attend. The morning session will be designed as an intensive course on how to perform laboratory inspections in general, and specifically for laboratories doing different types of testing. The afternoon session will feature a talk on the top 10 citations and common deficiencies as well as an update on ASHI's travel policy. A round table exercise will be held to discuss real life inspector scenarios.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM US PDT

  The Inspection Process
  

  Speaker: John Schmitz, Ph.D., D(ABMLI, ABHI) – UNC Chapel Hill
• 8:45 AM – 9:40 AM US PDT

  The Audit Based Inspection
  

  Speaker: Michael Gautreaux, PhD – Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM US PDT

  Inspecting a Lab for Solid Organ Transplantation
  

  Speaker: Barbara Masten
• 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM US PDT

  Inspecting a Lab for Bone Marrow Transplantation
  

  *Speaker: Taba Kheradmand
• 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM US PDT

  Introduction of the ARB & Travel Policy Updates
  

  Speaker: Melissa Weeks – ASHI
• 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM US PDT

  Top 10 Citations & Annual Inspector Feedback
  

  Speaker: Cal Stone
• 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM US PDT

  New Technologies & Inspection
  

  Speaker: Nick Brown
• 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM US PDT

  Round Table/Group Discussion: Mock Inspection Scenarios