103^rd General Meeting
May 18 - May 22, 2003
Washington, DC

Program Table of Contents
Registration and Housing

Sunrise Seminars

The Sunrise Seminar Program is designed to help address the microbiologist's need for answers to questions relating to every day test performance and reporting. Each seminar will be an "open question" forum where questions may be posted in advance of the meeting or asked during the session. There is a $10.00 fee to attend each session.

You may send any questions relevant to the session topics to the presenters via the mailbox links to the left. All questions received will be reviewed and consolidated to create a working guide for each session.

Division C: Clinical Microbiology

6:30 - 7:45 a.m.		Faculty
Monday, May 20
Practical Guidelines for Testing and Working Up of Respiratory, Stool, CSF, and Urine Cultures		P. C. Schreckenberger, J. Barenfanger
Reimbursement and Compliance Issues for the Clinical Lab		A. S. Weissfeld, V. S. Baselski, L. S. Garcia, K. Buchanan
Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Respiratory Diseases: What's Best for your Lab?		C. C. Ginocchio, A. M. Caliendo
Tuesday, May 21
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests: Challenges to Reporting Results Effectively		J. A. Hindler, F. C. Tenover
Practical Guidelines for Testing and Working Up of Blood Cultures, Catheter Tips, Genital, and Wound Specimens		P. C. Schreckenberger, J. Barenfanger
Parasitology Update		L. S. Garcia
Wednesday, May 22
Competency Testing for the Microbiology Laboratory		S. E. Sharp, B. L. Elder
Communicating Laboratory Results to Clinicians		E. J. Bottone, B. A. Hanna
Bioterrorism: Surge Capacity and the Role of Level A Laboratories		J. W. Snyder, D. S. Shapiro
Thursday, May 23
No sessions Scheduled. Meeting ends at noon.