Description
Bringing new instrumentation into the clinical laboratory involves far more than selecting equipment and completing validations. The complex decisions made during evaluation and purchasing can have lasting implications for staffing, compliance, workflow, information technology, training, space, service, and ongoing operating costs—both direct and hidden.
The webinar brings together experts with perspectives spanning laboratory administration, industry applications, and instrument evaluation to explore what laboratory teams should be considering from the earliest stages of a new instrumentation project all the way through implementation. Through a facilitated panel discussion, faculty will examine the practical questions that can determine whether an implementation proceeds smoothly or encounters unexpected challenges. Topics will include:
- Planning and conducting an effective instrument evaluation
- Establishing a consistent evaluation process
- Recognizing direct and indirect costs
- Identifying IT concerns and considerations
- Anticipating limitations and risks
Panelists will share lessons learned from their different roles and settings, including the considerations that may be easy to overlook during an evaluation but become important after a purchasing decision has been made.
Join our experts and bring your own questions to learn what you can apply today when evaluating, acquiring, and implementing new laboratory instrumentation in your own laboratory.
Target audience
This activity is designed for laboratory directors, laboratory managers, medical technologists, point-of-care coordinators and other laboratory professionals overseeing/conducting within this topic.
Learning objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe key steps and considerations in planning and coordinating a laboratory instrument evaluation.
- Identify direct and indirect costs associated with the acquisition and implementation of new laboratory instrumentation.
- Recognize operational and IT considerations including staffing, workflow, interfaces, middleware, data management, and network requirements.
Faculty
Moderator
Michelle Steiner, DCLS, MLS(ASCP)cm, CHT(ACHI)
Director of Clinical Laboratory
Northern Plains Laboratory
Bismarck, ND
Panelists
Juan David Garcia, DCLS, MBA, MLS(ASCP)cm
Director, Laboratory Services
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Services
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & CLS Program
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Caroline Nottingham, PhD, DABCC
Director of Applications
Werfen
Bedford, MA
Paula Ladwig, MS, MLS(ASCP)
Principal Developer
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Disclosures and statement of independence
The Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine is dedicated to ensuring balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all educational activities. All participating planning committee members and faculty are required to disclose to the program audience any financial relationships related to the subject matter of this program. Disclosure information is reviewed in advance in order to manage and resolve any possible conflicts of interest. The intent of this disclosure is to provide participants with information on which they can make their own judgments.
The following faculty reported financial relationships:
- Caroline Nottingham:
- Salary: Werfen
The following faculty reported no financial relationships:
- Juan David Garcia
- Michelle Steiner
- Paula Ladwig
Content validity
All recommendations involving clinical medicine are based on evidence accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients; AND/OR all scientific research referred to or reported in support or justification of a patient care recommendation conforms to generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.
Accreditation statement
This activity will be submitted for 1.0 ACCENT® continuing education credits.
Successful completion statement
Verification of Participation certificates are provided to registered participants based on completion of the activity, in its entirety, and the activity evaluation. For questions regarding continuing education, please email [email protected].