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Where: Hallmark Inn, Newport, Oregon
When: May 16 & 17
We decided on the theme “Wave of
the Future” for this year’s Oregon Spring
Seminar (OSS 2014). Here is why: With
many new regulations and requirements,
we are moving into a newer era of clinical
laboratory. That means, for instance, that
we need to be aware of new policies about
quality control. Individualized Quality Control
Plan (IQCP) is an amendment to the existing
CLIA quality control policy. According to
CMS, “IQCP permits the laboratory to
Events Calendar: 2014
February5 Oregon Tech-OHSU (Wilsonville):
Visit to MLS students
7 Portland Community College (Portland)
Visit to MLT students
March16 - 17 Legislative Symposium:
(Washington DC)
April20-26 National Medical Laboratory
Professionals Week
TBD
Portland Community College (Portland)
Visit to MLT students
May10 Spring Seminar for Students
Portland, Oregon
16-17 Oregon Spring Seminar:Newport, Oregon
16 Board of Directors MeetingNewport, Oregon
Centrifuge
Kudos:
Winter 2014
American Society for Clinical Laboratory ScienceOregon Chapter Newsletter:
OREGON
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Kudos/Oregon Tech continued p.4Oregon Spring Seminar continued p.3
Issue 2 Volume 2
Oregon Tech–OHSU CLS Program graduates 35 students in its 80th year
by Cara Calvo, MS, MT(ASCP)SHDirector, Clinical Laboratory Science Program, Oregon Tech–OHSU
Saturday, December 14, 2013 the
Oregon Tech–OHSU CLS program
graduated 35 students – its eightieth
class since its inception by OHSU in
1933! It is one of the oldest, continuously
operating CLS programs in the country.
The commencement program was held at
OHSU campus auditorium and was attended
by a record 287 family and guests. Dr. Barry Albertson, Director of the Division of
Clinical Research and the Clinical Laboratory
at Fanno Creek Clinic, was this year’s
commencement speaker. He is currently
an elected member of the Tigard-Tualatin
School Board since 2001 and a licensed
Oregon High School Biology Teacher. A
war veteran who received an Honorable
Discharge in 1972, Dr. Albertsons’s career
The
customize its QC plan according to test
method and use, environment, and personnel
competency while providing for equivalent
quality testing.” We will have one session
about IQCP to help you all to understand this
new policy. Look for IQCP session on Friday
afternoon. Another newer requirement
is documentation of clinical laboratory
personnel competencies. To help you to
cope with this complicated topic, we have
two sessions (part 1 and part 2) that will
explain how best to document an employee’s
competency. Look for Training/Competency
sessions on Saturday.
It is impossible to list all exciting sessions
Congratulations Graduates!
� Events Calendar
� Upcoming Events: OSS � Oregon Spring Seminar:
“The Wave of the Future”
� T shirts for Sale!
� Volunteers Needed � Oregon Spring Seminar: � Northwest Medical Lab Symposium � Board of Directors Secretary
� Program Profile � What is the CLA Program?
� Kudos � Oregon Tech Graduates 35
students in its 80th year
� Student Corner � “Music is my Antithrombin”
Advice to students � Scholarship Application
Deadline April 1
� Win a Membership Gift!
� Patient Safety Tips
by Maja ChloupkovaASCLS-OR President-Elect and Co-Chair of Oregon Spring Seminar
These T-shirts, designed by our own Heidi Smith, were a big hit at the National Meeting! We have just a few more available in M, L, XL, XXL. Make a statement and get yours today! $10.00. Available by mail (postage $3), at OSS and at Spring Seminar for Students. Contact Heidi at: [email protected]
Oregon Spring Seminar 2014
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ASCLS T Shirts!
WAVE of the FUTUREUpcoming Events:
ASCLS Oregon Officers 2013-2014
President Heidi [email protected]
President-Elect Maja [email protected]
Secretary Helen [email protected]
Treasurer Krista Moore
First Year Professional
Beth [email protected]
StudentRepresentative
Jordan [email protected]
The Centrifuge is published triannually by ASCLS-Oregon for the Oregon Medical Lab Tech community.
Editor-in-Chief: Beth Zentzis
For submissions, events, recognition and announcements or suggestions, please send an email to:[email protected].
Volunteer Opportunities
Oregon Spring Seminar Volunteers Needed:
Volunteer: Audio-Visual Set-up and Support:Be part of the “Wave of the Future!” OSS needs 2-3 volunteers to help with audio-visual setups for the scientific sessions. We also need the volunteer to help speakers should they experience problems during their presentations. All volunteers will be trained on site. Volunteers need to be present at the seminar on Friday and Saturday. For more details, please contact the OSS 2014 Audio-Visual Committee Chair Peregrina Roberson at [email protected]. Please, include “OSS 2014 AV” in the subject line. Volunteers will be either reimbursed for one session at the meeting (free 1.5 CE hours!) or will be offered Starbucks gift cards.
Volunteer: Session Moderators:Volunteers will be needed for moderating sessions. Moderators introduce speakers, coordinate discussion and announce session codes. Please, when you register for the meeting, specify that you would be interested in being a moderator. Volunteers will be offered Starbucks cards.
Board of Directors Volunteer Needed
Volunteer: Secretary position:We are looking for a new Secretary for ASCLS-OR. The responsibilities of Secretary are: a) be present at all Board of Directors meetings, and b) take the minutes. New secretary will be trained by the current secretary, Helen Wand. The secretary will receive 1 CE credit towards recertification at the end of his/her term. Please, send your message of interest to [email protected] by April 30. Please include “Secretary for ASCLS-OR” in the subject line.
ASCLS needs YOU!
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ASCLS-OR has a membership donor! The donor would like to remain anonymous,
but will generously sponsor membership fees for up to $ 150 dollars. The donor’s
preference is as follows:
1. Sponsor one Student Member who will transfer to First Year Professional
starting August 2014
2. Sponsor one Regular Member who will renew membership
starting August 1, 2014
So what’s the catch? Sponsored members will have to fulfill one condition: They
have to agree to either serve on the Board of Directors, to serve on a committee
or to volunteer to help with organizing Oregon Spring Seminar 2015 and/or
Northwest Medical Laboratory Symposium 2015. There are plenty of opportunities
for everyone to help. Some of the opportunities are more involved, while some do
not require a lot of work but are still very rewarding.
Letters of Intent should be submitted by May 10, 2014, to maja_marek@yahoo.
com. Please, include “Donor Membership ASCLS-OR” in the subject line. The winners
will be announced at the Oregon Spring Seminar on May 16, during the Board of
Directors meeting. Be a part of revitalizing our new, re-energized Oregon Chapter!
Receive or Win Free (or Discounted)ASCLS Membership Gift!
MLT and MLS Students! ASCLS and Alpha Mu Tau Scholarships: Applications Due April 1
Student Corner
ASCLS needs YOU!
3that we have planned for the OSS 2014.
They span almost all fields of the laboratory:
safety, chemistry, hematology, blood
bank, coagulation, molecular diagnostics,
microbiology, special session for educators
(different from competency session!),
immunology, phlebotomy, and toxicology. We
also offer one special session on Friday – CPR
recertification session. Registration for this
session includes lunch.
The formats for our sessions are also
exciting. Sessions include classical lectures
with discussions at the end, very interactive
sessions in form of workshops, as well as
video sessions with live moderators and
extra presentations. Registration has been
upgraded and we now offer convenient online registration as well as snail mail, and for
last minute attendees, onsite registration.
Registration fees are very friendly and include
several different categories to make sure all
of us can afford to come and have fun. Please,
share our enthusiasm with your coworkers
and friends, and invite them to the OSS 2014.
The venue this year is on the oceanfront at
the comfortable and friendly Hallmark Inn.
You wlll not be disappointed! The OSS 2014 is
structured so we can gain a lot of knowledge
and receive many needed CE credits for our
recertification but also have a lot of fun at the
beach and get to know each other better (and
maybe our families too).
Program will be available starting February
15 on our website at ASCLS-OR.org and
registration begins in March. To receive
a discounted price for the hotel, you must
register by April 15. After that time, hotel
will provide discounted room rates based on
availability only. Do you have more questions
that cannot wait to be answered? Please, do
not hesitate to contact me at:
[email protected]. and be sure to
include “OSS 2014” in the subject line.
See you all in Newport!
Maja
Oregon Spring Seminar continued from p.1
Blood is not a homozygous substance. Of course, this is elementary. We know that blood consists of various substances working in unison to maintain a stable state of what we call life. Of the many constituents of blood there is water, protein, white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets, and various other solutes and substances that allow blood to keep us alive. Furthermore, the constituents of blood function not only to deliver oxygen to our organs and tissues, but also to help prevent bleeding and protect us from disease. Such is Life. It is multifaceted and complex; it is not a one-way street upon which we walk our humdrum existence.
The deadline is fast approaching for the coveted and generous ASCLS and Alpha Mu Tau scholarships! Each year, 40-45 scholarships are granted to clinical laboratory students, both graduate and undergraduates, with awards ranging from $1,000 - $3,000, made by the ASCLS Education & Research Fund, Inc. and the ASCLS clinical laboratory fraternity Alpha Mu Tau. Scholarships are awarded on a competitive, point system. The amount of each scholarship depends on the AMTF general fund income (donations) and the return from and donations to the AMTF endowment funds. Undergraduate applicants in NAACLS-approved program for MLS or MLT must be entering or in their last year of study in 2014.
Last year five Oregon students were selected to receive substantial scholarships, including our own Student Representative Jordan Warmack.
Eligibility for Undergraduate Scholarships:
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
• Applicants must be
accepted into an NAACLS accredited program in Clinical
Laboratory Science, to include Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Technician/Medical Laboratory Technician
• Applicants must be in or entering their last year of study in the calendar year in which the award is made
Only one application is needed for all ASCLS and Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity scholarships. Deadline is April 1. For more information and application materials, go to www.ascls.org/about-us/celebrate/107-scholarships-and-awards2/alpha-mu-tau-fraternity1. These funds are here to assist you!
The Student Experience
“Music is My Antithrombin” Advice for CLS Students
When I started my education to become a Clinical Laboratory Scientist at the Oregon Health & Science University/Oregon Tech, it was difficult to pry myself away from my schoolwork. I desperately wanted to do my best. On the brink of exhaustion, I knew that I would not succeed if I allowed my life to become a monologue of scientific facts and never ending memorization. At these times, I found my release in music. I took some time to let go of one aspect of my life, and to cultivate another that is also very dear to me. In doing this, I was able to come back to my studies with increased vigor. The time spent playing music allowed me to prosper in my schooling. This practice kept me sane.
Music is My Antithrombin continued p.5
Essay by Jordan WarmackASCLS-OR Student Representative
4Kudos/Oregon Tech continued from p.1
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Learning about one another’s accomplishments
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This is a new column from the ASCLS
Patient Safety Committee to share tips
and techniques on how to use the current
and new patient educational tools we have
developed to improve the effectiveness of
medical laboratory testing.
A common scenario occurs frequently
— a patient sees the physician for an
annual physical exam. The physician
instructs the patient to return another
day for a fasting glucose and lipid panel.
The patient is told to fast the day before
the blood collection. The patient returns a
few days later to the physician’s office for
the blood collection. When the laboratory
receives the sample and spins it down, the
serum is lipemic. The Medical Laboratory
Scientist (MLS) decides the specimen
is unacceptable for testing because it is
evident the patient had not fasted. When
the MLS phones the physician’s office
to inform them about the unacceptable
specimen the phlebotomist who collected
the specimen confirms they did not
verify the fasting status of patients.
Unfortunately the patient has to be
notified of the situation and return for a
second fasting blood collection.
Without proper instructions, patients
do not fully understand the importance of
fasting and staying hydrated before having
their blood collected. Medical laboratory
Patient Safety Tips
by Heather ChapmanMember, Patient Safety Committee
practitioners
understand
that patient
preparation is an
important part of
specimen collection.
Without it there will be
erroneous test results and an added
burden will be created for the patient
because he/she has to return to have
blood drawn for a second time. The
Patient Safety Committee has created
flyers to help solve this problem. The first
flyer that should be shared with patients
(and their providers, e.g. physicians
and nurses) is the Patient Safety Tips
Venipuncture flyer. It describes the
procedure, before and after care,
and helps a patient understand the
procedure. Depending on the laboratory
test(s) to be performed, the patient may
also need to receive the ASCLS Patient
Safety Tips Fasting brochure. It describes
the fasting requirements when lipid panels
or glucose tests need to be performed.
Urging physicians and phlebotomists to
distribute these flyers to patients will help
medical laboratory scientists ensure the
quality of patient test information and
improve patient safety.
These flyers may be accessed at:
http://ascls.org/patient-safety/patient-
safety-tips-tools/63-patient-safety-2. The
brochures are provided in English and
Spanish.
spans from being a Staff Endocrine Fellow in
the Developmental Endocrinology Branch of
the National Institute of Child Health & Human
Development (NICHD) of Bethesda, Maryland
from 1977 to 1990, when he then became
an Associate Professor for the Department
of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology,
Diabetes & Clinical Nutrition at OHSU.
He is currently Director of the Division of
Clinical Research and Director of the Clinical
Laboratory for Fanno Creek Clinic, in Portland,
Oregon. Albertson holds a Ph.D. from Boston
University & Boston City Hospital, a Masters
of Arts from the College of William & Mary,
and a Bachelors of Science from Juniata
College.
Each year at graduation, a number of the
students are recognized for their scholarship
and achievements while in the program. The Oregon Tech Outstanding Scholar is the
student who, in the opinion of the faculty,
has demonstrated academic excellence in
the major. The Outstanding scholar wears
a special honor cord and is presented a
certificate. His or her name is also inscribed
on a permanent plaque. This year’s
Outstanding Scholar is Jordan Warmack.
The award in Academic Excellence is given
to the graduate with the highest GPA while in
the CLS Program. The Outstanding Student
award is given to a student, chosen by
peers and faculty, who best exemplifies the
attributes of a clinical laboratory scientist. This
student exudes professionalism, respect of
peers, dedication to helping others, technical
ability, initiative, integrity, communication skills,
and ability to work well with others. This year,
eight graduates tied for Academic Excellence:
Karen Coffelt, Jason Doubt, Hyejin Lee, Yuhuan Li, Dana Reister, Michael Shelley, Wendy Snodgrass, and Jordan Warmack.
And this year, The Outstanding student award
is given to two students, Jason Doubt and
Dana Reister.
The program is proud of all its graduates
and their many accomplishments including
the pass rate on the ASCP Board of
Certification MLS exam. The program has
graduated 84 students in the last 3 years
(2010-2012) and they have achieved a 99%
pass rate on the ASCP MLS exam.
Learn, Relax, LaughMay 17-19Hallmark InnNewport OregonRegistration begins March 2014
Event presented by:ASCLS-Oregon and AMT
WAVE of the FUTURE
Oregon’s Lab Community is Coming Together
My life is complex. I enjoy many things. Much like the coagulation cascade; if you take out one factor, serious problems arise. Personally, I believe music is my antithrombin. Without it, I would have formed a clot and died of a stroke a long time ago. Don’t get me wrong; I am not trying to dissuade anyone from being dedicated to his or her work. It is by nurturing the many loves of our life that we are able to care for them all that much more.
“Any human anywhere
will blossom in a hundred
unexpected talents and
capacities simply by being
given the opportunity to
do so.”
— Doris Lessing
Music is My Antithrombin continued from p.3
I am sure that every reader knows how to let loose and enjoy themselves, but under the pressure of such a rigorous program one tends to want to push harder rather than rest. When fatigued, another cup of coffee is poured instead of taking a refreshing jog, walk, or even – daresay – a nap. Humans are physiologically designed to rest as well as use our intellect in multiple arenas. You know what you love, don’t sacrifice it to school and work. Allow your other passions to maintain their life by being your route to release. That’s what I did with balance, and my studies – and enjoyment thereof - improved because of it.
Clackamas Community College offers a Clinical Laboratory Assistant Program designed to serve an array of entry level laboratory needs. The program has been developed for two outcomes, one it serves as a pool for laboratories seeking trained skilled entry-level employees and two, it serves as an introduction to either the Portland Community College Medical Laboratory Technician Program or Oregon Technical Institute’s Clinical Laboratory Science Program as the beginning of a laboratory career ladder.
The program, in its twelfth year and gaining recognition, has trained over 150 graduates in skills ranging from phlebotomy to specimen processing to EKG’s to research assistant. Recently with curriculum revisions the students are required to take a DOT Urine Drug Collection course. There is over 150 hours of off campus practicum experience required in local medical centers and POL’s as well.
Clackamas Community College Clinical Laboratory Assistant Program
by Helen WandCLA Program Director and
ASCLS-OR Secretary
Program Profile
Graduates are eligible and encouraged to take either or both the ASCP Phlebotomy Technician examination and the AMT Certified Medical Laboratory Assistant Examination.
The program is one academic year, with students beginning in September and graduating in June. Applications for the 2014-2015 Academic year are now available on the CCC Website
www.clackamas.edu/programs and certificates/clinical laboratory assistant.
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Helen Wand, ASCLS-Oregon SecretaryPhoto courtesy of Matt Alexandre/www.RobbsPhotos.com
Helen Wand has been director of the NAACLS Approved CCC Clinical Lab
Assistant program since 2002. Helen is also an accomplished writer of historical fiction. Her books are available through
her website helenwandbooks.com.
Learn, Relax, LaughMay 17-19Hallmark InnNewport OregonRegistration begins March 2014
Event presented by:ASCLS-Oregon and AMT
WAVE of the FUTURE
Oregon Spring Seminar
2014
Safety
Chemistry
Hematology
Blood Bank
Coagulation
Molecular Diagnostics
Microbiology
Educators Special Session
Immunology
Phlebotomy
Toxicology
CPR recertification
Oregon’s Lab Community is Coming Together
