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Only a few seats left for theWestgard Workshops for 2010, May 24-26 in Madison, Wisconsin.

Basic QC Practices and Risk Analysis and QC Plans
 (Download the Workshop Brochure here)

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New public workshops

Basic QC Practices May 24, 2010

Risk Analysis and QC Plans May 25-26, 2010

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Doubletree Hotel,  Madison, Wisconsin

With the advent of ISO guidelines for risk management for manufacturers of medical devices and new CLSI guidelines for the use of risk analysis in medical laboratories for developing QC Plans, it’s time to update your knowledge and skills to capitalize on emerging and evolving QC practices.

Choose the one-day workshop on Basic QC Practices to learn basic principles and practices.  Add the two-day workshop on Risk Analysis and QC Plans to bring your knowledge up-to-date on evolving and emerging QC practices, such as Equivalent QC procedures and the use of risk analysis for customizing QC in your laboratory.

Distinguished scheduled speakers include...

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James Nichols, PhD, DABCC, FACB

Chair of the CLSI EP23 committee
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Teresa P. Darcy, MD, MMM, FASCP, FCAP

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
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Sharon S. Ehrmeyer, PhD, MT(ASCP)

Director, Medical Technology Program
of the University of Wisconsin

BQCWorkshopIt's time again to get Back to Basics!

Objectives:
  • Understand quality and how it can be managed
  • Review basic principles of statistical QC
  • Interpret control data with objective rules
  • Recognize the problems with current QC practices
  • Identify improvements for your laboratory

May 24 Schedule

  • Doing QC
  • Quality and its management
  • Fundamentals of QC
  • QC issues today
  • Doing QC Right
  • Regulatory and accreditation requirements
  • What could go wrong?
  • Quality in the real world

For even more details of the workshop, click here

RiskWorkshopSmallRisk Analysis and QC Plans workshop

Laboratory Quality in the age of Risk Management.

Objectives:

  • Learn a process for developing a QC Plan
  • Select QC procedures using a Sigma-metrics tool
  • Assess the shortcomings of EQC procedures
  • Review the principles of risk management
  • Learn about CLSI guidance for Risk Analysis and QC
  • Learn to use risk analysis tools, such as process mapping, fault tree analysis (FTA), and failure-modes effects analysis (FMEA, FMECA)
  • Identify applications for risk analysis in your laboratory

May 25 Schedule

Doing the Right QC
•    Analytical QC and Quality Systems
•    Selecting the right rules and N (C24A3)
•    What’s wrong with EQC?
Developing the Right QC Plan using Risk Analysis
•    Risk analysis concepts
•    New CLSI guidance for QC Plans (EP23)

May 26 Schedule

Applying Risk Analysis
•    Tools and techniques
•    Risk and the Electronic Patient Record
Optional Tutorials
•    Quality assessment with sigma-metrics
•    QC planning with the QC Design software

For even more details of the workshop, click here

Discounts, Group Rates

Discounts Extended! Register now and $100 off registration for both workshops.

Multiple staff persons from the same institution can attend at a discount (contact us for details).

Visit the individual workshop pages for even more details.

What the Westgard Workshops are like

A relaxed, retreat-style setting, Dr. Westgard provides comprehensive training on quality. It is the most in-depth training session that Westgard QC provides all year. Questions, debates and conversations are encouraged. Formal business attire is not required.

  • All coffee breaks and lunches are included with registration.
  • Workshop handouts are included with registration.
  • Usually, groups for dinner together at night are arranged.
  • Shuttle service to and from the airport is available. A car is not necessary, as the hotel is located downtown and within walking distance of dining and shopping.
  • Winter should be over by May, and the steamy summer not yet begun. One of the best times to visit Wisconsin.

You can read more about the Westgard Workshops here and here.

Contact Us - Register

You can register online using the links below:

Basic QC Practices May 24, 2010

Risk Analysis and QC Plans May 25-26, 2010

And please don't hesitate to contact us with questions:

Call: 608-833-4718
Fax: 608-833-0640
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Order form: http://www.westgard.com/order-form.htm
General address: Westgard QC, Inc., 7614 Gray Fox Trail, Madison WI 53717

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