Salina, KS 67401
The Joint Meeting of
ASCLS-KS, ASCP Wheatlands
for Clinical Laboratory Science Professionals
As is the custom ASCLS-KS, ASCP Wheatlands will join together in 2025 to celebrate our profession and commitment to quality patient care by sponsoring an Annual Spring Meeting This year’s meeting will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, April 8-9 at the Hilton Garden Inn & Convention Center
Do You Know a Speaker? Let us know in registration!!!
Vendor Trucks/Buses Encouraged (Plenty of Parking)
Hilton Garden Inn Salina, Kansas - RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE by MARCH 6, 2025
3320 S. 9th St Salina, KS 67401
Tuesday 4/8/2025 - Wednesday 4/09/2025
Rate: $139/night with code 4ASCLS
King Leisure (non-smoking)
Two Queen Beds (non-smoking)
Reservation by the individual: Reservation Link
Telephone 785-309-0440
Guest Room Check-in time: 3:00 pm
Check-out time: 11:00 pm
Room Block and Rate Information 4ASCLS
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Conference Schedule
TUESDAY, April 8, 2025
7 am – | REGISTRATION |
08:00 – 8:15 am | Welcome |
08:15 – 9:45 am | The Road to Leveraging Laboratory Medicine and Value Based Care Pat Tille Ph.D. MLS(ASCP) AHI(AMT) ASCLS President - University of Cincinnati |
9:45 – 10:00 am | BREAK |
10:00 –10:50am | 2025 Transfusion Medicine Update Matthew Coleman, MD, Regional Director ARC (To be confirmed) |
11:00 –11:50am | Hematology TBD |
12:00 – 1:30 pm | EXHIBITS OPEN – |
1:30 - 2:20pm | OMG! What is OGM? Eric Elsinghorst, PhD, MPH, MLS(ASCP)CM, MB(ASCP)CM Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, The University of Kansas Medical Center |
2:30 – 3:20pm | How to Use the new State Operations Manual (SOM)Appendix C-advanced copy Leigh Spear, BS, MLS(ASCP) State of Kansas CLIA Surveyor |
3:20 – 4:00pm | EXHIBITS OPEN – BREAK |
4:00- 4:50pm | CLSI Breakpoints ( to be Confirmed) |
5:00 – | Exhibits – Social Hour |
6:30 pm | ASCLS – KS Business Meeting Eisenhower/flint Room |
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025
7:00 am – 2:00 pm | Registration |
07:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast with the Exhibitors |
7:30– 8:15am | ASCP WHEATLAND BUSINESS MEETING BOARD ROOM |
8:30 – 9:45 am | Will There Be Blood? Characteristics of the Laboratory Workforce Providing Blood Bank Services in Rural Kansas Alexandra Corns, MLS(ASCP)CM, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Salina |
9:45 – 10:00 am | BREAK |
10:00 –10:50 am | Listening to Blood: Hemosonics Quantra impact on blood product utilization Lance Trewhella (MSN, RN) Hemosonics |
11:00 –11:50 am | Point of Care Testing - Impact of CLIA Changes Jessica Dirks, MT(ASCP) POC Manager, CommonSpirit Mountain Region |
12:00 - 12:50 pm | LUNCH Break Last chance to visit the Exhibits |
1:00pm – 1:50 pm | Antigens and Antibodies of the RhCE Proteins Yan Zheng, PhD, MS, MLS (ASCP)CM Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences The University of Kansas Medical Center |
2:00 – | Effects of Providing a Training Module for Nursing Staff on Pre-analytical Errors to Reduce Specimen Rejections Heather Scott MLS(ASCP)CM Hutchinson Regional Hospital, DCLS Candidate, The University of Kansas Medical Center |
3:00 – | What’s Next? Emerging Viruses You Probably Have Never Heard Of Jan Hudzicki, PhD, MLS(ASCP)cm, SM(ASCP)cm KUMC Professor Emerta Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences |
4:00 pm – 4:50 pm | Downtimes, Disasters, and Dastardly Deeds Beckie Hetrick, MHSA, MLS(ASCP)SBB Retired Software Solutions Architect (Laboratory |
- P.A.C.E.® Credit
- The ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program approves KSCLS as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences.
- All sessions are pending approval for P.A.C.E.® credit. The P.A.C.E.® credits awarded for each session will be published in the final program.
- CE Organizer will be used for P.A.C.E.® documentation.
- For those individuals participating in the ASCP Certification Maintenance Program (CMP), the program committee has attempted to offer continuing education sessions which meet the CMP for generalists (MLS and MLT). A minimum of 36 points over a period of three years is required and must include the following: 1 point in safety, 2 points each in blood bank, chemistry, hematology, and microbiology. Other areas that may be counted toward CMP are immunology, molecular diagnostics, management, education, and/or other related laboratory area(s) of interest.
- QUESTIONS: Please contact: Drew Jones (ajones9@kumc.edu)
The Joint Meeting of
ASCLS-KS, ASCP Wheatlands
for Clinical Laboratory Science Professionals
As is the custom ASCLS-KS, ASCP Wheatlands will join together in 2025 to celebrate our profession and commitment to quality patient care by sponsoring an Annual Spring Meeting This year’s meeting will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, April 8-9 at the Hilton Garden Inn & Convention Center
Do You Know a Speaker? Let us know in registration!!!
Vendor Trucks/Buses Encouraged (Plenty of Parking)
Hilton Garden Inn Salina, Kansas - RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE by MARCH 6, 2025
3320 S. 9th St Salina, KS 67401
Tuesday 4/8/2025 - Wednesday 4/09/2025
Rate: $139/night with code 4ASCLS
King Leisure (non-smoking)
Two Queen Beds (non-smoking)
Reservation by the individual: Reservation Link
Telephone 785-309-0440
Guest Room Check-in time: 3:00 pm
Check-out time: 11:00 pm
Room Block and Rate Information 4ASCLS
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Conference Schedule
TUESDAY, April 8, 2025
7 am – | REGISTRATION |
08:00 – 8:15 am | Welcome |
08:15 – 9:45 am | The Road to Leveraging Laboratory Medicine and Value Based Care Pat Tille Ph.D. MLS(ASCP) AHI(AMT) ASCLS President - University of Cincinnati |
9:45 – 10:00 am | BREAK |
10:00 –10:50am | 2025 Transfusion Medicine Update Matthew Coleman, MD, Regional Director ARC (To be confirmed) |
11:00 –11:50am | Hematology TBD |
12:00 – 1:30 pm | EXHIBITS OPEN – |
1:30 - 2:20pm | OMG! What is OGM? Eric Elsinghorst, PhD, MPH, MLS(ASCP)CM, MB(ASCP)CM Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, The University of Kansas Medical Center |
2:30 – 3:20pm | How to Use the new State Operations Manual (SOM)Appendix C-advanced copy Leigh Spear, BS, MLS(ASCP) State of Kansas CLIA Surveyor |
3:20 – 4:00pm | EXHIBITS OPEN – BREAK |
4:00- 4:50pm | CLSI Breakpoints ( to be Confirmed) |
5:00 – | Exhibits – Social Hour |
6:30 pm | ASCLS – KS Business Meeting Eisenhower/flint Room |
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025
7:00 am – 2:00 pm | Registration |
07:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast with the Exhibitors |
7:30– 8:15am | ASCP WHEATLAND BUSINESS MEETING BOARD ROOM |
8:30 – 9:45 am | Will There Be Blood? Characteristics of the Laboratory Workforce Providing Blood Bank Services in Rural Kansas Alexandra Corns, MLS(ASCP)CM, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Salina |
9:45 – 10:00 am | BREAK |
10:00 –10:50 am | Listening to Blood: Hemosonics Quantra impact on blood product utilization Lance Trewhella (MSN, RN) Hemosonics |
11:00 –11:50 am | Point of Care Testing - Impact of CLIA Changes Jessica Dirks, MT(ASCP) POC Manager, CommonSpirit Mountain Region |
12:00 - 12:50 pm | LUNCH Break Last chance to visit the Exhibits |
1:00pm – 1:50 pm | Antigens and Antibodies of the RhCE Proteins Yan Zheng, PhD, MS, MLS (ASCP)CM Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences The University of Kansas Medical Center |
2:00 – | Effects of Providing a Training Module for Nursing Staff on Pre-analytical Errors to Reduce Specimen Rejections Heather Scott MLS(ASCP)CM Hutchinson Regional Hospital, DCLS Candidate, The University of Kansas Medical Center |
3:00 – | What’s Next? Emerging Viruses You Probably Have Never Heard Of Jan Hudzicki, PhD, MLS(ASCP)cm, SM(ASCP)cm KUMC Professor Emerta Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences |
4:00 pm – 4:50 pm | Downtimes, Disasters, and Dastardly Deeds Beckie Hetrick, MHSA, MLS(ASCP)SBB Retired Software Solutions Architect (Laboratory |
- P.A.C.E.® Credit
- The ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program approves KSCLS as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences.
- All sessions are pending approval for P.A.C.E.® credit. The P.A.C.E.® credits awarded for each session will be published in the final program.
- CE Organizer will be used for P.A.C.E.® documentation.
- For those individuals participating in the ASCP Certification Maintenance Program (CMP), the program committee has attempted to offer continuing education sessions which meet the CMP for generalists (MLS and MLT). A minimum of 36 points over a period of three years is required and must include the following: 1 point in safety, 2 points each in blood bank, chemistry, hematology, and microbiology. Other areas that may be counted toward CMP are immunology, molecular diagnostics, management, education, and/or other related laboratory area(s) of interest.
- QUESTIONS: Please contact: Drew Jones (ajones9@kumc.edu)