2009 SCACM Telephone Audioconference Series      

We Bring the Experts to Your Laboratory!

You can participate by using your telephone or obtain the CD. Either way, SCACM brings the experts to your laboratory.  Each SCACM audioconference will be presented on a Tuesday at 11:00 am Central Time (Chicago time) and 1:00 pm Central Time. Use this site to view the time zones map. The call will last 60 - 75 minutes and will have a live Question and Answer session with the expert. Details for each call will be sent by email at least 1 week before each audioconference. Each site will download the conference files from our site. It is easy just save the files to your PC. The telephone number used to connect to the bridge is a toll call and not toll-free. Each audioconference will be transferred to a CD, playable on a computer using Internet Explorer web browser and includes the handout and other files. The CD recording costs $30 each or $15 when you order the same audioconference telephone call. The recording will available 4 weeks after each call and sent by first class mail. SCACM is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. Program..

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11am CT	1pm CT	January 20, 2009	Bacterial Detection in Blood Donations	William Lockwood, M.D.
11am CT	1pm CT	February 10, 2009	Recognition and Detection of ESBLs. AmpC and KPC producing Gram negative bacilli	Ellen Smith-Moland
11am CT	1pm CT	March 10, 2009	Everything the Clinical Microbiologists Need to Know about  the Laboratory Response Network	Jasmine Chaitram, MPH
11am CT	1pm CT	April 7, 2009	The Correct Coding Game: The Rules	Vickie Baselski, Ph.D.
11am CT	1pm CT	April 14, 2009	The Correct Coding Game: Name That Code!	Vickie Baselski, Ph.D.
11am CT	1pm CT	May 12, 2009	Antibiotics of Last Resort: Carbapenems,  Colistin and Tigecycline and Others	William Pasculle, Ph.D.
11am CT	1pm CT	June 2, 2009	Changing epidemiology of Clostridium difficile in United States	Brandi Limbago, Ph.D.
11am CT	1pm  CT	September 15, 2009	Rapid Identification Organisms from Blood Cultures	Yvette McCarter, Ph.D.
11am CT	1pm CT	October 13, 2009	Challenges in the Laboratory Detection and Confirmation of Antibiotic Resistance.	Jean Patel, Ph.D.
11am CT	1pm CT	November 10, 2009	Respiratory Viruses: An Overview	Elizabeth Marlowe, Ph.D.

1. Purchase series of 10 audioconferences for $ 280.00 ______11am 1pm Circle time slot

2. Purchase series of 10 audioconferences and CDs for $ 400.00 (best value for overall staff training) ______11am 1pm Circle time slot

3. Purchase individual audioconference @ $ 35.00 per call (Jan Feb Mar April 7, April 14 May June Sept Oct Nov)   ______11am 1pm Circle time slot

4. Purchase CD recording $ 30.00 (Jan Feb Mar April 7 April 14 May June Sept Oct Nov)                      ______ Circle)

5. If you purchase an audioconference call, you can purchase the CD recording of the same call for $15.00

(Jan Feb Mar Apr 7 April 14 May June Sept Oct Nov) ____ Circle )

Total $______
Order previous audioconferences on CD including the Select Agent Call, click here.

NOTE:  The telephone call to the audioconference bridge is a toll call and not toll free. SCACM does not permit recording of the call by sites. Please order

the CD-rom.  Call details are sent by email at least one week before the call. If you did not receive the call details, please email brent at  scacm dot org before the call date.. 

SCACM can not guarantee providing the call details on the day of the audioconference.

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To register, please Print Clearly the following information.

Site contact person: _______________________________

(Call details will be sent by email to this person.)

Employer:___________________________________________

Mailing address: ________________________________________________________

City____________________________  State _____    Zip _________    Country ____________

Email address: _______________________________________

Tel: (____) _____________  Fax: (____)______________ (all 3 required)

Alternate contact person (This person will also be sent the call details): Name:____________________________________________ email address:___________________________

We can send a W9 form and payment receipt upon an email request. New: Pay Online here and fax us this completed registration page.

For check payments, make payable to SCACM or South Central Association for Clinical Microbiology.

For Credit Card Payment, please Print Clearly the following information:

 □ American Express   □ Discover   □ MasterCard    □ Visa 

Credit Card number:__________________________________________  Expiration Date: _______ (mm/yy)    Total Amount: $  ______

Customer Billing Information (required): First Name: ______________     Last Name: ___________________

Company: __________________ Street Address (of the credit card owner):_____________________________

City: ________________       State: _____   ZIP: ______   Country: _______________________

Phone number: ____________________    Fax: _______________

Email Address: (an email will be sent as a receipt):______________________________________

The completed registration form can be mailed to Brent Barrett, 3686 Shoreline Drive, Greenwood, IN 46143

or use our toll free FAX and Voice mail number (888) 984-9966
Feel free to contact Jim Snyder, Ph.D. or Brent Barrett with any comments. Thanks!
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