Thursday March 6:
- Medical Laboratory Assistants - Valuable Assets to the Healthcare System - Dr. Romina Reyes
- Bloodspot Cards – Not Just a Filter Paper Collection Implement. It Can Be a Life-Saving Device - Daisy Baulcomb
- Why? #1: Why do air bubbles show up in the butterfly tubing as you are drawing the blood even though the needle is in the vein, no air is leaking in where the needle enters the arm, it can even be several tubes into the draw that this happens? by Dr. Richard Cleve
- From Vein to Vein: The Vital Role of PPA in Transfusion Medicine Collections - Sarah Buchko
- Why? #2: What is the correct number of inversions required for each filled specimen tube? by Kim Connolly
- Difficult Draws/Difficult Patients - Venesa Sypniewski
- Why? #3: What is Type 3 Diabetes and how does it differ from Type 1 and Type 2? What are the causes, symptoms and treatment options? by Dr. Richard Cleve
- Preanalytical Lab Errors: Interesting Cases - Dr. Ramesh Saeedi
Friday March 7:

MLA Above and Beyond Awards Cermoney
From the First Poke to Beyond - Ashley Tolerton
Phlebotomy Ergonomics - Samual Cumming
Why? #4: Hand Hygiene by Dr. Richard Cleve
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of ECGs - Cristina Scott
Baby Friendly Initiative: Applying BFI into Practice - Andrea Singh
Why? #5: If the ordering clinicians submit a specimen with risk group 3 pathogens in their differentials, why are they not calling the lab in advance to minimize risk of laboratory-acquired infections? by Dr. Eugene Yeung
Why? #6: Why do some pathogens require only routine precautions at a patient care level but are considered to be risk group 3 in a clinical laboratory? by Dr. Eugene Yeung
Fill Me Up Scotty and Beam Me Some Blood - Dr. Richard Cleve
Are You Smarter Than a New MLA Grad? - Kim Connolly