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By Pradip Datta, PhD

Is there a revolution afoot in diagnostic medicine? Could a credit card-sized, disposable cartridge and a toaster-

sized analyzer use artificial intelligence (AI) to digitize biology—detecting and diagnosing sickness instantly even before the patient was aware of it? That is the promise from p-BNC, the programmable bio-nano-chip, unveiled in Sunday’s opening plenary presentation by John T. McDevitt, PhD, this year’s AACC Wallace H. Coulter Lectureship Award recipient.

McDevitt explained that while a digital revolution is taking place every-where in exponential fashion, medical diagnosis has remained more linear, de-pending on a handful of disease-specific biomarkers. Personalized medicine is only making very slow progress. Of more than 157,000 new biomarker pub-lications described in medical literature during the last decade, only about one protein biomarker was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) each year. McDevitt believes that

By Joesph R. Wiencek, PhD

Free hormone assays are among the most challenging tests to perform and interpret. As clinical laborato-

rians, time and again, we hear the ques-tion, “How do I interpret my patient’s free hormone results?” In today’s afternoon symposium “Measurement of Free Hor-mones in Blood: Technical and Clinical Challenges,” Steven Soldin, PhD, and other distinguished speakers will provide insights into this question and discuss other shortcomings of free hormone measurements that often lead to incorrect diagnoses and treatments.

Many methods measure endocrine hormones that circulate in plasma either in the bound or free form. In routine endocrine testing, total hormone con-

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p-BNC technology can change that. His vision foresees the use of AI and digitized biology to map personalized wellness signatures—a deviation from this signature not only detects disease, but diagnoses as well, initiating the era of what he terms exponential medicine.

Such exponential change may be possible from McDevitt’s invention, the p-BNC, where multiple porous beads—each of which generates a 3-D fluorescent image for a specific biomarker analysis—create the digital biological image of the patient from specimens like oral fluid. The system is highly flexible. It can be applied for non-invasive analysis in any patient setting, for personalized medicine or new biomarker discovery, and for many kinds of patient samples—oral fluid, a drop of blood, urine, etc.

Each p-BNC cartridge has etched wells containing one bead per well. The beads, coated with antibody or antigen, serve as immobilized capture reagents.

Taking on Free Hormone Measurement and Interpretationcentrations are primarily referred to as the hormone concentration bound to carrier proteins. Examples include cor-ticosteroid-binding globulin, thyroxine-binding globulin, sex hormone-binding globulin, and albumin. The biologically active free form of hormones constitutes just a small fraction of the total hormone concentration, and remains at equilib-rium in plasma regardless of binding protein availability. This constant equi-librium makes free hormone fractions less susceptible to clinical conditions that dramatically affect total hormone concentrations like pregnancy or muta-tions in binding proteins.

However, free hormone assays are not without their caveats. Over several decades, methods have been developed to directly measure or calculate free

thyroid and steroid hormone concen-trations. These measurements often are technically challenging, while the mathematical algorithms rely on both exceedingly accurate assessment of binding proteins and many underlying assumptions.

In this afternoon’s symposium, developed in conjunction with the Endocrine Society, Soldin will set the stage by addressing several technical issues involving free thyroid hormone measurements that influence how they are interpreted clinically. To better un-derstand free hormone measurements, clinicians and laboratorians need a “deeper understanding that Food and Drug Administration- approved immunoassays for thyroxine and triio-dothyronine are flawed, and especially

at low concentrations can—and often do—provide very precisely the wrong value,” says Soldin.

The buck does not stop there, how-ever, as interpretations of free hormone

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›› see page A-14John McDevitt presents his lecture, “The Programmable Bio-Nano-Chip: A Platform to Digitize Biology,” at Sunday’s Opening Plenary Session.

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By Mark Marzinke, PhD

The 68th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Organizing Committee has invited three sessions on the

topic of hepatitis C (HCV), putting this disease at the forefront of this year’s meeting. While there have been advances in the treatment and management of the virus, particularly through the admin-istration of direct-acting antivirals, it remains a global disease. More than 175 million individuals are estimated to be infected with the virus worldwide, and more than 3 million in the United States. Both treatment and prevention are com-plicated by the genetic variability within the virus.

The three sessions that make up this special scientific track today focus on the current landscape of research and prevention, perspectives on the disease as a global epidemic, and the role of laboratory testing in screening and diagnosis. Justin Bailey, MD, PhD, and Stuart Ray, MD, open up the in-vited series by focusing on the current state of treatment for and prevention of HCV. At this morning’s symposium, Bailey and Ray will discuss the role of HCV’s genetic diversity, and the subse-quent rapid viral evolution in infected individuals. This genetic heterogeneity has remained a significant barrier for vaccination success.

Ray and Bailey will discuss the fact that the hepatitis C virus is more highly variable than other infectious pathogens, including HIV. There have been seven hepatitis C virus genotypes identified, each containing multiple subtypes. This genetic diversity results in heterogeneity at the amino acid level. In fact, viruses from different genotypes differ at approximately 30% of their amino acids. Further, within a single subtype, viruses may show variability of up to 10% on the amino acid level.

HCV also can further evolve during post-viral infection, forming a diverse quasi-species of related, but genetically unique, variants.

Despite barriers associated with genetic heterogeneity and disease pathogenesis, there are several lessons that may be learned from the natural history of HCV infection. Notably, ap-proximately one quarter of infected in-dividuals clear the virus in the absence of any treatment. Bailey will explain how this clearance is influenced by the development of T cell responses, as well as the generation of broadly neu-tralizing antibody responses against the virus. Studies have demonstrated that individuals who clear a viral in-fection via immunological pathways have the capacity to clear subsequent infections more rapidly, suggesting effective adaptive immunity.

These promising data support the rationale for developing an effective vaccine. To be successful, an HCV vaccination must induce an immune response, similar to what has been observed in untreated infected in-

Spotlight on Hepatitis C: Where Are the Vaccines?dividuals who can clear the virus, according to Bailey. Several clinical trials are ongoing, including efforts focused on T cell response induc-tion against the hepatitis C virus. However, as Bailey plans to highlight, a successful vaccine may also need to induce broadly neutralizing antibod-ies for success in disease prevention and eradication.

This morning’s session will set the stage for other sessions today that are a part of this scientific track. A 12:30 p.m. symposium, “Is Hepatitis C of Continuing Concern, or is it Going

Away?” will take the form of a debate, with Kimberly Page, PhD, and Camilla Graham, MD. Finally, an afternoon ses-sion, “HCV and Laboratory Medicine: Testing in Support of Screening and Diagnosis,” will feature speakers William Osburn, PhD, and Arthur Kim, MD.

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The AACC Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians (SYCL) held their annual workshop and mixer on Saturday. The workshop, “Clinical Lab Directors in the Spotlight: Essential Communication Skills for the Modern Lab Director” offered practical tools for working with media, with colleagues in medicine, and a panel discussion on patient access to lab reports.

Jeff Meeusen and Maria Alice are in the spotlight with “George Clooney.”

Laura Parnas, T. Scott Isbell, and David Grenache work the red carpet.

Zahra Yi (right) gives Patricia Jones a hug when arriving.

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As healthcare becomes increasingly competitive and fiscally constrained,

Show Me the Money: Clinical Laboratories’ Value Propositionlaboratories are under pressure to demonstrate value. Today, 2016 AACC President Patricia Jones, PhD, hosts a special session on the laboratory

value proposition. Expert speakers Christopher Price, PhD, (University of Oxford) and Robert Christenson, PhD, (University of Maryland) as representa-tives of AACC and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) will ex-plain the concept of value in today’s healthcare environment. With the goal of increasing clinical laboratories’ value, they will provide concrete exam-ples of how labs might improve their visibility to healthcare administrators. In addition, Price and Christenson will detail how labs can take advantage of opportunities to transition from being viewed as commodities to information resources.

This afternoon’s symposium, “Leveraging the Laboratory Medicine Value Proposition: Demonstrating the Value of the Laboratory as an Integral Part of the Healthcare Team” takes place from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in the Pennsylvania Convention Center 114 Lecture Hall.

This session is part of an AACC-IFCC global education initiative on the value proposition of clinical labo-ratories. Price and Christenson elabo-rated that this concept revolves around identifying what the lab’s value is and to whom. In the new healthcare paradigm, value rests with patient out-comes rather than volume of activities. For example, increased patient survival and quality-of-life would have more value than how many tests a patient receives.

With fee-for-service reimburse-ment being replaced with payment for outcomes, the more efficiently outcomes are achieved, the better. From an administrative standpoint, a good lab produces a desirable outcome the most efficiently. To do this, laboratories

need to show value beyond reporting test results and test volume figures by recognizing what value means to the relevant stakeholders. These stakehold-ers include not only clinicians and pa-tients, but also administrators, policy makers, insurers, and managers. Value encompasses the utility of a given test, how a test will benefit patients, and how these benefits will be realized in the greater context of healthcare initia-tives, goals, processes, and resources.

Unfortunately, the complexity of healthcare delivery challenges this value proposition. For example, siloed financial systems might incentivize a laboratory to avoid a cost that benefits the lab’s budget even though doing so causes the healthcare system to incur a larger cost. Think, a relatively expensive lab test versus a much more expensive imaging study.

The need to coordinate different parts of the healthcare system also poses a complexity-related challenge to achieving effective outcomes. For example, a perfectly executed lab test that diagnoses diabetes will not yield improved outcomes if it is not acted upon systematically. To overcome these challenges, Price suggested that labora-tories identify processes needed to uti-lize test results and resources needed to deliver such processes. He emphasized that test results by themselves will not yield healthcare benefits.

Laboratories have several key op-portunities to add value, including in-tegrating care pathways and providing financial and test resource utilization information. Specifically, they might use test results and patient encounter information to communicate to provid-ers when patients aren’t getting ap-propriate follow-up testing or haven’t been registered into an appropriate care pathway based on clinical data. By registering these abilities with pay-ers and administrators, laboratories’ true value may be appreciated. This can enable laboratories to change the perception of the lab as a commodity, and instead be seen as drivers of better outcomes and essential information.

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Come and meet the future of laboratory medicine at the student oral presentations and

poster sessions today in the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Oral presentations are taking place between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. in Room 201A, while Poster Presentations will start at 2:15 p.m. in Room 201B. Both provide an exceptional opportunity to see the best and brightest of AACC’s young scientists present their research. Many of these presentations represent advancements in the field and provide a chance to see and hear about topics before they are published in peer-reviewed journals.

This year’s presentations include some 50 posters and four invited oral sessions. Oral presenters include: Mohammad Alyamani, who unveils a novel mass spectrometry method for abiraterone metabolite quantitation; Joesph Wiencek, who will describe use of aldosterone and renin workup for primary aldosteronism; Garrett Mullins, presenting some creative uses of an iPhone to monitor the impact of pneumatic tube systems; and Sarah Delaney, who will reveal mechanisms of methotrexate drug transfer in breast milk. The ever-popular oral presenta-tions are a great chance to take in the excellent research of tomorrow’s labo-ratory leaders.

Poster presentations will cover the gamut of topics from autoimmunity

Student Presentations Showcase Novel, Practical, Creative Researchand automation to iatrogenic anemia. It is hard, in just a few hundred words, to do justice to the wide array of science students have brought forth, but the fol-lowing are selected highlights of novel, practical, and creative research that will be presented.

In a highly practical study, Dr. Khushbu Patel (Washington University) will showcase his work on establishing reference intervals for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in post-menopausal women. Patel confirmed a cutoff of 14 IU/L for hCG and showed this concentra-tion does not increase with age beyond 55. He also identified that follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) concentrations do not correlate with hCG, suggesting that FSH is of limited value in interpreting hCG concentrations in older women.

Revisiting an age-old issue, Dr. Brittany Carroll (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) will present her study of calcium correction in a cancer population. Carroll showed how calcium correction for albumin with the Payne formula provides a more accurate indication of calcium homeostasis in hypoalbuminemic cancer patients. Considering practical implications of implementing this formula, Carroll estimated that laboratory staff annu-ally could save more than 100 hours of time by avoiding critical calls about low calcium results.

From the method development arena, Dr. Sami Albeiroti (UCLA) will describe his method for measuring

ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate in urine. He used liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry on the LC-Q-Exactive system to quantitate these ethanol metabolites. The highly sensitive and precise methods enable assessment of moderate and even low alcohol intake.

Finally, no student poster session would be complete without a presen-tation from the CALIPER— Canadian Laboratory Initiative on Paediatric Reference Intervals—initiative. Victoria Higgins (The Hospital for Sick Children) will present her work on pediatric 1,25

dihydroxyvitamin reference intervals. Using the now widely known sample repository of pediatric samples, she defined reference intervals for kids from 0-19 years old showing an age-specific decline in intervals and an absence of seasonal variation.

Both the oral presentations and post-ers will be judged. The top students will be awarded at the joint ABCC/SYCL reception this evening from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. in the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Independence Ballroom. Don’t miss this exciting chance to see young scholars in action!

By Jaime Noguez, PhD

Say what you mean, and mean what you say.” This common ad-age sounds simple enough, right?

Unfortunately, it’s not always as easy as it seems—especially when it comes to professional communication. Sometimes what we try to communicate gets lost

Laboratorians In the Spotlight: Say What You Mean, Mean What You Sayin translation or is not received in the manner we intended. But the ability to communicate effectively is an essential skill in any leadership position and is often underrated, perhaps especially for the scientific community. This year’s an-nual AACC Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians (SYCL) workshop, “Clinical Lab Directors in the Spotlight: Essential

Communication Skills for the Modern Lab Director,” proved to be yet another incredible learning opportunity for both budding and seasoned laboratorians alike. The session focused on ways that lab di-rectors can effectively communicate their knowledge and expertise to a variety of constituencies.

Bill Malone opened the workshop with tips on how laboratory medicine professionals can train themselves to be more media savvy—whether talking with reporters, or writing themselves. Attendees enjoyed his demonstration of creative tools, including a software program designed to help users learn to write without jargon. Using this software, he provided examples of how a compli-cated idea, such as an immunoassay, can be explained in simple terms using only the 1,000 most commonly used words in English. This proved to be more difficult than most would imagine! Malone also stressed the importance of scientists truly knowing their message, and how think-ing like a journalist can improve both writing and speaking skills.

Nikola Baumann, PhD, followed with powerful insights into how to communicate effectively with labora-tory staff and trainees. She emphasized that learning to communicate effectively makes for a more resilient leader, and that although the skills required to be an effective communicator can be taught and learned, they take practice. Baumann described the five habits of

highly effective communicators and provided attendees with conversa-tional tools for talking with staff about a variety of topics, including change management and providing feedback.

The final speaker of the session, Shannon Haymond, PhD, explained that laboratory leaders frequently need to affect the actions, decisions, and opinions of others even when they have no authority over them. Authority is needed to gain compliance, but influ-ence is needed to get commitment and endorsement of your cause, she noted. To be most effective, laboratorians must use a variety of styles for influencing others, Haymond said. She provided examples of different personality types and how to successfully gain their commitment and engagement in future projects.

The workshop concluded with a panel discussion on patient access to lab test results and direct-to-consumer testing. The panel, consisting of pa-tient advocates, clinical laboratorians, and practicing physicians, were given a number of vignettes highlighting interactions between laboratorians and patients that may occur as a result of a change to the current lab testing paradigm. Although the members of the panel had differing opinions on most discussion points, they were all in agree-ment that disease diagnosis is a team sport in which patients, physicians, and laboratorians are all valuable players.

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Every 43 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a heart attack, and despite significant improvements in diag-

nostic testing and clinical management, heart disease is still a leading cause of death. Mitigating damage from a myo-cardial infarction (MI) is a mainstay to minimizing morbidity and mortality, and measuring cardiac troponin (cTn) can offer quick rule in/rule out evi-dence. Recent developments have made high-sensitivity cTn available, using the sex-specific 99th percentile cutoffs as the established “normal” range. Improve-ments in sensitivity boost the ability to “rule in” an MI, especially when using serial measurements. The counterpart to improved sensitivity is a potential for reduced specificity: Although cTn is specific for heart tissue, it is not exclusive for myocardial infarction, and introduc-tion of high-sensitivity cTn can show elevations that are not only due to MI.

Today’s morning symposium, “Cardiac Troponin: Rule Out and Rule In Strategies and use in Chronic Diseases – Issues We Need to Be Sensitive To” will put an interesting spin on the role of cardiac troponin, taking the viewpoint of the labora-tory medicine professional, the emer-gency medicine clinician, and the cardiologist, emphasizing what is most important to each group. From this starting point, speakers will expound a framework for test utilization. They will overview diagnostic strategies for patients who present with acute and chronic cardiac disease, and show how high sensitivity cTn is important in both of these categories.

Being Sensitive Toward High Sensitivity TroponinThe session will kick off with Fred

Apple, PhD, who takes the perspective of the clinical chemist and will show the audience the clinical significance of low cTn values and what analytical metrics we can expect to see in this range. The ability to measure cTn in >50% of the reference population, and CV <10% at the 99th percentile value, are hallmarks of hs-cTn, which are especially important when considering serial measurement in rule in/rule out settings. This session will discuss our role in cardiac care as laboratorians ensuring these criteria are met.

Judd Hollander, MD, will then

present the Emergency Medicine side of the story, and how high-sensitivity cTn can benefit early decision-making in treatment of MI. Hs-cTn shows an advantage over traditional cTn by detecting earlier elevations, and allows for shorter interval serial mea-surements, which can mean moving patients into cardiac care units sooner after initial presentation, and provide safe rule-out criteria earlier. These benefits and others will be discussed from the front line.

Allan Jaffe, MD, will play the role of cardiologist, and show how hs-cTn can be useful in management and

prognosis of chronic cardiac condi-tions. Patients with elevated cTn are at higher risk for mortality, regardless of the cause. Measuring hs-cTn can help in risk-stratifying patients with non-acute coronary syndrome, making it a critical tool for the cardiologist. The information presented in this symposium will give the audience the structure for implementing hs-cTn and provide guidance on appropriate test utilization. The perspective of these three luminaries demonstrates the in-tricate facets of hs-cTn testing, and how one marker can be important across the patient care continuum.

measurements are equally problematic. Due to misinterpretations, “often pa-tients do not receive needed treatment or alternatively receive unnecessary treatment” states panelist Jacqueline Jonklass, MD, an associate professor of endocrinology and metabolism at Georgetown University. Through her own experience with free hormone measurements, she hopes to establish during the session the importance of clinician-laboratorian collaboration and that “laboratory testing is only one of several tools that clinicians have in order to evaluate their patients.”

Lastly, Jean-Benoît Corcuff, MD, PhD, comes all the way from Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux in France to address the complexities of free plasma steroid measurements. His presentation will highlight the challenges of cortisol assays, and he will discuss using salivary steroid measure-ments as a potential surrogate.

All agree that taking into account the limitations of the testing methodology as well as patients’ history, symptoms, and physical examination will minimize unnecessary or inappropriate treat-ments.

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By Joe El-Khoury, PhD

Illicit drug use is on the rise in the U.S., with an estimated 24.6 million people age 12 or older using illicit drugs

on a monthly basis—nearly 10% of the population—and more than 2.3 million toxic exposures reported annually. Since physicians are the number one source of prescription drugs in this country, it is not surprising that pain and addiction management programs rely heavily on the clinical toxicology lab to help them separate appropriate users from diverters and abusers.

Amitava Dasgupta, PhD, and Kara Lynch, PhD, will take up this challenge to the lab in a short course this after-noon, “When Toxicology Results and Clinical Presentation Do Not Correlate: How to Communicate With Clinicians and Guide Further Testing Decisions.”

Dasgupta and Lynch will explore the contribution of the clinical toxicology laboratory beyond simply ordering tests and the importance of assisting with test interpretation, resolving inconsistencies, and guiding further testing decisions.

“Often clinicians call the toxicology laboratory complaining that the nega-tive toxicology result is not consistent with the clinical picture,” Dasgupata says. These complaints often occur because clinicians are unaware of the

limitations of standard immunoas-says used for screening purposes. It is therefore up to the laboratory to guide clinicians through the process and clarify the lack of correlation between screening test results and the clinical picture.

In the medical laboratory field, immunoassays are notorious for pro-ducing false negatives for certain drug classes. Certain benzodiazepines, gamma hydroxy butyric acid, and ket-amine—as well as novel psychoactive substances, including bath salts and synthetic cannabinoids—may not be detected by routine toxicology analysis.

Another example is opiate immu-noassays, which are unable to detect oxycodone, oxymorphone, metha-done, tramadol, mepridine, propoxy-phene, and fentanyl. Fortunately, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) or gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) methods can circumvent these problems. However, because they are more time-consuming and complex to perform, GC-MS or LC-MS results are not readily available for use by physicians, which is why immunoassays continue to be widely used despite their known limitations.

Making matters worse, the world of synthetic drugs is changing. New drugs are rapidly developed and in-

troduced to the market that cannot be detected using the traditional targeted approaches. “A major cause of false-negative toxicology reports is due to abuse of designer drugs, including newly introduced bath salts (synthetic cathinone) and spices (synthetic can-nabinoids),” Dasgupta says. In some situations, using a non-targeted ap-proach with high-resolution mass spectrometry is the only way to detect new drugs, which is why it is critical for laboratory medicine professionals to be aware of the latest trends in drug use.

Weeding Out Inconsistent Toxicology ResultsInterested in learning more? At their

short course this afternoon, Dasgupta and Lynch will not only highlight these limitations of routine toxicology test-ing, but also explain how to effectively communicate with clinicians about, for example, which drug may be present so that the specimen can be further tested or sent to an outside laboratory. They will also present examples of real patient cases seen at San Francisco General Hospital. Bring your toxicol-ogy cap and sit-in for this illuminating session.

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This year’s Annual Meeting Organiz-ing Committee (AMOC) has crafted a program full of exciting science

that can engage both first-time attendees as well as perennial conference goers. The content of the meeting is broad, reflecting the varied interests of AACC members, noted AMOC Chair, William Clarke, PhD, from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “We see growing interest from laboratorians in the fields of infectious disease and microbiology, as well as molecular testing and automa-tion, and we feel these trends necessitate exposure,” Clarke said.

In addition, the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting offers highlighted tracks in areas including mass spec-trometry, genomics, and prenatal test-ing, among others, to direct attendees to symposia, short courses, and brown bags that may be of particular interest. Determining the scientific agenda for the meeting is no small feat for the AMOC, according to Clarke. While all submissions were pre-reviewed by

point people on the AMOC, all mem-bers had input on submitted proposals. The overall objectives of the organizing committee were to “identify knowledge gaps in scientific content and ensure that the meeting was well-balanced and appealed to our diverse membership,” Clarke said. This was a challenging task, but Clarke and his colleagues surely rose to the occasion.

One of the changes to the Annual Scientific Meeting format this year is a single registration fee that allows at-tendees to register for short courses at no additional cost. When asked how this would impact the overall experi-ence, Clarke was enthusiastic. “The single registration fee allows attendees even more options to choose from when selecting the types of sessions they may want to attend,” he said. “This change really increases attendee access to con-tent.” While symposia are broader and may appeal to a larger audience, short courses have the flexibility of being more focused in scope and are more conversational and interactive in nature.

Clarke is also excited about this year ’s plenary lineup. While the

Inside the 68th AACC Annual Scientific Meetingplenaries may seem diverse in nature—with sessions ranging from laboratory miniaturization, to mass spectrometry in the world of anatomic pathology, to the fields of epidemiology and epi-genetics—Clarke promises a unifying theme: emerging technologies and novel approaches to laboratory medi-cine. “This year’s plenaries are really focused on where our field is going,” Clarke said. His promise certainly rings true. Last night, John McDevitt, PhD, the 2016 Wallace H. Coulter Lectureship awardee, discussed the technology and applications of his programmable

bio-nano-chip system, which has the goal of providing affordable laboratory testing on a global scale. Approaching global health from another perspective, this morning’s plenary with Sir Richard Peto, MSC, FRS, on the epidemiology of preventable death confronts our field with the need to provide affordable care in resource-limited areas. “Thinking about global health in a larger way forces the lab community to think about how we can provide real deliverables,” Clarke emphasized.

With all of the scientific content covered at this year’s meeting, it can

feel overwhelming. Clarke has advice for attendees: “Download the app. It is easy to use and will help keep you organized. It has also a map of the convention center!” However you schedule your time, Clarke hopes that attendees will leave the meeting “impressed by the breadth of labora-tory medicine—all that is going on with emerging technologies and how managing laboratory testing in both traditional and newer paradigms of healthcare delivery is critical in provid-ing patient care.” It would not hurt to have a cheesesteak, either.

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The p-BNC comes in a membrane version as well. These chips have a supported polymer membrane instead of beads and can be used to analyze various types of particles. Again, ver-satility is the key principle—they can be used for cell counting (think flow cytometer on a chip), cytology (high-content, single cell analysis), and cell analysis for environmental applications.

The utility of p-BNC technology combined with clinical decision sup-port systems (CDSS) has already been demonstrated in establishing a “cardiac score-card” that combines results from 14 biomarkers and other cardiovascular risk factor data into a clinical decision support tool; in diagnosis of prostate, ovarian, and oral cancers; and in detecting multiple drugs of abuse by a single analysis of oral fluid. Combining multiple such “score-cards,” each person could have easily understandable and interpretable personalized wellness data, accessible to themselves and their care-givers through smartphones or any medium they choose.

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The patient sample is applied to the sample well and is taken up into the car-tridge passively. Liquid buffers within the blisters in the cartridge draw fluid through reagent pads which contain stabilized reagents (including the fluo-rescent labels) in the solid-state form and are reconstituted during the assay.

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To test or not to test? That is the dilemma that clinical laboratories face with when it comes to testing off-label specimen types. Most testing

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In today’s regulatory climate, com-plete method validation of alternate specimen types is expected by accredit-ing bodies (e.g. CAP, COLA, ISO 15189). Although most laboratorians are famil-iar with the method validation process, the added complexity that accompanies these alternate matrices can be daunting. With increased regulatory requirements and limited guidance available for how to accomplish this task, laboratorians are searching for insights into how to properly validate alternate sample types for clinical use that minimize patient risk and maximize the diagnostic value.

In a short course this afternoon, “Analytical Challenges and Clinical Controversies in Body Fluid Testing,” Darci Block, PhD, and Sutirtha

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Section B

Monday, August 1, 2016

The Official Publication of the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo

By Bill Malone

As opioid abuse dominates the headlines, the pressure is on for physicians, pharmacists, and

laboratory medicine professionals to work together on new solutions. Some 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, according to the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention (CDC), yet opioids are not for everyone. New guidance from CDC published in April recommends physicians take a more cau-tious approach to prescribing opioids, and importantly, recommends patients be tested before beginning therapy and

New AACC Guideline Tackles Pain Management Testingat then at least annually.

But even as physicians grapple with making sure only patients who need opi-oids receive them—and then, that patients respond to therapy and comply with their prescriptions—interpreting urine drug tests looms as a significant problem.

During an afternoon short course today, committee members of a new AACC Laboratory Medicine Practice Guideline on pain management will present recommendations from the first draft of the monograph, “Using Clinical Laboratory Tests to Monitor Drug Therapy in Pain Management Patients.” Speakers include Loralie Langman, PhD

of Mayo Clinic, Nancy Bratanow, MD, of Midwest Comprehensive Pain Care, and Robin Hamill-Ruth, MD, of the University of Virginia Health System. The 11-member LMPG committee began a systematic literature review in 2012, and updated it in 2015.

The guideline underscores the need for laboratorians to be a resource for clinicians, helping guide, for example, how often patients need screening. The AACC LMPG recommends an initial urine drug screen for patients initiat-ing controlled substance pain therapy, and random drug testing once or twice a year for low-risk patients. Frequent random testing should be reserved for only high-risk patients.

The guideline also emphasizes the limitations of immunoassays. Clinicaly useful, targeted, definitive testing—such as mass spectrometry assays—should be the first-line test if possible.

Another important recommenda-tion in the LMPG is that laboratories perform urine adulterant testing on samples prior to analysis; if adulteration is suspected, no further testing should be performed on that sample. This could be a change in practice for some organizations, where labs are expected to complete ordered tests even if the sample is suspect.

The guideline also organizes drugs and drug metabolites into categories

based on whether they should be tested routinely, only for high-risk patients, or only as clinically indicated. Laboratory medicine experts have noted that some labs offer very large panels of tests, and that patients will not need every analyte tested every time.

AACC members were notified of the guideline comment period via email on July 6. The comment period concludes on August 7. After feedback from AACC members and the public, including at today’s session, the guideline will go through further review internally within AACC as well as the American Academy of Pain Medicine before being submitted for publication.

This article was adapted from an ar-ticle that appeared in the July 2016 issue of Clinical Laboratory News by Julie Kirkwood. The original article is available on www.aacc.org/publications/cln.

Hear From the ExpertsNACB LMPG on Laboratory Testing to Support Pain Management7241512:30 pm – 2:00 pm

SpeakersLoralie Langman, PhD, Mayo Clinic, ModeratorRecommendations for Adulterant Testing and Appropriate Reporting and Interpretation of Laboratory Results

Nancy Bratanow, MD, Midwest Comprehensive Pain CareClinical Utility of Pharmacogenomics for Pain Management and Current Regulatory Guidelines for Monitoring Pain Patients

Robin Hamill-Ruth, MD, Clinical Pain Research University of Virginia Health SystemCommon Classes of Medications Used and Abused by Pain Management Patients and the Appropriate Specimen Types Required To Detect Them

By Caroline Eggers

The idea of an AACC journal dedi-cated to practical laboratory medi-cine has been a topic of discussion

by AACC members for years. But it was not until recently that the AACC Board of Directors sensed the timing was right and assembled a team to explore the landscape for a possible new journal. When AACC shared the idea of an ap-plied laboratory medicine journal with members in mid-2015, hundreds sent in thoughtful responses. Before long, a vote was brought before the Board of Directors on whether to move forward.

“Board members actually broke out in applause after the vote was taken,” said David Grenache, PhD, who now serves on the editorial board for The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine (JALM). “It was a very exciting moment, and one that was of particular importance to me having been part of the process from

AACC Launches The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicineinception to approval.” Grenache, secre-tary on the AACC Board of Directors, is a professor of pathology at the University of Utah, as well as a section chief of chemistry and medical director of special chemistry at ARUP Laboratories in Salt Lake City. Grenache served on the initial team charged by the board with getting the journal started.

After the board approved moving forward, one of the team’s first tasks was to find the editor-in-chief. Several months later, in January 2016, AACC announced that Robert H. Christenson, PhD, DABCC, FACB, had accepted the role. Christenson was a familiar AACC leader, having previously served on the editorial board for Clinical Chemistry as well as AACC president in 2013.

“This wasn’t just some idea that came up over coffee,” said Christenson of his beginnings with the journal. After learning about how AACC members had responded to the idea of the new

journal, Christenson considered the lasting impact the journal would have on the field. “This could be a legacy for the future of laboratory medicine,” he recalled thinking.

Initially the journal will be published every other month online. JALM aims to offer “the latest innovations” of ap-plied laboratory medicine, according to Christenson. He sees the journal serving as a survival guide during the exponentially fast-changing ambit of the clinical laboratory, showcasing new practices, methods, and technol-ogy. AACC’s Clinical Chemistry, first published in 1955, focuses on discovery science in the field. In contrast, JALM presents practical information that laboratory professionals can use imme-diately upon reading, known as transla-tional research. In short, “from bench to bedside,” explained Christenson, who strives to expedite new knowledge to the laboratory community through the journal.

To address accuracy in the total testing process, JALM editors will

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To obtain your continuing education credits and a certificate of attendance, go to www.aacc.org/AMcredits. You

may claim your credits and certificate of attendance from any computer, tablet, or mobile device.

How do I get credit for the scien-tific sessions (Plenary, Symposia, Short Courses, Meet the Experts, Brown Bag, and Poster Sessions)? As you attend sessions, write them down in the Continuing Education Session Recording Form (found at the back of the Program Guide). At the end of each day, go online to: www.aacc.org/AMcredits and follow the instructions to evaluate each session you attended and then print (or save) your Verification of Participation (credit) certificate.

Will I need to record the CE code at the end of each session? No, continuing education (CE) codes are no longer being used for continuing education credit.

Do I need to take any additional steps for my ACCENT® credit if I am a clini-cal laboratory scientist in Florida? Yes, if you would like AACC to report your credits to CE BROKER, enter your Florida Department of Health license number when you go online to obtain your ACCENT® credits. You must obtain your credits within 30 days of the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting.

Do I need to take any additional steps for my ACCENT® credit if I am a clini-cal laboratory scientist in California? Yes, you must sign your ACCENT®

Verification of Participation certificate(s) before submitting to the California state licensing agency.

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How do I get ACCENT® credit for Poster Sessions? To obtain ACCENT® credit for Poster Sessions, go to www.aacc.org/AMcredits and follow the same steps as you would for claiming credits for other scientific sessions. There will be two poster sessions (Tuesday and Wednesday). Each session will offer 2.0 ACCENT® credits.

What’s the difference between ACCENT® credit and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™? ACCENT® credit is for clinical laboratory professionals, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is for physicians only.

Is ACCENT® credit available for the 2016 AACC Clinical Expo? No, ACCENT® credit is not awarded for the AACC Clinical Lab Expo attendance.

Can I obtain my continuing education credits on-site? Yes, there will be a computer at the ACCENT/CME booth, located in the

Grand Hall. Or you may use your own computer, laptop, tablet, or mobile device.

How do I get my Certificate of Attendance for the 68th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting? Go to www.aacc.org/AMcredits and follow the instructions to obtain your Certificate of Attendance.

Who can answer additional questions about continuing education credit? The AACC staff at the ACCENT/CME booth (located in the Grand Hall) will be glad to answer your questions, or you may send an email to [email protected].

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Marriott Philadelphia Downtown – Salon EState of the Art Cardiac Biomarkers: From the Laboratory to Healthier HospitalsSponsored by Abbott Laboratories

Moderator: Agim Beshiri, MD, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL; Speakers:Mitchell G. Scott, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Nicholas L. Mills, MD, BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Edinburgh; Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, Baylor University Medical Center

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Grand Ballroom – Salon FRecogni t ion of Low Alkal ine Phosphatase Activity: The Role of the Laboratory in the Clinical Diagnosis of HypophosphatasiaSponsored by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Moderator: Khosrow Adeli, PhD, FCACB, DABCC, FACB, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario; Speakers: Joshua J. Zaritsky, MD, PhD,Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE; Mark D. Kellogg, PhD, MT (ASCP), DABCC, NACB, Children’s Hospital Boston; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Grand Ballroom - HWhat’s New in Statistical Quality Control Guidance: CLSI’s C24 UpdatesSponsored by Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

Moderator: Curtis Parvin, PhD, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Irvine, CA; Speakers: Greg Miller, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA; Nikola Baumann, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Grand Ballroom – Salon GIndividualized Quality Control Plan (IQCP): What Does It Mean To You?Sponsored by Siemens Healthcare

Speaker: Christine Arruda, Siemens Healthcare, Norwood, MA

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Exhibit Hall, Theater 2LDT Validation: YES! It Really Can Be Done!

Moderator: Lauren Dostillio, Agilent Technologies, Wilmington, DE; Speaker: Scott Kephart, Quasar Instruments, Colorado Springs, CO

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Exhibit Hall, Theater 1L o w A L P M a t t e r s : A l k a l i n e Phosphatase, Why It’s Important, and Its Role in the Diagnosis of HypophosphatasiaSponsored by Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Speakers: Jeremy Franklin, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP, FAAP, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, New Haven, CT; Lauren Renna , Alexion Pharmaceuticals, New Haven, CT

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Exhibit Hall, Theater 1Get Behind the Scenes of Population Health with AACC and LableadersSponsored by Roche Diagnostics – LabLeaders.com

Moderator: Amanda Bos, Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN; Speakers: Dr. Michael Astion, Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN; Dr. Patti Jones, Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN; Rusty Ring, VP of Government Affairs, Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

Exhibit Hall, Theater 1Innovation for Health: Utilization of Metagenomic Technology to Discover a Novel Human Pegivirus Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Co-InfectionSponsored by Abbott Laboratories

Moderator: Candice Oldenburg , Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL; Speaker: Dr. John Hackett, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL





Novel Driven Flow Drug Testing CupAlfa Scientific Design’s urine drug testing cup provides results at least 3 times faster with much higher accuracy because of Driven Flow Technology. Featuring powerful driving forces pushing flow evenly past reaction areas at highly acceler-ated speeds, Driven Flow benefits labs with higher specificity and sensitivity. Learn more at booth 3913.

Alfa Scientific Designs, Inc.Booth 3913


Ultra Rapid Clinical AST of Positive Blood CultureAlifax Clinical Susceptibility Test (CAST) is the unique ultra rapid IVD giving results in only 3 hours directly from blood culture. Performed with Alifax patented systems based on light scattering technology, CAST provides clinical useful results for the improvement of Critically ill patient management and antibiotic resistance reduction.

ALIFAX S.r.l.Booth 3317

Axxin T8-ISO InstrumentAxxin provides diagnostic products for biomedical applications. Axxin’s advanced isothermal instrument enables the next generation of di-agnostic DNA/RNA amplification in a compact, low cost, stand alone, sensitive instrument suitable for field based and point of care diagnostic applications.

AxxinBooth 2015/2044

Pipette Calibration System (PCS)Artel’s new Pipette Calibration System (PCS®) allows you to take full control of your pipette calibra-tion program, assess and document operator skills, and fulfill your labo-ratory’s regulatory requirements. Start performing state-of-the-art metrology with an ergonomic and easy to use system. Stop by booth 3733 to learn more.

ArtelBooth 3733

AmplichekTM II – QC for Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)Bio-Rad now offers Amplichek™ II a quality control product to monitor the performance of in vitro labora-tory nucleic acid testing procedures for the detection of HAI. This control allows laboratories to be more con-fident with their assay performance since it contains inactivated bacteria to control both extraction and ampli-fication steps with just one control.

Bio-Rad LaboratoriesBooth 1427/1462

D-100™ Hemoglobin Testing SystemD-100™ is the future of HbA1c test-ing. The D-100™ is fully automated and designed to meet the needs of medium and high volume clinical laboratories, for greater throughput, high quality results, and simplified workflow for A1c testing.


TANGO infinity® Automated Blood Group Serology The TANGO infinity® combines sim-plicity and convenience without sac-rificing accuracy for immunohematol-ogy testing. It features innovative volume verification of every sample and reagent for every assay, and proven Solidscreen® II and Erytype® S methodologies. The system offers lean automation with intuitive software and minimal operator steps.


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BrandTech ScientificBooth 3258

Apex 6The Apex 6 is preprogrammed to provide high performance STAT processing of BD Barricor™ tubes to meet the needs of lean laboratories. With the Drucker Dash approach to centrifugation, the Apex 6 improves turnaround time for chemistry samples and coags. Its High G-force capability provides 3-minute sample separation to make labs even more efficient.

Drucker Diagnostics Booth 3606

CueSee® CO-OXCOOX controls with real Hb deriva-tives in 1 sample. Packaged in ACU-Drop II-innovative, dual-chambered device keeps O2Hb separated from MetHb for long shelf-life. Clinically relevant levels, compatible with and identical results on all common CO-oximeters, it’s ideal for quality control, method comparisons, AMR validations and proficiency testing.

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LUMIPULSE® G1200Fujirebio presents the LUMIPULSE G1200. A robust mid-sized fully automated immunoassay instru-ment. The LUMIPULSE G1200 is based on CLEIA (chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay) technology. The unique and user friendly system offers multiple features to simplify your workload.

Fujirebio Diagnostics, Inc.Booth 501

TEG® 6s analyzerThe TEG® 6s analyzer is new throm-belastography technology that sig-nificantly improves ease of operation while measuring the same viscoelas-tic properties of blood coagulation. It can be readily deployed in either lab or near patient settings.The all-in-one cartridge system simplifies and automates preparation to reduce time and operator variability.

Haemonetics CorporationBooth 3306

The Aptima® Zika Virus Assay on the Panther® SystemThe Aptima® Zika Virus assay on the Panther® system is a qualitative nucleic acid assay with FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the detection of the Zika virus RNA. The assay is compatible with plasma/serum specimens and offers excellent sensitivity and specificity with fast turnaround time on the Panther system.

Hologic, Inc.Booth 1649

Aquaporin-4 Autoantibody ELISA AssayKRONUS is proud to offer the A q u a p o r i n - 4 A u t o a n t i b o d y (AQP4Ab) ELISA Assay Kit for the accurate determination of auto-antibodies to aquaporin-4 (AQP4) in human serum. Please visit the KRONUS exhibit at booth 1548 to learn more about our innovative product line.

KRONUSBooth 1548

Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Autoantibody ELISA AssayKRONUS is proud to offer the Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Autoantibody (GADAb) ELISA Assay Kit for the accurate determina-tion of autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) in human serum. Please visit the KRONUS exhibit at booth 1548 to learn more about our innovative product line.

KRONUSBooth 1548

Nova StatStrip® Xpress2 Glucose Hospital Meter SystemStatStrip Xpress2 is designed for applications that don’t need connec-tivity capability and joins StatStrip Glucose as the only glucose meters cleared by the FDA for use with criti-cally ill patients. Xpress 2 features a color screen and modern shape for easier use and utilizes the same interference-free measurement tech-nology as StatStrip Glucose.

Nova Biomedical CorporationBooth 1627

ARIES® SystemThe ARIES® System is a real-time PCR sample to answer platform designed with the modern lean lab in mind. The ARIES® software is intuitive and easy to use, yet powerful and flexible. Visit Luminex at booth 426 to learn more. For In Vitro Diagnostic Use. Products are region specific and may not be approved in some countries/regions.

Luminex CorporationBooth 426

NxTAG® Respiratory Pathogen PanelSyndromic Testing made easy – The NxTAG® Respiratory Pathogen Panel is a comprehensive assay that detects 20 respiratory pathogens in an easy to use, single well, closed tube system. Visit Luminex at booth 426 to learn more. For In Vitro Diagnostic Use. Products are region specific and may not be approved in some countries/regions.


ARIES® M1 SystemThe ARIES® M1 System is a real-time PCR system crafted to increase laboratory efficiently, ensure result accuracy, and fit seamlessly into today’s lean laboratory. The ARIES® M1 software is intuitive and easy to use, yet powerful and flexible. Visit the Luminex booth 426 to learn more. For In Vitro Diagnostic Use. Products are region specific and may not be approved in some countries/regions.


IDS-iSYS 17-OH ProgesteroneAn automated assay for the quan-titative determination of 17-OH Progesterone in human serum or plasma. The assay is intended for use as an aid in the diagnosis and treatment of various disorders of the adrenal glands or ovaries.

Immunodiagnostic SystemsBooth 137

EasyRA® Chemistry AnalyzerMedica’s EasyRA® clinical chem-istry analyzer has been upgraded to enhance workflow efficiency by 50% or more. EasyRA ‘smart’ reagent wedges automate inven-tory management, are liquid, stable, and ready to use. The EasyRA is a fully automated, compact benchtop chemistry analyzer that meets the diverse needs of small to medium laboratories. The intuitive touch screen user interface, unsurpassed reliability and modular design for easy maintenance make EasyRA the EASY choice for laboratories.

Medica CorporationBooth 141

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New Zealand Bovine Serum AlbuminProliant is proud to announce the opening of its new Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) manufacturing facility. Located in Feilding, New Zealand, it is Proliant’s second manufacturing location. With the original site located in Boone, Iowa, the Feilding location enables Proliant to provide BSA to countries that are closed to “Non GBR I” sourced material.

Proliant BiologicalsBooth 1662

Quantimetrix® Complete D® 25-OH Vitamin D ControlThe Complete D® 25-OH Vitamin D Control is a 2 level serum con-trol that is compatible, without dilution, on major immunoassay and LC-MS/MS methods (JCTLM #C8RMP3/4). It has a 3 year 2-8ºC shelf life and open vial stability of 1 year @ 2-8ºC and 30 days @ RT. Values for 25-OH Vitamin D2 and D3 are provided for research or international use only.

Quantimetrix CorporationBooth 4001

HCV Resistance Tests and FibrotestsQuest Diagnostics provides ex-tensive diagnostic and prognostic screening options and seamless results reporting needed to suc-cessfully manage patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV). We offer a full range of tests for resistance to direct-acting antiviral agents,along with FibroTest™ for non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis in patients with HCV.

Quest DiagnosticsBooth 3927

Acusera Linearity SetsOur Acusera Linearity sets have been developed with convenience in mind, helping you meet CLIA requirements for calibration verifi-cation and assessment of linearity. The liquid ready-to-use verifiers are available in varying levels & multiple configurations designed to challenge your instruments complete reportable range.

Randox LaboratoriesBooth 2927

CoaguChek® XS mPOC App Kit*Designed to operate on iOS de-vices, including iPhone and iPad, the CoaguChek® XS mPOC App works together with a patient’s CoaguChek XS meter and SmartClip to automatically transfer his or her PT/INR results to CoaguChek Link, where a physician is able to review the results. *Currently in development. Not available in the U.S.

Roche DiagnosticsBooth 1301

cobas HIVThe new cobas HIV-1 test is a dual-target, real-time PCR assay that provides precise, quantitative HIV-1 RNA results with exceptional cor-relation to the COBAS® Ampliprep/COBAS® TaqMan® HIV-1 Test v2.0 that targets two unique, non-drug target regions of the genome. The test runs on the fully automated cobas 6800/8800 Systems that transform molecular workflow, delivering lead-ing throughput and flexibility.


c 513 analyzer*This new, dedicated high-volume HbA1c testing solution features high-quality components and offers functionalities designed to fulfill the needs of high-volume laboratories, while also meeting the new require-ments for HbA1c testing.*510(k) pending. Not available in U.S.


cobas® connection modules (CCM)*Designed for high-throughput labo-ratories, cobas® connection mod-ules (CCM) offers the ability to consolidate the vast majority of a laboratory’s testing volume, at high throughputs—up to 2,000 tubes per hour, while providing predictable workflow and turnaround times.*Not yet available for sale in the U.S.


cobas® Flu A/B & RSV Assay*The cobas® Flu A/B & RSV assay is a multiplex test that is designed to detect influenza A, influenza B and RSV concurrently. This real-time PCR-based assay provides definitive, lab-quality test results in about 20 minutes, enabling healthcare provid-ers in all settings to provide patients with prompt, efficient and confident diagnosis and treatment.*510 (k) pending. Not available in the U.S.


Elecsys® AMH Assay* The automated Elecsys® AMH assay is intended for the assessment of ovarian reserve in woman present-ing to fertility clinics in conjunction with other clinical and laboratory for fertility evaluation. Designed to offer excellent performance, the assay delivers accurate results in only 18 minutes, enabling clinicians to provide patients with accurate results during their office visit. *510(k) pending. Not available in U.S.



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Epi proColon® is the first FDA ap-proved minimally invasive blood test for colorectal cancer screening for patients who are unwilling or un-able to be screened by recommended methods. The molecular DNA test detects methylated Septin 9 DNA, a differential blood biomarker that is methylated in colorectal cancer.

Polymedco, Inc.Booth 3401

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emphasize the potential for error in all phases of testing: pre-analytical, ana-lytical and post-analytical. The quality of scientific papers will be measured, when applicable, with the Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) checklist. In addition, JALM will provide thoughtful editorial about innovation. “The key to getting innova-tion into practice is communication,” Christenson said. He also stressed that broadening the visibility of innovation is a high priority.

The clinical value of new diagnostic tests and strategies will be measured

with the principles of evidence-based medicine, by evaluating the improve-ment of patient outcomes, Christenson noted. JALM will also compare the benefit/cost ratio and the total testing process, “both inside and outside the walls of the laboratory,” he said.

In addition to original research, JALM will include editorials, focused reports, case reports, laboratory reflections, and practical advice on laboratory issues. Laboratory medicine papers can be elec-tronically submited in the areas of labora-tory methods, evidence-based laboratory medicine, biomarkers in disease, flow cy-tometry, hemostasis, management, health economics, best practices, test utilization, critical care, and pediatric testing—at

http://submit.jalm.org. In the first issue of JALM, readers will

find Grenache’s paper, “Performance evaluation of an ELISA for the quantita-tive measurement of alpha-1-antitrypsin in stool.” Grenache’s lab found that the ELISA method could be used to reliably quantify alpha-1-antitrypsin, a marker for protein-losing enteropathy. “I think it’s really important that instead of keeping this information to ourselves, we chose to write a paper about it and share our knowledge with our peers,” Grenache commented. “That’s the kind of oppor-tunity laboratory medicine professionals have with JALM.”

Grenache hopes that JALM will be-come a primary source of information

In 2015, AACC launched a project to improve the measurement of cardiac troponin I, an important biomarker for

diagnosing acute myocardial infarction. Working with the AACC Biomarkers of Acute Cardiovascular Disease Division, AACC established a bank of serum and plasma samples from healthy adults to assist IVD companies in direct comparison of the 99th percentile between troponin I assays. Attendees at the 2015 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo were able to donate blood onsite at the Georgia World Congress Center to advance this effort.

Update on the AACC Universal Sample BankThe project tackles a significant

hurdle in the use of cardiac troponin assays. The lack of standardization and differences in analytical performance between troponin I assays has made it difficult to determine a universal cutoff concentration that is applicable to all assays. The Third Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction established a cutoff concentration for cardiac tropo-nin at the 99th percentile of a healthy population. Accurately establishing this cutoff is important so that troponin laboratory tests can provide the best objective information for emergency

physicians, cardiologists, and other clinicians.

Next StepsCurrently, the AACC sample bank has 760 samples per set, with supplemental male draws underway. Since the sample bank was created, five IVD manufactur-ers have purchased six sets to establish troponin values, one of which has agreed to share its data with the sample bank study’s primary investigators for the universal cutoff study.

AACC welcomes participation by all troponin manufacturers. Those who

participate in data sharing are able to save $5,000 per set of samples. In addi-tion, sets may also be available to manu-facturers who do not market troponin assays. There are sufficient numbers of healthy donors from each sex to meet the most recent statistical recommenda-tions, and the protocols and procedures of the sample bank study have passed contract research organization audit. All types of matrices are still available.

For more information about the AACC Universal Sample Bank and to learn how to obtain sample sets, contact Stefanie Kleinman, [email protected].

for practical knowledge in laboratory medicine. “To say I am a big champion of the journal is an understatement,” said Grenache. “I am absolutely de-lighted that the first issue is upon us and very pleased to have a manuscript published as part of it.”

Complimentary print versions of the first volume, consisting of six issues, will be mailed to AACC members and other subscribers. Subscribers can also access JALM on www.jalm.org and on the JALM app. Social media users can follow the journal on twitter, @JALM_AACC, and on Facebook. The inaugural issue is available here at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Grab one at the AACC Booth or AACC Store.

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Exhibiting As ..............Booth Number2016 AACC ...................................... 26275-Diagnostics ................................... 4078

A-B-CA/C Diagnostics LLC .................... 3837AACC Member Center ................... C17Aalto Scientific, Ltd. ......................... 742Abbott .............................................. 1701Abingdon Health............................ 3838Abraxis, LLC ................................... 4069Accel Biotech, Inc. .......................... 3504Access Bio, Inc. ............................... 4302Access Biologicals, LLC ................... 338Accriva Diagnostics ....................... 1849AccuBioTech Co., Ltd. ................... 3359Acon Laboratories, Inc. ................. 3243Acro Biotech Inc. ............................ 4368Addcare Biotech Co., Ltd. ............. 1945ADEMTECH ................................... 4112Adhesives Research, Inc. ................. 463ADICON Clinical Laboratory Inc. ..4372Ador Diagnostics Ltd. ................... 4139AdvaMedDx ...................................... C4

ADVANCE for Administrators of the Laboratory .............................. C14Advanced Instruments, Inc. ........... 449Advanced Microdevices Pvt. Ltd... 858Aeon Clinical Laboratories ............. 242Aesku Diagnostics .......................... 3117Agappe Diagnostics Switzerland GmbH ..................... 4106Agena Bioscience ............................ 2163Agilent Technologies, Inc. ............. 1613Ahlstrom Filtration LLC ................ 3349Ahram Biosystems, Inc. ................. 4154ALCOR Scientific Inc. .................... 3461Alere ................................................... 311Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ...... 4150Alfa Scientific Designs, Inc. .......... 3913ALIFAX S.r.l. ................................... 3317ALine, Inc. ....................................... 4375All Flex Flexible Circuits ................. 557ALPCO ............................................... 748American Proficiency Institute ....... 949American Screening LLC .............. 3116American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) ........ 915

AMP, Association for Molecular Pathology................... 3641Amplycell ........................................ 1044Anaerobe Systems .......................... 1944ANALIS s.a. .................................... 1042Analyticon Biotechnologies AG ... 1957Andrew Alliance USA ..................... 226Ansh Labs, LLC ................................ 549Anteo Technologies Pty Ltd. ......... 3454Applied Biocode, Inc. .................... 1658APTEC Diagnostics NV ................ 2055Arc-Tronics, Inc. .............................. 4104Area9 Inc. ............................................ C3Aries Filterworks ............................ 2759Arista Biologicals Inc. .................... 3654ARK Diagnostics, Inc. .................... 2013ARKRAY, Inc. .................................... 533Arlington Scientific Inc. ................... 611Arlington Scientific Inc. ................... 710Artel ................................................. 3733Artron BioResearch Inc. ................ 1560ARUP Laboratories .......................... 319Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation ... 3704ASCO ............................................... 3449

ASCP ................................................ 3967ASP Lab Automation AG .............. 3356Associates of Cape Cod, Inc. ........ 3836ATGen .............................................. 1740Athens Research & Technology.... 1564Atlas Genetics ................................. 4109Audit MicroControls, Inc. ............... 749Auer Precision Co. ......................... 3500Aurora Biomed ............................... 3857AusBio Laboratories Co. Ltd. ....... 4217Autobio Diagnostics Co., Ltd. ........ 663AutoGenomics ................................ 1549AVE Science & Technology Co., Ltd. .3254AVIOQ, Inc. ..................................... 4170Awareness Technology, Inc. .......... 3040AWEsome Numbers Inc. ............... 3952AWEX ................................................. 943AXA Diagnostics S.r.l. .................... 4177Axxin ................................................ 2015Axxin ................................................ 2044Azer Sceintific ................................. 4369B&E Scientific Inc. .......................... 2254Baebies ............................................. 4366Bangs Laboratories/Polysciences ..3509

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BBI Solutions ................................... 2649BD ...................................................... 359BD .................................................... 2401Beckman Coulter, Inc. .................... 2600Beijing ACCB Biotech Ltd. .............. 808Beijing DDM Technology Co.,Ltd ..2458Beijing Golden Bridge Technology ..652Beijing Hotgen BiotechCo., Ltd ...... 252Beijing iCell Medical Science & Technology Co., Ltd. ................. 664Beijing Strong Biotechnologies, Inc. ..3237Beijing Tigsun Diagnostics Co. Ltd. ..4376Beijing Unidiag Technology Inc. .... 352Beijing ZONCI Technology Development Co., Ltd. ............... 4350Benchmark Electronics .................. 4271BioAssay Works, LLC ...................... 235BIOBASE............................................ 265Biocartis ............................................. 862BIOCLIN .......................................... 2063BioDot, Inc. ...................................... 3255BIOERIX ............................................ 215BioFire Diagnostics, LLC ................. 527

Biofortuna Ltd. ............................... 4010Biokit .................................................. 907Bioline USA ..................................... 3455Biologics Consulting ...................... 4070BIOLYPH, LLC ................................. 335Biomatrica, Inc. ............................... 2761BioMedica Diagnostics Inc. ........... 3938BioMedomics, Inc. .......................... 3973bioMerieux, Inc. ................................ 627Bioneer Corporation ........................ 837Bio-Rad Laboratories ..................... 1427Bio-Rad Laboratories ..................... 1462BioreclamationIVT ........................... 511BIOREF GmbH ............................... 2643Bioresource Technology, Inc. (US) ...1453Bioscience (Tianjin) Diagnostic Technology Co., Ltd. ..................... 562BiosPacific........................................ 3536Biosurfit SA ..................................... 2765Biosystems S.A. .............................. 3563Biotage ............................................. 4050biotechrabbit GmbH ...................... 2740Biotron Diagnostics Inc. ................ 3852BIT Group ........................................ 1237

Block Scientific ................................ 1845Boditech Med, Inc. ........................... 237Bomi Group ..................................... 1254Boule Medical AB ........................... 1454Bovogen Biologicals ....................... 3017BrandTech Scientific ....................... 3258Brandwidth Solutions .................... 2364Broad (Shanghai) Exhibition Business Co., Ltd. ........................ 3839BUHLMANN Laboratories AG ... 4202Burkert Fluid Control Systems ..... 2149Byline Financial Group .................. 3505Byron-Diagnostics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. .................... 1864C & A Scientific Co., Inc. ............... 4240CalBioreagents ................................ 3304Calbiotech, Inc. ............................... 3501Calzyme Laboratories, Inc. ........... 2062Cambridge Consultants ................ 2001Cambridge Consultants ................ 2003Cambridge Healthtech Institute .. 4370Cangzhou Shengfeng Plastic Product, Co., Ltd. ........................ 4278Canon BioMedical .......................... 2065

CapitalBio Corporation ................. 3844Capralogics Inc. .............................. 4006Capricorn Products LLC ............... 2852CARE diagnostica International .. 4205CarePoint Solutions, Inc. ............... 2162Carolina Liquid Chemistries ........ 1865Cayman Chemical Company ....... 3656Cedarlane ........................................ 4105CellaVision AB ................................ 1049Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services .......................... C6Cepheid............................................ 1027Cerilliant ............................................ 810CERTEST BIOTEC S.L. .................... 510Chembio Diagnostic Systems, Inc. ..1856Chemelex, SA .................................... 514Chetu, Inc. ....................................... 1361Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia ...336Chroma Technology Corp. ............ 3755Chromsystems GmbH ..................... 639CKD USA Corp. ................................ 752

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Cleveland Clinic Laboratories ........ 439Clinical Lab Products ...................... C15Clinical Omics .................................. C16CLINIQA Corporation .................. 2155CLSI .................................................. 3640CLTech Corp. .................................. 2549Cognex Corporation ........................ 957COLA ............................................... 3911College of American Pathologists ...2327CompuGroup Medical .................. 3719Conductive Technologies, Inc....... 3833Cone Bioproducts ........................... 1965Conworx Data Solutions America, Inc. ................................ 2749Copan Diagnostics, Inc. ................... 543Core Technology Co., Ltd. ............ 4236Coretests Inc. ................................... 1362Coris Bioconcept ............................. 1036Corning Incorporated .................... 1541Coyote Bioscience............................. 855CTK Biotech, Inc. ............................ 3600Curetis GmbH ................................... 135

D-E-FDAAN Gene Co., Ltd. of Sun Yat-sen University ....................... 1552Data Innovations LLC ................... 3533DCN Diagnostics, Inc. ................... 3049Delta ModTech ................................ 3363Denka Seiken Co., Ltd. .................... 349DenLine Uniforms, Inc. ................. 4301Desert Biologicals/Omega Biologicals .................................... 3756Dexter Magnetic Technologies ....... 755DFI Co., Ltd. .................................... 1862DiAgam ............................................. 939DiagCor Bioscience Incorporation Limited ................ 4214Diagnostica Stago, Inc. .................... 827Diagnostics Biochem Canada Inc. ...3054DIALAB GmbH .............................. 2263Diamond Diagnostics Inc. ............. 2359DIARECT AG .................................. 4041DiaSorin Inc. ................................... 1227DIAsource Immuno Assays S.A. .... 945DiaSys Diagnostic Systems GmbH...2056Diatron ............................................. 3301Diazyme Laboratories ................... 1601Diener Precision Pumps ................ 3727DIESSE Diagnostica Senese S.p.A ...3249Dignity Health .................................. 965Dino-lite Scopes (BigC) ................. 4230Dirui Industrial Co., LTD .............. 2437Dongtai Kehua Medical Instrument, Inc. ........................... 4076DPX Labs ......................................... 2636DRG International, Inc. ................. 3713Drucker Diagnostics ...................... 3606Drummond Scientific Co. ............. 3757DST Diagnostische Systeme & Technologien GmbH ................... 2637D-tek s.a. ............................................ 941Dynamiker Biotechnology (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.......................... 1060Dynex Technologies Inc. ............... 3309EastCoast Bio, Inc. .......................... 1559Edan Instruments, Inc. .................. 2561ELGA Labwater .............................. 3601Elite Medical (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. ... 961ELITech Group ................................ 1327Emory Healthcare .......................... 3977Envigo Bioproducts, Inc. ............... 3658Enzo Life Sciences .......................... 1258Enzyme Research Laboratories, Inc. ..4009Eppendorf North America ............ 3636Equitech-Bio, Inc. ........................... 3041Era Biology ...................................... 3827

ERBA Diagnostics ............................ 301Euroimmun US ............................... 3109Eurospital ........................................ 1257Eurotrol, Inc. ................................... 2533Evergreen Scientific ........................ 2856Evoqua Water Technologies LLC ...4066Excel Scientific, Inc. ........................ 4148Express Diagnostics ....................... 3832Fabrico Medical .............................. 2358Fapon Biotech Inc. .......................... 3948Fapon Capital.................................. 3853Fast-track diagnostics .................... 4276Festo Corporation .......................... 3939Fio Corporation .............................. 3353Fitzgerald Industries Int’l ............. 4049Fluid Metering, Inc. ....................... 3949FluxErgy LLC .................................... 864Focus Diagnostics, Inc. .................. 1441Foliage .............................................. 2655Fooke Laboratorien GmbH ........... 4203Fralock ............................................. 4228Fry Laboratories, LLC...................... 228Fujian Luck Bioscience .................. 4277Fujirebio ............................................. 501

G-H-IGA Generic Assays GmbH ........... 2738GE Healthcare ................................. 4307Gems Sensors & Controls.............. 2007GenePOC ......................................... 4270General Biologicals Corp. ............. 3549GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. .............. 251Genolution....................................... 2560GenomeWeb LLC ........................... 2265GenPrime Inc. ................................. 3742Genrui Biotech Inc. ......................... 3632GenWay Biotech, Inc. ....................... 244Getein Biotech, Inc. ........................ 1458Global Cooling, Inc. ....................... 4074Globe Scientific Inc. ........................ 3541Gold Standard Diagnostics ........... 3744Golden Biotechnologies Corp. ..... 4274Golden West Biologicals, Inc. ....... 3933GoldMag Nanobiotech .................. 1061Greiner Bio-One, Inc. ..................... 2349Grenova, LLC .................................. 4052Grifols ................................................ 701GSI Technologies ............................ 4011Guangzhou Improve Medical Instruments ................... 3135GUANGZHOU KOFA BIOTECHNOLOGY CO. LTD. .... 250Guilin Royalyze Medical Instrument Co. LTD .................... 2461GVS North America ....................... 4136Haemonetics Corporation ............. 3306Halma................................................. 101Hamilton Company ....................... 2737Hangzhou Biotest Biotech Co., Ltd ...2360Hangzhou Clongene Biotech Co., Ltd...662Hardy Diagnostics ......................... 3975hc1.com .............................................. 208Healgen Scientific LLC .................. 3055Health Gene Technologies Ltd. .... 2541Healthpac Computer Systems, Inc. .4275Hebei Bio-High Technology Deve Co. Ltd. ................................. 761Helena Laboratories Corporation ..3201Helmer Scientific ............................ 3919Hemosure / WHPM ...................... 3213Hettich ............................................. 3951HiberGene Diagnostics Ltd .......... 4355High Technology, Inc. ...................... 860Hipro Biotechnology Co., Ltd ...... 1054Hitachi Chemical Diagnostics ........ 117Hitachi, Ltd. .................................... 4352Hochuen International Corp ........ 2057Hologic, Inc. .................................... 1649HOLOMIC (now CELLMIC) -- Rapid Assay Readers .................. 4032Hoover Precision Products, LLC .....4149HORIBA Medical ........................... 2035HTL-Strefa Inc. ............................... 3160

Humasis Co., Ltd............................ 3162HyTest .............................................. 2955I.W. Tremont ...................................... 861i2a (intelligence artificielle applications) ................................. 4349IBL-America .................................... 2154Icosagen AS ..................................... 4303IDEX Health & Science .................. 3437IDG Sanzay Corp ........................... 3605IDS Co, LTD .................................... 4227IFCC International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine ................... C10Iline Microsystems ......................... 1757ILS 129imec .................................................. 4351IMI Precision Engineering ............ 3413Immucor, Inc. .................................... 227Immundiagnostik AG .................... 2848Immuno Concepts ............................ 649Immunodiagnostic Systems ........... 137Immunology Consultants Laboratory, Inc. ............................ 4207ImmunoReagents, Inc. ................... 1663IMRA America Inc. ........................ 3458in.vent Diagnostica GmbH ........... 2645InBios International, Inc. ............... 4201Indigo BioAutomation................... 3861Informa Life Sciences ..................... 2640Innova Biosciences ........................... 454Innovative BioSystems, Inc. .......... 3734Innovize ............................................. 554Inova Diagnostics, Inc. .................... 807Inpeco S.A. ........................................ 815Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) .... 801InTec PRODUCTS, INC. ................ 4341Integra Biosciences (ViaFlo) .......... 3741InterSystems Corporation ............. 4073Intrinsic LifeSciences ..................... 4257Invetech ........................................... 3219Iridian Spectral Technologies ....... 3752it4ip s.a. .............................................. 937ITL BioMedical ................................. 757ITO CORPORATION ....................... 556IVD Industry Connectivity Consortium .................................. 3560IVD Technologies ........................... 3842Iwaki America Inc. ......................... 2009iXensor Co., Ltd. ............................. 4269

J-K-LJ. Mitra & Co. Pvt. Ltd. .................. 1465Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories ................................. 3840JADAK ............................................. 3649Japanese Association of Clinical Laboratory Systems (JACLaS) ...... 4377Jiangsu ZECEN Biotech Co., Ltd. .. 360J-Pac Medical .................................. 4272JSR Life Sciences ............................. 3954Kamiya Biomedical Company ..... 2527Kantar Health ................................... 559Kawasumi Labs America, Inc. ...... 4071KBUDEK .......................................... 4067Kem-En-Tec Diagnostics ............... 4234Kestrel Biosciences LLC ................ 2758Kewaunee Scientific Corporation ..3800Key Tech ............................................ 355Kikkoman Biochemifa Company ..3558Kinematic Automation Inc ............ 2949KMC Systems Inc. ............................ 849KNF Neuberger Inc. ....................... 3610Koco Motion US LLC ..................... 4171KogeneBiotech Co., Ltd ................. 3936Konica Minolta, Inc. ......................... 561Kova International, Inc. ................... 314KRONUS, Inc. ................................. 1548LabMedica International ................ C13Labor Diagnostika Nord GmbH&Co. KG ........................... 4337LabProducts, Inc. .............................. 565Labroots, Inc. ................................... 3901LabWare, Inc. .................................... 856

LabX Media Group ........................ 4304LACAR Mdx ................................... 1040Lampire Biological Laboratories, Inc. ......................... 3955Landwind Medical ......................... 1314Landwind Medical ......................... 1316LasX /MicroMed Solutions .......... 3701Lathrop Engineering Inc. .............. 1461LeukoDx ............................................ 660Leuze electronic, Inc. ..................... 2654LGC .................................................... 219LGC Biosearch Technologies ........ 3061LGC Maine Standards ................... 4033LGP Consulting, Inc. ...................... 3354Life Diagnostics, Inc. ...................... 4068LifeHealth, LLC ................................ 657Liferiver Bio-Tech (United States) Corp. .................. 1055LifeSign ............................................ 3337Lite-On Technology Corporation Hsinchu Science Park Branch .... 1062Lituo Biotechnology Co., Ltd ....... 4178Liuyang Medical Instrument Factory .......................................... 4034LPS Industries, LLC ....................... 2763LRE Medical, an Esterline Company ...2449LSI International Inc. ..................... 1360LSI Medience Corporation ............ 2959Lumigenex ....................................... 3510Luminex Corporation ...................... 426

M-N-OM.A. INDUSTRIES INC. ............... 3555Maccura Biotechnology ................. 3615MagArray, Inc. ................................ 1460Magellan Diagnostics, Inc. ............ 4115Magnolia Medical Technologies .. 3932Maine Biotechnology Services........ 648Marker Test Diagnostics, Inc. ....... 3457Market Diagnostics International ..4353Marvel Scientific ............................... 255Master Diagnostica, S.L. .................. 512Mayo Medical Laboratories .......... 3707MBL International .......................... 3643MediaLab, Inc. ................................ 2539MEDICA 2016/Messe Duesseldorf North America ...... 2628Medica Corporation ......................... 141Medical Device Safety Service GmbH ................................ 249Medical Electronic Systems, LLC ....2642Medical Laboratory Evaluation ..... 115Medical Research Network Ltd. .. 1556MedicalLab Management ............. 3507Medix Biochemica .......................... 3538MedMira Inc. .................................... 240MedTest ........................................... 2249MEDTOX Diagnostics, Inc. ........... 3900Meizhou Cornely Hi-Tech Co. Ltd. .3064Meridian Bioscience, Inc. ................ 343Meridian Life Science, Inc. ............ 3512MetaSystems Group, Inc. .............. 4110MH MEDICAL CO., LTD .............. 3971Michigan Diagnostics, LLC .......... 4017Microbix ........................................... 3753MicroDigital Co., Ltd. .................... 1262MicroDiscovery GmbH ................. 2641microfluidic ChipShop GmbH ..... 1259Micropoint Bioscience, Inc. ........... 4100Microscan ........................................ 1260MilliporeSigma (formerly EMD Millipore and Sigma-Aldrich) ... 1949MiniFAB ............................................. 655Minitubes ......................................... 3748MK Fluidic Systems ....................... 4300MLO-Medical Laboratory Observer ..C9Moduline Systems, Inc. ................. 4008Monobind Inc. ................................ 1154Moss, Inc. ......................................... 4048MP Biomedicals .............................. 3635MT Promedt Consulting GmbH ....4135Nanjing Perlove Medical Equipment Co. Ltd ...................... 4114






Exhibitors

nanoComposix ................................ 2459Nano-Ditech Corporation ............. 4348Nanomix, Inc. ................................... 758Nanosphere, Inc. ............................ 2261Nantong Egens Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ................ 362Natech Plastics, Inc. ......................... 241National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) .............. 3914Neogen Corporation ........................ 610New England Small Tube ............. 4044NewScen Coast Bio- Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. .............. 553Nikon Instruments Inc. ................... 107Ningbo Medical System Biotechnology, CO. Ltd .............. 3261Ningbo Purebio Biotechnology Co., Ltd. .............. 1261Ningbo Topscien Instrument Co., LTD ................... 4102Nittobo America Inc. ....................... 534NOEMALIFE SpA .......................... 2258NOF America Corporation ........... 1664Nor-Lake Scientific ......................... 4141Nova Biologics, Inc. ....................... 4216Nova Biomedical Corporation ..... 1627Novatec Immundiagnostica GmbH ..3849Novodiax, Inc. ................................ 3855NSK Americas ................................. 1763Nuaire, Inc ....................................... 3612numares Group corporation ......... 3415Nupore Filtration Systems Pvt. Ltd. .238NVIGEN, Inc. .................................. 1562Oak Ridge Products, LLC ............. 4175Olympus .......................................... 2755Omega Diagnostics Group PLC ..... 342Oncolab, Inc. ................................... 4131OPERON S.A. ................................... 516OPTI Medical Systems .................. 1960Opticon, Inc. .................................... 3556opTricon GmbH .............................. 2736Oranoxis Inc. ................................... 4079OraSure Technologies .................... 1762Orchard Software Corp. ................ 3427ORGENTEC – Corgenix .................. 334Oriental Motor .................................. 555Ortho Clinical Diagnostics ............ 1100Owen Mumford ................................ 212OYC Americas, Inc. ........................ 2632Oyster Bay Pump Works, Inc. ...... 3343

P-Q-RPacific Die Cut Industries/PDCI Medical .......... 3907PAML ............................................... 3554Parker Precision Fluidic Division .. 709Path-Tec ........................................... 4344PCL, Inc. .......................................... 3740PDC Precision Die Cutting ........... 2659Pel-Freez Biologicals ...................... 4311Percorso Life Sciences .................... 1159Perfect Ease Biotech (Beijing) Co., Ltd ......................... 1155Peripheral Resources, Inc. ............. 4072Personal Genome Diagnostics ...... 2363Pevco ................................................ 4144Pharmasan Labs ............................. 2757Planet Innovation Pty Ltd. .............. 654Plasma Services Group .................... 236Plastic Design Corporation ............. 763PlatinumCode ................................. 3700Plexus ............................................... 2059PolyAn GmbH ................................ 2742Polymed Therapeutics, Inc. .......... 4237Polymedco, Inc. .............................. 3401PolyMicrospheres ........................... 3604Precision Biosensor Inc. ................. 4209Precision Converting

Solutions, LLC ............................... 756Precision for Medicine ................... 4027Preco, Inc. ........................................ 1457Premold Corp ................................. 4013Presco Incorporated ......................... 461Primer Design Ltd. ......................... 3063Princeton Biomeditech Corp ........ 3436Product Development Technologies (PDT) ....................... 658Proliant Biologicals ........................ 1662Promega Corporation .................... 4153Proteometech Inc. ........................... 1641PTS Diagnostics .............................. 3127Puritan Medical Products ............. 3749PZ CORMAY S.A. ........................... 2663Qarad ............................................... 3260QIAGEN Lake Constance GmbH ...3155Quansys Biosciences ...................... 3442Quanterix Corporation .................. 4273Quantimetrix Corporation ............ 4001Quest Diagnostics .......................... 3927QuickPouch ..................................... 3848Quidel Corporation ........................ 4226Radiometer ...................................... 2909Randox Biosciences ........................ 2941Randox Laboratories ...................... 2927RapiGEN INC. ................................ 2860RayBiotech Inc ................................ 4043Rayto Life & Analytical Sciences Co, Ltd ............................. 348R-Biopharm ..................................... 1855Redbud Labs ..................................... 459Rees Scientific Corp ....................... 1565ReLIA Diagnostics Systems .......... 1363Repado ............................................... 863Resonetics, Inc. ............................... 3165Response Point of Care .................. 1449Retractable Technologies, Inc. ...... 4249Rithum Automaton LLC ................. 955RND Group, Inc., The .................... 1963Roche Diagnostics .......................... 1301Rockland Immunochemicals Inc. ... 959Rocky Mountain Biologicals ......... 3979Rotek Industries ............................. 3159RR Mechatronics .............................. 259RURO, Inc. ...................................... 4077

S-T-USA Scientific LTD .............................. 960Sansure Biotech, Inc. ...................... 3754Sarstedt, Inc. .................................... 3227Sartorius Stedim Biotech ............... 1861Savyon Diagnostics ........................ 4137Scantibodies Laboratory Inc. ........ 4132Scapa Healthcare ............................ 4127SCC Soft Computer ........................ 1349SCIENION US, Inc. ........................ 3448Scientific Systems, Inc. ................... 3653SCIEX ............................................... 2917Scripps Laboratories ...................... 3945SD Biosensor, Inc. ........................... 1149SDIX, LLC ........................................ 2754Sebia, Inc. ......................................... 2411Sekisui Diagnostics LLC................ 1337Selective Micro Technologies LLC...4305SelectScience Ltd ............................... C8Seracare Life Sciences, Inc. .............. 435Seramun Diagnostica GmbH ........ 2639

Shanghai Chemtron Biotech Co., Ltd. .3140Shanghai Fosun Long March Medical Science Co. Ltd. ............ 3407Shanghai Kehua Bioengineering Co., Ltd. ............ 4310Shanghai Kinbio Tech. Co., Ltd .... 1163Shanghai Rongtai Biochemical Engineering Co., LTD ................... 560Shanghai Upper Biotech Pharma Co., LTD ......................... 3801Shen Zhen Yi Rui Biological Technology Company China ..... 2064Shenyang Academy of Instrumentation Science Co., Ltd. .......................... 3841Shenzhen Dymind Biotechnology Co., Ltd ............... 2462Shenzhen Lifotronic Technology Co., Ltd. ................... 2158SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. ......... 2027Shenzhen Xilaiheng Medical Electronics ....................... 854Shenzhen YHLO Biotech Co., Ltd ...3513Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. .4054Siemens Healthineers .................... 2101sifin diagnostics gmbh ................... 2744Sigma Diagnostics ............................ 113Singulex ........................................... 3902SiO2 Medical Products .................. 3417SK Telecom Co., Ltd. ........................ 300SKF Linear & Actuation Technology ...2753SLR Research Corporation ............ 1355SMC Biosolutions ........................... 1459SMC Corporation of America ......... 739Snibe ..................................................1115SoftTech Health ................................ 538Sol-Millennium Medical Inc. ........ 2626Sonics & Materials, Inc .................... 962Sony DADC ..................................... 1745Sony DADC ..................................... 1844Spark Holland B.V. ......................... 3519Spartan Bioscience ......................... 4306Sparton Medical ............................. 1249Spectrum Diagnostics .................... 3639SpeeDx Pty Ltd ................................. 358Spherotech, Inc. .............................. 4248Spinreact ............................................ 411Staff Icons - Clinical Scientist Recruitment Division .. 4243STRATEC Biomedical AG ............. 3627Stratos Product Development ........ 434Streck, Inc. ....................................... 3149Succeeder Technology ................... 2558Sun Diagnostics, LLC .................... 3357Sunostik Medical Technology Co., Ltd. ..................... 149Sunquest Information Systems, Inc. ...714SurModics, Inc. ............................... 4037Symbient Product Development .. 4345Syntron Bioresearch, Inc. ............... 3815Sysmex ............................................. 1727Taigen Bioscience Corporation ..... 4267Taizhou Zenyon Medical Plastic Development Co., Ltd. ............... 4342TAUNS Laboratories, Inc. ............. 4251Tecan .................................................. 515Technidata America Medical Software ......................... 4005Teco Diagnostics ............................. 2354Tecom Science Corporation .......... 1359TELCOR ........................................... 1657Tetracore, Inc. .................................. 4313The Binding Site, Inc. ..................... 3101The Lee Company .......................... 2943The Technology Partnership plc .. 3459THERADIAG .................................. 3655Therapak Corporation ................... 2455Thermal Diagnostic Technologies ...4367Thermo Fisher Scientific ................ 2145Thermo Fisher Scientific ................ 2334thinXXS Microtechnology AG ...... 2463Titertek-Berthold Inc. ..................... 4200Tokyo Boeki Medisys Inc. ............. 4012

Toolbox Medical Innovations ....... 4279Tosoh Bioscience ............................. 2901Toyobo Co. Ltd ................................. 415Translational Software ..................... 457TriContinent by Gardner Denver ....4211Trina Bioreactives AG .................... 2555Trinity Biotech ................................. 3527TSS Technologies .............................. 109TTE Laboratories, Inc., .................. 3953TubeWriter ....................................... 1356Tutela Monitoring Systems LLC .. 4371UCLA Health System ...................... 230UCP Biosciences, Inc. ..................... 4179UNICO/United Products & Instruments ............. 3736Uniconnect ........................................ 438URIT Medical Electronic Co., Ltd ....2049US Department of State ................. 4174US Scientific .................................... 4055Ustar Biotechnologies (Hangzhou) Ltd. .......................... 3060UTAK Laboratories, Inc. .................. 239

V-WV & P Scientific, Inc. ......................... 248Valcor Engineering Corporation .. 4173Valumax Protective Apparel Inc. ...2862VEDALAB ....................................... 1761Vela Diagnostics ............................. 4378Viewics, Inc. .................................... 4101Viramed Biotech AG ...................... 4176Vircell S.L. .......................................... 417ViroStat, Inc. .................................... 4255Visiun ............................................... 3300Viva Products, Inc. ........................... 643Volpi USA .......................................... 455Waters .............................................. 2427Web Industries, Inc. ....................... 3161WEIDMANN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AG .................... 4015WesTgard QC, Inc. ......................... 3739WHEATON ....................................... 209Wheisman Medical Technology Co., Ltd. ................... 3557Whitney Research, Inc. .................... 127Wi Medical Devices........................ 3411Wiener Laboratorios SAIC ............ 3400Wisepac Active Packaging Components Co., Ltd. ................. 3262Wondfo USA ................................... 2963Worthington Biochemical Corporation .................................. 3856WSLH PT ........................................... 206Wuhan Huamei Biotech Co., Ltd ...1860Wuxi BioHermes Bio & Medical Technology Co., Inc. .................... 1964

X-Y-ZXemabio LLC .................................. 1561Xuzhou Dongjiu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. ................... 3058Yaskawa America/ Motoman Robotics Division ........................ 3143YD Diagnostics Corp. .................... 2554Yuhuan Kang-Jia Enterprise Co., Ltd...4142Yurogen Biosystems LLC. ............. 4168Zebra Technologies ........................ 1058Zenith Lab(Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. ....... 3559Zentech ............................................ 1038ZeptoMetrix Corporation................ 738Zeta Corporation ............................ 2255Zeus Scientific ................................. 3611Zhejiang Gongdong Medical Technology .................... 3809Zhejiang Sorfa Life Science Research Co, Ltd.......................... 4343Zhengzhou Biothod Laboratories Co., Ltd .................. 1161Zhongke Meiling Cryogenics Limited Co. ..................................... 245Zinexts Life Science Corporation ... 234Zivak Technologies .......................... 131



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13th St

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Spring Garden

Chinatown

Italian Market

FabricRow

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HeadHouseSquare

Powelton Village

Penn'sLanding

CamdenNew JerseyWaterfront

South Street

Old CityCultural District

Elfreth’sAlley

NorthernLiberties

Society Hill

Jewelers' RowUniversity

Square

EakinsOval

FairmountPark

LoganSquare

RittenhouseSquare Washington

Square

FranklinSquare

Independence Nat’lHistorical Park

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Dilworth Plaza

Lenfest Plaza

SchuylkillRiverPark

PhiladelphiaZoo

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CamdenChildren's

Garden

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Please TouchMuseum

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Eastern StatePenitentiary

Academy ofNatural Sciences

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DrexelUniversity

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Lemon Hill Mansion

Rocky Statue

RodinMuseum

The BarnesFoundation

Free Libraryof Philadelphia

Moore Collegeof Art & Design

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PowelHouse

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KoreanWar Memorial

VietnamWar Memorial

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Spirit ofPhiladelphia

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Jupiter

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Penn’s LandingCorporation

Fireman’sHall

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CongregationMikveh Israel

HistoricSt.George

UME

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Arch St. FriendsMeeting House

Arden Theatre

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IrishMemorial

TheBourse

PresidentsHouse

IndependenceSeaport Museum

Mario LanzaMuseum

ReadingTerminalMarket

Shopsat the

Bellevue

Academyof Music

Kimmel Centerfor the

Performing ArtsUniversityof the Arts

PeirceCollege

Tindley TempleUnited Methodist

Church

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PhiladelphiaWilmaTheater

MerriamTheater

ForrestTheatre

Prince MusicTheatre

Church ofThe Holy Trinity

First PresbyterianChurch

Temple BethZion-Beth Israel

Curtis Instituteof Music

College of PhysiciansMütter Museum

PFS RoxyTheater

Cathedralof St. Peter& Paul

PA Academyof the Fine Arts

All Wars Memorial toColored Soldiers & Sailors

Community Collegeof Philadelphia

Mural Arts Program /Thomas Eakins House

Library

LawSchool

Penn Museum

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PARKWAY MUSEUMSDISTRICT

CONVENTION CENTERDISTRICT

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Holiday Inn ExpressPhiladelphia Midtown

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Alexander Inn

Inn of the UnionLeague of

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Hyatt at The BellevueMorris House

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The Franklin Hotel atIndependence Park

HotelMonaco

Apple Hostelsof Philadelphia

Best WesternIndependencePark Inn

Holiday InnExpress

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ThomasBond House

SheratonSociety Hill

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Sofitel Philadelphia

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Hampton InnConvention Center

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Hilton Garden InnPhiladelphia Center City

Sleep Inn, Center City

Home2 SuitesPhila. Center City

Courtyard,Residence Inn &

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68th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting FEATURED VOICES

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All materials contained in this newspaper are protected by copyrightlaws and may not be used, reproduced, or otherwise exploitedin any manner without the express prior permission of AACC.The information contained in the CLN Daily is provided solely foreducational purposes. A diversity of opinions exists in the field of laboratory medicine, and the articles in this publication are often intended to inform readers about more than one point of view. The views expressed in the CLN Daily do not necessarily represent AACC’s views, and their inclusion in this publication should not be interpreted as an endorsement by AACC. AACC is not responsiblefor any inaccurate or inappropriate use of the information, publica-tions, products, or services discussed or advertised within.

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Mass Spectrometry continues to evolve into

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advanced precision medicine.

Hosting elite practitioners from clinical laboratories

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clinical laboratory, developments in late phase translational

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In addition to the comprehensive program, this year, for the first

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from around the globe.

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conference.

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October 5-6, 2016

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Thermo Scientific™ Prelude LX-4 MD™ HPLCThe Thermo Scientific™ Prelude LX-4 MD™ HPLC is listed with the FDA as a Class I medical device for general clinical use. The device features four parallel channels, which can deliver up to four different separations to a single mass spectrometer with identi-cal or different methods to enhance sample throughput. For in vitro diagnostics use.

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AIA-900 Automated Immunoassay Analyzer - Benchtop ModelThe highly anticipated AIA-900 Benchtop model is now available. The system provides the same random ac-cess immunoassay diagnostics as floor standing models, now in a powerful benchtop analyzer. Running 90 tests per hour, the AIA-900’s user-friendly operations provide extremely efficient multi-tasking.

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ZeptoMetrix Tropical Disease Verification PanelComplementing an extensive quality control product line, ZeptoMetrix™ is announcing the release of a NATtrol™

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Thermo Scientific™ DRI™ Hydrocodone ImmunoassayThe Thermo Scientific™ DRI™ Hydrocodone Assay has the requisite sensitivities to meet the newly pro-posed Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration guidelines (using a 300 ng/mL cut-off). It demonstrates good correlation with LC-MS/MS and has excellent assay precision making it an easy-to-use screening tool.


Samsung LABGEOPT10 Chemistry AnalyzerThe Samsung LABGEO PT10 Chemistry Analyzer is a small, sim-ple to use basic chemistry analyzer designed for Point 0f Care settings. The LABGEOPT10 can measure AST, ALT, GGT, AP, TP, BUN, CREA, CHOL, TG, HDL, GLU, AMY, DBIL, TBIL, HbA1c, Na, K, Cl, generating 9 results in 7 minutes from a single use cartridge.


Samsung LABGEOIB10 ImmunoAnalyzerThe Samsung LABGEO IB10 Chemistry Analyzer is a small, simple to use basic immunoassay analyzer designed for Point 0f Care settings. The LABGEOIB10 can measure TnI, D-Dimer, NT-proBNP, Myo, CK-MB, TSH, HCG and PCT (Procalcitonin), generating upto 3 results within 20 minutes from a single use cartridge.


FDA-Clearance of EliA anti-Thy-roglobulin and EliA anti-Thyroid Peroxidase Autoimmunity Assays!Thermo Fisher Scientific EliA anti-Thyroglobulin (TG) and anti-Thy-roid Peroxidase (TPO) autoantibody tests are now available on the fully-automated Phadia 250/2500/5000 instruments. These IgG tests use the same conjugate and calibrators as other EliA IgG tests for operational efficiency; onboard storage offers convenience and shelf-life stability.


Recognition of Low Alkaline Phosphatase Activity:

The Role of the Laboratory in the Clinical Diagnosis of Hypophosphatasia

This program is held during the 68th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo.

Khosrow Adeli, PhD, FCACB, DABCC, FACBDivision Head, Clinical BiochemistryThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenProfessor, Departments of Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine & PathologyUniversity of TorontoToronto, Ontario Canada

Mark D. Kellogg, PhD, MT (ASCP), DABCC, NACBAssociate Director of Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine Children’s Hospital BostonAssistant Professor of PathologyHarvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts USA

Joshua J. Zaritsky, MD, PhDDivision Chief, Division of Pediatric Nephrology Department of PediatricsNemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for ChildrenWilmington, Delaware USA

AACC designates this live webinar activity for a maximum of 1.5 ACCENT® credit hours towards the AACC Clinical Chemist’s Recognition Award. AACC is an approved provider of continuing education (CE) for clinical laboratory scientists licensed in states that require documentation of CE, including California, Florida, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and West Virginia. ACCENT® credit is also recognized by several organizations: AAB, ABCC, ACS, AMT, ASCLS, ASCP, ASM, CAP, IFCC, and NRCC.

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Tuesday, August 2, 20167:00 - 8:30 am ETPhiladelphia Marriott Downtown Grand Ballroom – Salon FBuffet breakfast will begin at 6:30 am. There is no charge for the program. For additional information, send an email to [email protected]

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