Recorded Webinars
The following pre-recorded webinars, sponsored by BD and the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) formerly American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), are available for viewing by using the designated links:
“Ur Ine our Way”. A Process Improvement Strategy for Urine Culture Stewardship
Speakers:
Gigi (Marigene) McNicholl, DNP, RN, AGACNP
Quality Outcome Coordinator, Patient Safety Officer Riverside University Health System
Cedric Bol, MLS (ASCP)
Director of Clinical Laboratory Services Riverside University Health System
Laboratory professionals support clinical operations on a daily basis but are often not involved, consulted, or engaged in the performance improvement plans affecting hospital performance measures. This webinar will provide insights into the value of inter-departmental teamwork that includes engaging laboratory teams as part of the multi-disciplinary collaboration to impact processes and patient outcomes. The presentation will focus on Urine Culture and Diagnostic Stewardship and share challenges and strategies for reducing Catheter Associated Urinary Infection (CAUTI) rate by improving the urine culture ordering, and urine collection and handling process through a multi-disciplinary effort.
Recording is available until 9/30/2025.
The Risks of Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure: What Role the Clinical Laboratory Can Play in Reducing Occupational Needlesticks and Blood Exposures
Speakers:
Dr. Amber Mitchell, DrPH, MPH
President/Executive Director, International Safety Center
This webinar will:
- Provide a background on the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard and Needlestick Safety & Prevention Act (NSPA)
- Describe the Safety Center and the value of surveillance systems like EPINet
- Highlight the latest EPINet data to illustrate how the pandemic has influenced injury and exposure rates
- Review best practices for needlestick injury prevention, control, and disposal, especially as it relates to highest risk blood and specimen collection activities
- Discuss commonly heard challenges and describe potential solutions, resources, and tools
Recording is available until 6/30/2025.
Specimen Collection from Patients with Difficult Venous Access
Speakers:
Dr. Robert H. Christenson, PhD, DABCC, FAACC, FACC
University of Maryland Medical Center
This webinar will discuss the challenges with specimen collection from patients with difficult venous access (DVA) and why obtaining a quality blood specimen from these patients can be difficult and painful. Learning objectives will enable participants to:
- Identify and explain rationale for patients who are difficult to phlebotomize
- Explain how the CLSI GP41 standard contributes to a better sample and list the pros and cons of using 25-gauge needles
- Summary strategies for minimizing discomfort during phlebotomy
- Outline a study to examine phlebotomy devices
Recording is available until 3/31/2025.
Novel Tools to Detect Preanalytical Errors and Improve Specimen Quality
Speakers:
Christopher W. Farnsworth, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
Section Head of Clinical Chemistry
Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University
St. Louis, MO, USA
Accurate laboratory results are crucial to effective patient care, yet errors can arise that are impactful, costly, and far too common. Preanalytical errors make up the majority of diagnostic testing, accounting for ~43–75% of all laboratory errors in published studies. Despite this, there are limited tools available to laboratorians to capture and prevent preanalytical error. In this webinar, Dr. Christopher Farnsworth will introduce studies from his own hospital and other institutions in which novel tools for detecting preanalytical error have been implemented. Further, Dr. Farnsworth will assess how these tools have been applied collaboratively with nursing and others within the hospital to improve laboratory results and patient outcomes
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Novel Tools to Detect Preanalytical Errors and Improve Specimen Quality | myadlm.org
Recording is available until 5/31/2026.
Enhancing Patient Safety: Exploring Clinical Implications for the New CDC/NHSN Metric - Hospital Onset Bacteremia
Speakers:
Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA
Vice President of Medical & Scientific Affairs, North America, BD
Franklin Lakes, NJ
Samantha Bastow, PharmD, MBA
Associate Director, Clinical Integration, Medical Affairs, BD
Franklin Lakes, NJ
Hospital Onset Bacteremia & Fungemia (HOB) is a new metric proposed by the CDC for National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) volunteer reporting this calendar year. Join Drs. Kalvin Yu and Samantha Bastow as they delve into their recent research papers, elucidating the disparities between HOB and Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI). They will explore the impact of urine sources on Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) and non-catheter Hospital Onset UTIs contributing to HOB. Additionally, discover the clinical and health economic significance of specimen collection and diagnostic stewardship.
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https://myadlm.org/education/all-webinars/webinars/2024/march/enhancing-patient-safety/on-demand
Recording is available until 3/31/2026.
Improving Blood Collection Outcomes through Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Speakers:
Barb Nickel, APRN-CNS, CCRN, CRNI
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Omaha, NE, USA
Blood collection via venipuncture is a task traditionally completed by trained phlebotomists. However, due to various healthcare constraints, this task has increasingly been shared with other disciplines, most notably nursing. This transition has increased the complexity of blood collection due to variability in training, in skill level, and in workflows. Most importantly, these factors can impact patient care by increasing unsuccessful collection attempts, reducing the quality and optimal timing of the specimen, and causing delays and inaccuracies in clinical decision making.
In this webinar, Barb Nickel, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and co-author of the 2024 INS Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, will provide an overview of the following factors in venipuncture blood collection: healthcare factors that have added complexity, sources of inaccurate specimen collection, and best practices in interdisciplinary collaboration to improve outcomes.
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Improving blood collection outcomes through interdisciplinary collaboration | myadlm.org
Recording is available until 10/31/2026.
Urine Trouble? Opportunities to Improve Urine-Based Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases
Speaker:
Melanie Yarbrough, PhD, D(ABMM), D(ABCC)
Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, USA
Recent advances in urine collection devices and diagnostic testing have provided opportunities for clinical laboratories to improve upon stagnant practices that may have deleterious effects on test utilization and result quality. Urine cultures are the gold standard for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI), one of the most common causes of bacterial infection, and therefore account for much of the workload in clinical microbiology laboratories. Contamination and workflow inefficiencies with urine specimens can lead to increased workload for the laboratory and antibiotic misuse in patients.
Join Dr. Melanie L. Yarbrough to discuss the importance of pre-analytical variables in urine testing, describe the implementation and impact of reflex algorithms on urine culture utilization, and describe how laboratory-based initiatives to reduce unnecessary urine testing can improve workflow efficiency and impact patient care.
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Urine Trouble? Opportunities to Improve Urine-Based Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases | myadlm.org
Recording is available until 8/31/2026.
Video Presentation on The Impact of Non-Reported POCT Errors on Patient Care and Hospital Resources
Presented at the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2021
Click here for accompanying slides for the presentation.
Tracking the Cost of Poor Quality and Errors in Preanalytical Processes
Presenters: Sol Green, PhD; Patrick R. Murray, PhD
