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New Jersey Point-of-Care Coordinators Meeting Wednesday September 15th, 2009 - 9:00 AM to 2:15 PM Sponsored by LifeScan, Johnson & Johnson Company Hosted by Somerset Medical Center 110 Rehill Avenue, Somerville, NJ 08876 The meeting will be held in Fuld Conference Room, Lobby Level (908) 685-2200 Agenda 9:00 Registration and Breakfast 9:20 Welcome Mohamed Abd-Rabouh M.T. (ASCP) 9:30 Glucose Testing in Acute and Chronic Care Rick Lebo B.S. MT (ASCP) Facilities Part I Manager Customer Technical Service, LifeScan Inc. 10:30 Break 10:45 Glucose Testing in Acute and Chronic Care Rick Lebo B.S. MT (ASCP) Facilities Part II Manager Customer Technical Service, LifeScan Inc. 11:45 Life scan Demo table Barbara Peterson 12:00 Lunch 12:45 A primer on Bar Code Identification An interactive discussion to understand the basics and expansion of bar code use 1:30 Roundtable Discussion Mohamed Abd-Rabouh M.T. (ASCP) 2:15 Wrap-up Learning Objectives 1- Glucose Testing in Acute and Chronic Care Facility  Appropriate Use of POC Blood Glucose Testing System  Limitations of POCT Glucose  Four controversies: o Should alternative site testing be performed in hospitalized patients? o How can glucose meters be safely used for TGC? o What are appropriate glucose meter performance criteria? o How should one evaluate glucose meters?  Infection Control 2- A primer on Bar Code Identification and it would have the following goals; Understand basics of bar code, Understand enough to consider technology options, Learn about bar code use at the POC and other areas within Healthcare & Troubleshooting bar code errors R E G I S T R A T I O N

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Directions to Somerset Medical Center

Parking: Somerset Medical Center provides free parking in the parking deck adjacent to the main entrance on Rehill Ave.

From Princeton: North on Rte. 206 through Hillsborough. Right at South Bridge St./Somerville exit (blue "H" sign). Right at second traffic light onto Main St. Go through one traffic light, then make third left onto Rehill Ave. From New Brunswick: Easton Ave. to I-287 North. I-287 North to Exit 13B (Somerville/Rte. 28 West). West on Rte. 28 (Union Ave.) through four traffic lights, then turn left at Rehill Ave. (blue "H" sign).

From Northern N.J. and Morristown: South on I-287 to Exit 17 (Somerville/Rte. 202-206). Rte. 202-206 South to Rte. 22 East (blue "H" sign). Rte. 22 East for 1 mile. Right onto North Gaston Ave. (blue "H" sign). Left at light onto Union Ave. (Rte. 28 East). Immediately after passing Van Derveer School on left, take next right onto Rehill Ave.

Alternative via I-78: West on I-78 to I-287 South. Exit 17 (Somerville/Rte. 202-206). Rte. 202-206 South to Rte. 22 East (blue "H" sign). Rte. 22 East for approximately 1 mile. Right onto North Gaston Ave. (blue "H" sign). Left at light onto Union Ave. (Rte. 28 East). Immediately after passing Van Derveer School on left, right onto Rehill Ave.

From Newark area via Rte. 22: South on Garden State Parkway or NJ Turnpike to exit for Rte. 22 West. Proceed on Rte. 22 for approximately 20 miles. After passing under I-287, exit at sign for Manville, bearing right on exit road onto Rte. 22 overpass to traffic light at Finderne Ave. Turn right onto Finderne Ave. and follow to light. Turn right onto Rte. 28 (Union Ave.) Rte. 28 through one traffic light, then left at Rehill Ave (blue "H" sign). From Whitehouse area via Rte. 22 East: Approaching Somerville, pass under Rte. 202-206 overpass and continue for approximately 1 mile. Right onto North Gaston Ave. (blue "H" sign.) Left at light onto Union Ave. (Rte. 28 East). After passing Van Derveer School on left, take next right onto Rehill Ave.

From Somerville Circle: East on Rte. 28 (West End Ave.) through first traffic light (Mountain Ave.). Turn left at second light onto Main St. and go through Somerville through four traffic lights, then make third left after light onto Rehill Ave.