Mark Wener, MD Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Adjunct, Department of Medicine University of Washington
Objectives:
- Describe challenges in standardization and harmonization of quantitative clinical laboratory results.
- Analyze proficiency survey data from the College of American Pathologists.
- Apply strategies for calibrating clinical tests for antibodies to nuclear antigens (ANA), antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, and related antibody tests.
Speaker disclosures: Dr. Mark Wener discloses financial relationships with UpToDate (Werfen) [royalties], Medical Training Solutions [royalties], and BioRad [research reagents] within the past 24 months.
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Planning Committee Disclosures:
The following members have not had any financial relationships with any ineligible entities in the past 24 months: Susan Fink, MD, PhD; Noah Hoffman, MD, PhD; Nabiha Huq Saifee, MD, PhD; Trent Irwin, MD; James Malleis, MD; Dan Martig; MD; Cate Paschal, PhD; Brian Shirts MD, PhD; and Rebecca Treger, MD. The following members disclose financial relations with ineligible entities within the past 24 months: Sean Murphy, MD, PhD discloses financial relationships with Sound Vaccines Inc. (equity), Giner Inc. (consultant), and Biomerieux/BioFire (consultant); Daniel Sabath, MD, PhD discloses a financial relationship (research support) from RareCyte, Inc.; Hamilton Tsang, MD discloses a financial relationship (research funding) from Terumo BCTbio. All relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated.
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