CLSI and CAP 2024 Webinar
Identification and Methicillin Resistance Testing for Staphylococci other than S. aureus (SOSA) – What to Do Now?
Thursday, 5 December 2024 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the clinical relevance of Staphylococcus species other than Staphylococcus aureus (SoSA).
- Describe issues surrounding detection of mecA-mediated beta-lactam resistance in SoSA.
- Explain situations for which species level identification of SoSA is suggested.
- Explain how to detect mecA-mediated beta lactam-resistance in SoSA.
Speakers:
Lars Westblade, PhD, D(ABMM) Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Jennifer Dien Bard, PhD, D(ABMM), FAAM Director of the Clinical Microbiology and Virology Laboratory Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Earn 1.5 P.A.C.E.® credits for this webinar.
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Chairholder: Lars Westblade, PhD; Jennifer Dien Bard, PhD, D(ABMM), F(CCM),
Date of Webinar: December 5, 2024
CLSI and CAP 2024 Webinar Additional Details
CLSI is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program.