Thanks for visiting Westgard at AACC/ASCLS 2008!

posted by Sten Westgard

We were happy to see the hundreds of people who visited the booth or attended the lectures given by Dr. Westgard and Sten Westgard. If you weren't able to attend the convention, you can find out quite a bit by reading our reviews and follow-ups from the show.

For those of us who have been attending conventions for many years, the convention is almost like a family reunion. You get to see colleagues that you won't see any other time during the year. Ironically, we even saw people who live close enough to be our neighbors in Wisconsin, but nevertheless we both traveled all the way to DC and met there instead.

One of the most important updates was on the CLSI guidelines  EP22 and EP23. These committee were charged, several years ago, with the formulation of an acceptable path to "alternate QC" also known as "Option 4." It's been a long process. Dr. Westgard discusses the latest developments here.