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The Van Slyke Foundation is AACC’s philanthropic program, dedicated to encouraging and supporting deserving clinical laboratory scientists and students around the world through a variety of grants, awards, scholarships and other programs designed to share the latest and best in clinical laboratory science and technology and improve health care worldwide.
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Due to web site maintenance, all AACC web sites will be unavailable Thursday, 8/27 at 2PM until 9AM Friday, 8/28. Unfortunately, this may affect AACC online orders, conference registrations, session proposal submissions and abtract submissions processed during this time. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. | |
| | 2010 AACC Annual Meeting Call For Proposals | | The Annual Meeting Organizing Committee (AMOC) for the 2010 AACC Annual Meetings is soliciting high quality, innovative proposals (speakers and topics) for the Meeting’s Education Sessions. We especially encourage symposia complementing the plenary topics for 2010. Submissions must be received by 5:00 PM EST time on September 23, 2009. | |
| | Government Affairs Update | | In This Issue...
Bargaining Over Health Care Reform Begins – OIG Releases Report on Variations in Lab Fee Schedule – Labs to Receive Negative Update in 2010 – Reports Circulating of Possible HCR Cuts to Device Industry | |
| | Improving NICU Platelet Transfusion Guidelines | | Current transfusion guidelines for neonates in the intensive care unit take into account the risk of bleeding and the platelet count. But because platelet transfusion carries with it significant risks, clinicians have struggled with knowing when prophylactic platelet transfusions are appropriate and what benefit they bring. | |
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AACC (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) AACC is a leading professional society dedicated to improving healthcare through laboratory medicine. Its nearly 10,000 members are clinical laboratory professionals, physicians, research scientists, and others involved in developing tests and directing laboratory operations. AACC brings this community together with programs that advance knowledge, expertise, and innovation. AACC is best known for the respected scientific journal Clinical Chemistry, the award-winning patient-centered web site Lab Tests Online, and the world’s largest conference on laboratory medicine and technology. Through these and other programs, AACC advances laboratory medicine and the quality of patient care. Join AACC.
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