ONSITE PROGRAM SUMMARY
| Time | Subject |
| 0800-0930 Strategy Room 5 | Two Concurrent Workshops W050800-A: Don’t Take That If You Need an Accurate Result: Impact of Supplements, Drugs, and Clinical Treatments on Clinical Chemistry Assays Jessica Gifford, Alberta Precision Laboratories Hossein Sadrzadeh, Alberta Precision Laboratories |
| Strategy Room 7 | W050800-B: Evidence-based Approach from the Canadian Society for Clinical Chemists (CSCC) Working Group on Reference Interval Harmonization (hRI) Khosrow Adeli, The Hospital for Sick Children Dana Bailey, Dynacare Mary Kathryn Bohn, The Hospital for Sick Children Christine Collier, Royal Columbian Hospital |
| 0945-1115 Strategy Room 5 | Two Concurrent Workshops W050945-A: Optimal therapeutic ranges of serum lithium levels in older adults Lei Fu, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Angela Fung, St. Paul’s Hospital Kenneth Shulman, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
| Strategy Room 7 | W050945-B: One clinical and laboratory information system: the blood, sweat and cheers towards laboratory standardization Jessica Boyd, Alberta Precision Laboratories Michelle Parker, DynaLIFE Medical Labs Albert Tsui, Alberta Precision Laboratories Alison Venner, Alberta Precision Laboratories |
| 1115-1300 Strategy Room 2 | Clinical Biochemistry Editorial Board |
| 1300-1615 Strategy Room 5 | Two Concurrent Workshops W051300-A: Actionable Insights Arising from an Algorithmic Big Data Analysis of Sequential Intrapatient Laboratory Results George Cembrowski, University of Alberta Mark Cervinski, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center; The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Andrew Lyon, Saskatchewan Health Authority & University of Saskatchewan Christopher McCudden, Ontario Regional Laboratory Association; University of Ottawa; The Ottawa Hospital |
| Strategy Room 7 | W051300-B: Quality Assurance in Clinical Mass Spectrometry – Tools and Metrics to Address Challenges with Sample Preparation, Ion Suppression, Ongoing Validations and Result Analysis Danijela Konforte, LifeLabs Denis Orton, Alberta Precision Laboratories Difei Sun, LifeLabs |
| 1600-1700 Executive Boardroom | EPOCC |
| Strategy Room 1 | CACB Accreditation Committee |
| 1630-1730 Strategy Room 2 | Pediatric Focus Group |
| 1730-1830 Fallsview ABC | New Member and Emeritus Member Reception (invitation only) |
| 1830-1930 Great Room C (3rd Flr) | Opening Keynote: Reducing the global burden of disease by half in a decade Dr. Salim Yusuf, MD, BS, D. Phil, FRCP (UK), FRCP (C), FACC, Professor of Medicine, McMaster University |
| 1930-2200 Offsite Venue: Table Rock Centre | Opening Reception at Table Rock overlooking Niagara Falls Walkable (20 minutes), but transportation is also provided – shuttle buses will leave from the Sheraton lobby starting at 1930. Shuttle will loop back and forth between the hotel and the venue throughout the evening. |
| Time | Subject |
| 0730-0830 Fallsview Studio ABC |
Eight Concurrent Breakfast Roundtables |
| R060730-B Cases in Pediatric Clinical Chemistry Presenter: Lawrence de Koning, Alberta Precision Labs, University of Calgary | |
| R060730-C Alzheimer disease (AD) biomarkers in CSF and Plasma: Which assay performs best to diagnose AD and how they correlate Presenter: Hans Frykman, BC Neuroimmunology Laboratory and Neurocode Lab; University of British Columbia | |
| R060730-D Approaches to prenatal screening for aneuploidy Presenter: Miranda Brun, Alberta Precision Laboratories | |
| R060730-E Neural Antibody Testing in Patients with Suspected Autoimmune Encephalitis Presenter: Adrian Budhram, London Health Sciences Centre | |
| R060730-F Clinically implemented sFlt-1 and PlGF assays for supporting preeclampsia diagnosis Presenter: Lei Fu, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | |
| R060730-G Protein Electrophoresis for Monoclonal Gammopathies Analysis Presenter: Jieli Shirley Li, The Ohio State University | |
| R060730-H Laboratory Harmonization and Standardization: Friends or Foes? Presenter: Jessica Gifford, Alberta Precision Laboratories | |
| R060730-I Methotrexate immunoassay interference after glucarpidase treatment Presenter: Benjamin Jung, Hospital for Sick Children | |
| 0845-1200 Great Room C |
Symposium 1: Improving patient safety through quality improvement in laboratory medicine |
| 0845 Welcome Remarks |
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| 0900 Quality Measurement in Laboratory Medicine Dr. Mario Plebani, MD, Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology at the University of Padova and Chief of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University Hospital in Padova Italy; President Elect, EFLM (2022-2023), chair of the Working Group Laboratory Errors and Patient Safety of the IFCC |
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| 0950 Is preanalytics really that important? Dr. Jannes Cadamuro, Laboratory physician, Department of Laboratory Medicine University Hospital Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University, Austria, Chair of the Working Group of the Preanalytical Phase of the EFLM |
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| 1040 Refreshment Break |
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| 1110 Addressing the robustness of our pre-analytical processes to improve patient safety Dr. Vincent De Guire, Clinical Biochemist, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Optilab Montreal-CHUM Network. Chair of the SIG on Quality Improvement through Quality Indicators of the CSCC, member of the WG-LEPS of the IFCC and Expert on the WG-PRE of the EFLM |
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| 1200-1330 Great Room AB |
Lunch and Exhibit Viewing |
| 1400-1500 | Four Concurrent Industry Workshops |
| Strategy Room 7 | I061400-A Insight in the future of monoclonal protein quantification: The Mass Spectrometry Solution Presented by The Binding Site |
| Strategy Room 2 | I061400-B Got Data? Integrating data into meaningful workflow and AI-based decision support tools for today’s clinical laboratory Presented by Siemens Healthineers |
| Strategy Room 1 | I061400-C Saving lives using high sensitivity troponin-I with best practice examples of mitigated cardiovascular risk and death associated with post-operative care following cardiac surgery as well as routine Annual Health Assessments Presented by Abbott Laboratories Inc. |
| Strategy Room 3 | I061400-D Cybersecurity and digital solutions; new challenges of healthcare Presented by Roche Diagnostics |
| 1500-1600 Great Room AB |
Oral e-Poster Presentations |
| ID: 7 Impact of sample pH on analytical recovery and stability of urinary 5HIAA, HVA and VMA Hui Li, Dynacare |
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| ID: 13 Serological Antibody Response to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in a Large Cohort of Canadian Children, Adolescents, and Adults Mary Kathryn Bohn, Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children; Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto |
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| ID: 22 A national study to evaluate analytical performance specifications for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays Kazem Nouri, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON |
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| ID: 28 Evidence-Based Harmonization of Adult Reference Intervals Across Canada using Big Data Analytics: A Report of the CSCC Working Group on Reference Interval Harmonization (hRI) Mary Kathryn Bohn, Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children; Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto |
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| ID: 43 A simple rapid and robust mass spectrometry method for plasma busulfan suitable for pediatric dose optimization Mehrdad Yazdanpanah, Department of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto |
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| ID: 44 Using artificial intelligence to standardize SPEP albumin fraction interpretation Tracy Morrison |
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| ID: 46 Who needs lights? A retrospective study on the impact of analytical bias resulting in an increase in phototherapy initiation Saranya K.Arnoldo, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, William Osler Health System |
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| 1600-1700 | Four Concurrent Industry Workshops |
| Strategy Room 2 | I061600-A Severe Infection and Monocyte Distribution Width (MDW) Presented by Beckman Coulter |
| Strategy Room 3 | I061600-B Immunotyping Electrophoresis: Performance and Practicalities Presented by Sebia Canada |
| Strategy Room 1 | I061600-C Modernizing schizophrenia patient management with rapid blood tests for antipsychotic medication levels Presented by HLS Therapeutics |
| Strategy Room 7 | I061600-D Improving Blood Testing for Patients with Diabetes Presented by Nova Biomedical |
| 1700-1900 Great Room AB |
Exhibitors’ Wine & Cheese Reception |
| Time | Subject |
| 0730-0830 | Two Concurrent Industry Workshops |
| Strategy Room 1 | I070730-A Addressing the continuum of cardiac troponin testing needs in hospital and decentralized environments Presented by Quidel Canada |
| Strategy Room 2 | I070730-B Use of Procalcitonin for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Sepsis Presented by Ortho Clinical Diagnostics |
| 0900-1200 Great Room C |
Symposium 2: Evidence Based Laboratory Medicine, Personalized Laboratory Medicine and Direct to Consumer Testing. Understanding Patient Needs and Wants in a Patient-centered Healthcare System |
| 0900 Clinical pharmacogenetics as a tool to facilitate personalized/precision medicine Dr. Chad Bousman, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Calgary |
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| 0950 Direct to Consumer Testing: where is the evidence? Dr. Kristin Hauff, University of British Columbia, Canada. Lead of Special Chemistry, Interior Health, BC |
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| 1040 Refreshment Break and Exhibit Viewing |
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| 1110 Reconciling evidence-based laboratory medicine and precision medicine Prof. AE Zemlin, Head of Division of Chemical Pathology, Chair of IFCC Committee for Evidence-based Laboratory Medicine (C-EBLM) |
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| 1200-1330 Great Room AB |
Lunch and Exhibit Viewing |
| 1300-1330 Strategy Room 3 |
CSCC Council/Vendor Meeting |
| 1330-1630 Great Room C |
Symposium 3: Health Care Equity: Role of Decentralized Laboratory Services |
| 1330 Eliminating race from the equation: A more equitable approach for estimating GFR Dr. Navdeep Tangri, Chair, Canadian Society of Nephrology Taskforce on Race and Kidney Function |
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| 1420 Delivery of lab testing in non-lab setting Ryan Sneath, Executive Director, EMS and Patient Transport Operations |
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| 1510 Refreshment Break and Exhibit Viewing |
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| 1540 Delivering COVID-19 diagnostics to rural, remote and indigenous communities using point of care tests and drones Dr. Byron Berenger, MSc, MD, FRCPC, D(ABMM), Medical Microbiologist, Calgary Laboratory Services & Prov Lab Alberta Wade Hawkins, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology |
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| 1630-1730 Great Room C |
CSCC Annual General Meeting / CSCC “Town Hall” |
| 1730-1815 Great Room C |
CACB Annual General Meeting |
| 1830-2230 Offsite: Château des Charmes |
President’s Reception and Awards Banquet Join us for a very special evening that will include a delicious dinner and award presentations. Buses will leave from the Sheraton lobby at 1830. |
| Time | Subject |
| 0730-0830 Fallsview Studio ABC |
Eight Concurrent Breakfast Roundtables |
| R080730-A Applications of Cardiac Markers in Pediatrics Presenter: Lawrence de Koning, Alberta Precision Labs, University of Calgary |
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| R080730-B Which biofluid is appropriate for diagnosis of Autoimmune Encephalitis: CSF or serum or both? Presenter: Hans Frykman, BC Neuroimmunology Laboratory and Neurocode Lab; University of British Columbia |
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| R080730-C Improving Nephrology Referral of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary Care Presenter: Paul Yip, University of Toronto |
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| R080730-D Quality assurance in the total testing process of POC blood gas analysis Presenter: Yun Huang, Kingston Health Science Centre |
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| R080730-E Quality Management: Trends in Medical Error Disclosure and its Implications Presenter: Jay Kalra, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan |
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| R080730-F Selective venous sampling procedures: a collection of interesting cases Presenter: Angela Fung, St. Paul’s Hospital |
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| R080730-G Harmonized Adult Lipid Reporting Presenter: Nicole White-Al Habib; on behalf of the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists (CSCC) Working Group on Reference Interval Harmonization |
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| 0900-1200 Great Room C |
Symposium 4: The clinical toxicology lab and the forgotten public health crisis |
| 0900 Dried Specimens in ToxicologyDr. Christophe Stove, Ghent University, Laboratory of Toxicology |
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| 0950 Drug Checking as Harm Reduction at Supervised Injection Sites Dr. Christiana Stefan, Clinical Biochemist/Toxicologist, Laboratory Director, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health |
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| 1040 Refreshment Break |
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| 1110 Beyond the Sample: The humanity of harm reduction and opioid agonist therapy in Alberta Christina Zagnelli, Outreach Team Nurse Practitioner, Alberta Health Services Rachel Edwards, UVIC |
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| 1200-1300 | SIG and Business Meetings |
| Strategy Room 1 | CACB Syllabus Review Committee |
| Strategy Room 5 | Annual Meetings Committee |
| 1300-1400 | SIG and Business Meetings |
| Great Room C | Toxicology SIG |
| Strategy Room 3 | Quality Indicators SIG |
| Strategy Room 2 | hRI WG |
| Strategy Room 5 | Monoclonal Gammopathy |
| 1400-1500 | SIG and Business Meetings |
| Executive Boardroom | POCT SIG |
| Strategy Room 5 | Lab Utilization SIG |
| 1500-1600 | SIG and Business Meetings |
| Strategy Room 5 | CSCC 2023 Committee |
| 1600-1700 | SIG and Business Meetings |
| Strategy Room 3 | CSCC 2022-2023 Council Meeting |
| Strategy Room 5 | CACB 2022-2023 Board of Directors Meeting |
| Exhibits |
The Exhibit Hall is located in Great Room AB on the 3rd Floor. Exhibit Hall Hours: MONDAY JUNE 6: 1200 – 1900
TUESDAY JUNE 7: 1000 – 1600
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| Registration Desk |
 The Registration Desk is located on the 3rd Floor in the Great Room foyer. Registration Desk Hours:
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| Social Events |
 SUNDAY JUNE 5 MONDAY JUNE 6 MONDAY JUNE 6 TUESDAY JUNE 7 TUESDAY JUNE 7 |
| WiFi |
 Network: SheratonConference Login: cscc Password: Conference |
| PD Program |
 Codes will be posted on a sign inside each meeting room where a PD session is held. Submit these codes using the CSCC PD Program platform to receive your credits for attending the conference. RECORDING FORMS |
| Posters |
 Posters are available for viewing throughout the conference through the Virtual Poster Hall. Posters can be viewed on any personal device, or on the large monitors in the Exhibit Hall area. View the Posters section above for more specific details and links to the ePoster platform. |
| New CSCC Website Sneak Peak! |
CSCC is in the process of launching a new website! The website will be transitioned to the new platform during June, but in the meantime you are invited to view the new look here: https://csccdev.ca/. This is the development website and not all functions or content are currently available. |
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CSCC is in the process of launching a new website! The website will be transitioned to the new platform during June, but in the meantime you are invited to view the new look here: https://csccdev.ca/. This is the development website and not all functions or content are currently available. |
Oral ePoster Session
Monday, June 6, 1500-1600
Great Room AB
Seven posters will be presented in the hour session, with each speaker provided 7 minutes presentation time and 1 minute for questions. Posters are viewable throughout the conference through FourWaves.
Virtual ePoster Discussion Session
Monday, June 6, 1700-1800
Virtual, during the Wine & Cheese Reception
Virtual posters are available for viewing throughout the conference through the FourWaves Virtual Poster Hall. Posters can be viewed on any personal device, or on the large monitors in the Exhibit Hall area.
If you have any questions or comments for the presenter, you can leave a message. From 1730-1830 on Monday, you can contact the presenter by clicking on their poster and joining the Poster Chat room. When you join the Poster Chat, you will be placed in a queue. Up to eight attendees are able to participate in a live Poster Chat with the presenter, with the remaining attendees in a view-only mode. New participants can join the chat as other participants leave, or can leave a question by text message.
Abstracts
Click here to download the abstract booklet (pdf).
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