Additional Information
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
Intended Audience: Medical laboratory scientists, medical laboratory technicians, laboratory supervisors, and laboratory managers. This course is also appropriate for MLS and MLT students and pathology residents.
Author Information:
Alec Saitman, PhD, DABCC (CC, TC), completed PhD training in total synthetic organic chemistry at the
University of California, San Diego. He then completed fellowship training in Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology in the Department of Pathology at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Saitman is board-certified by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry (ABCC) in Clinical Chemistry and Toxicological Chemistry. He is currently the Technical Director of the LabCorp Core Laboratory in
Portland, Oregon. His areas of interest include
laboratory stewardship and laboratory informatics. He is particularly
interested in establishing efficient test implementation workflows in
toxicology testing to meet the growing testing demands in his laboratory. He also serves as a CAP inspection
leader and CAP inspector and has been involved in many CAP inspections of large
reference laboratories.
The author has no
conflict of interest to disclose.
Reviewer Information: Laurie Bjerklie, MA, MLS(ASCP)CM, is
a Lead Education Developer. She earned a B.S. in Medical Laboratory Science
from the University of North Dakota and an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction
from Saint Xavier University. She has over 15 years of experience in higher
education and has held program director and faculty positions in both MLT and
MLS programs.
