SWACM - Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology

Providing Quality Continuing Education for Clinical Microbiologists

P.O. Box 742857 | Dallas , TX 75374-2857 | 214-345-4256 (Phone) | 214-345-4275 (Fax)

Download the SWACM 2013 Annual Meeting Preliminary Program:
MS Word Document
PDF

SWACM Board of Directors 2012-2013

SWACM Board of Directors - Minutes of Meeting February 2,2012

SWACM Bylaws

SWACM Rules and Regulations

SWACM's held its Thirty-first Annual Meeting and Workshops at the Sheraton Westport Chalet in St. Louis, Missouri - September 5 through September 8, 2012.

Go to the Annual Meeting Page for Workshop and Symposia handouts

(Updated September 28, 2012)

Handout from 2012 Annual Meeting Workshop: Nucleic acid Amplification Assay Development using the BD MAX from SWACM Sponsor Becton, Dickinson and Company

Winning Poster: Haemophilus Susceptibilities: A Comparison Study of the MICroSTREP plus® Panel to the E-Test by Grace-Ann Osuji and Robert Fader, Ph.D., D(ABMM) for more downloads.

We have some downloadable handouts from a recent workshop:

Validation and Verification of Tests in the Microbiology Laboratory
Given at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX on
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas:

Validation of Microbiology Tests

Verification of Microbiology Tests

Case Studies, or “Verification Vignettes”

Best Practices in Blood Culture: Effective QA

(PowerPoint Show)

Exhibitor Invitation for SWACM 2013 Annual Meeting

Exhibitor Floor Plan for SWACM 2013 Annual Meeting

Exhibitor Space Contract for SWACM 2013 Annual Meeting

Next Year's Annual Meeting will be
September 3-6, 2014 Houston, TX at the JW Marriot Galleria

SWACM
Membership Forms

Membership Form (MS Word)

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2012 St Louis Annual Meeting Photos:

Click here to see online photo gallery of the Annual Meeting Photos.

OR

Click here to see a Windows Media File Movie Slideshow. This is a large file (about 28 MB). Recommended for fast internet connections only.

SWACM's January 2012 Newsletter is available for download or online viewing!

SWACM January 2012 Newsletter

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