Speaker:

Erik Munson, PhD

Associate Professor of Medical Laboratory Sciences

Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

Wisconsin Clinical Laboratory Network Laboratory Technical Advisory Group

Objectives:

1. Describe means by which microbial taxonomic updates are officially accepted in the scientific community and how these updates are communicated.
2. Explain the impact of taxonomic updates on clinical microbiology and affiliated healthcare disciplines.
3. Discuss controversies/conundrums associated with the implementation of taxonomic updates by the clinical microbiology laboratory.

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