Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Discuss how the implementation of the "UA with Hold" test option has improved urine culture utilization in the Emergency Department.    
2. Describe how the intervention of changing reference ranges has improved the quality of Magnesium utilization.  

Faculty

Vandita Johari, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Vice Chair, Department of Pathology
Baystate Medical Center 

Adam Pesaturo, PharmD
Critical Care Pharmacist
Baystate Medical Center 

Faculty Disclosure

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.