Workshop on Quality-Assurance and Quality-Control Procedures
for CD4 T-Lymphocyte Determinations
The National Laboratory Training Network (NLTN), a cooperative
training system of CDC and the Association of State and Territorial
Public Health Laboratory Directors, will sponsor 3-day workshops on
quality-assurance and quality-control procedures for T-lymphocyte
determinations at sites throughout the country during June and July
1993. This workshop is intended for managers, supervisors, and
technical staff of flow cytometric immunophenotyping programs who
have at least 6 months' experience operating flow cytometers.
The goal of the workshop is to assist participants in
integrating recommended procedures for quality assurance and
quality
control into their flow cytometric immunophenotyping programs for
the
determination of CD4+ T-lymphocyte levels in human immunodeficiency
virus-infected persons. The workshop will include safety issues;
specimen collection, shipping, and storage; selection of the
reagent
panel; sample preparation and erythrocyte lysis and fixation; flow
cytometer set-up and standardization; sample analysis; data
reduction; troubleshooting; report preparation; and overall
quality-control procedures.
There is a registration fee. Workshop dates, locations, and
telephone numbers of contacts are: June 7-9, Brentwood, Tennessee
--
contact NLTN Southeastern Office, (615) 262-6315; June 23-25,
Milwaukee -- contact NLTN Midwestern Office, (312) 793-3306; June
29-
July 1, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts -- contact NLTN New England
Office, (617) 522-3700, ext. 153; July 12-14, Denver -- contact
NLTN
Western Office, (303) 691-4708; July 22-24, Seattle -- contact NLTN
Pacific Office, (510) 540-3991; and July 28-30, Dallas -- contact
NLTN
South Central Office, (504) 568-2081.
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