Projects 2010-2011: CLS online students
| Project 1 | An analysis of the QuickVew Influenza A+B EIA as a method for detection of Influenza A and/or Influenza B in cell culture as compared to FDA approved cell culture DFA |
| Student Name | Garrison Alger |
| Clinical Facility | Primary Children's Medical Center, Microbiology Department, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Trenda Barney |
| Project 2 | Influence of temperature and time on hemaglobin A1C's in EDTA tubes |
| Student Name | BoWynne Ashworth |
| Clinical Facility | Gunnison Valley Hospital Laboratory, Gunnison, UT |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Ardean Anderson |
| Project 3 | Utalizing a specially trained and dedicated phlebotomy staff reduces blood culture contamination |
| Student Name | Jennifer Behnke |
| Clinical Facility | William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Nursing Service and Clinical Laboratory, Madison, WI |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Meghann Schaitel |
| Project 4 | Comparison of Point of Care Glucometer Results to the DADE RXL Chemistry Analyzer |
| Student Name | Jennifer Gidcumb |
| Clinical Facility | FHCC Building 1523 Laboratory Department, Great Lakes, Il |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Alex Agayan |
| Project 5 | The impact on Turnaround time Due to Repeating STAT Specimens |
| Student Name | Jamie Gordon |
| Clinical Facility | Carlisle Regional Medical Center Laboratory, Carlisle, PA |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Cindy Varner |
| Project 6 | Reference range analysis for myoglobins assayed using the Triage Meter Plus |
| Student Name | Terrie Inman |
| Clinical Facility | Saint Luke Community Hospital, Chemistry Department, Ronan, MT |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Judi Borchert |
| Project 7 | Comparing PCR to CHROMagar Method of Detecting MRSA |
| Student Name | Paul Maddox |
| Clinical Facility | Northern Arizona Veterans Administration Hospital, Microbiology Department, Prescott, AZ |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Kathy Nagy |
| Project 8 | Validation and Correlation of the Troponin I method: Siemens Dimension RxL vs. Tosoh AIA Analyzers |
| Student Name | Stephen A. Mason |
| Clinical Facility | St. Joseph's Hospital Clinical Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Tuscon, AZ |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor |
| Project 9 | Improving blood culture turnaround times |
| Student Name | Danielle McPhie |
| Clinical Facility | Valley View Laboratory, Microbiology Department, Cedar City, UT |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Gregory Peterson |
| Project 10 | Use of commercial gamma polyethylene glycol (PEG) reagent to perform warm autoantibody absorptions |
| Student Name | Minh Thanh Nguyen |
| Clinical Facility |
Providence St. Vincent, Blood Bank Department, |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Gail White |
| Project 11 | Comparison study of Alere PBP2a kit and MecA PCR Method for MRSA detection |
| Student Name | Michelle Omaraie |
| Clinical Facility |
Salt Lake Clinic, Microbiology Department, |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Kelli Day |
| Project 12 | MRSA detection: A comparison of methodologies |
| Student Name | Jilena Paskett |
| Clinical Facility |
Mountain West Medical Center, Microbiology Department, |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Todd Emery |
| Project 13 | Evaluation of 2009 H1N1 Influenza A identification by indirect fluorescent antibody for direct testing identification and culture identification specific for pediatric population |
| Student Name | Hailey Poppe |
| Clinical Facility |
Primary Children's Medical Center, Microbiology Department and University of Utah, |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Trenda Barney |
| Project 14 | Validation of a new Vitros 350 chemistry analyzer |
| Student Name | Michelle Schlichting |
| Clinical Facility |
I-70 Community Hosptial, |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | James D. Noble |
| Project 15 | Rapid bacterial meningitis screening for the purpose of facilitating a quick and reliable method for the identification of bacterial memingitis in small hospitals and clinics |
| Student Name | Eddie Trigueros |
| Clinical Facility | Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo, Ut |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Heather Kusela |
| Project 16 | Homocysteine variances |
| Student Name | Zachary Wheat |
| Clinical Facility | Hood Memorial Hospital, Amite, LA |
| Clinical Faculty Mentor | Sharon Cutrer |