The Winter Diagnostics Bulletin is now available. As you may know the AARC website has changed. To access the bulletin follow these steps: click on the "About AARC Membership" link at the top of the AARC home page; select "specialty sections" under the community heading; click on the diagnostics icon; select "Diagnostics Section Bulletins" from the menu bar.
I would like to thank the following authors for contributing to the Bulletin in 2014:
Danielle Bonagura, RRT
Katrina Hynes, BAS, RRT, RPFT
Brad Knudson, RRT
Elizabeth Koch, BHS, RRT, RPFT
Matt O’Brien, MS, RRT, RPFT
Balamurugan Panneerselvam, BS, CPFT, RPSGT
Gregg Ruppel, MS, RRT, RPFT
Jennifer Weltz Horpedahl, RRT-NPS, RPFT, AE-C
Holly Wilson, RPFT
The Winter edition of the Bulletin features a profile of our Specialty Practitioner of the Year, Ann Wilson BS, RRT, RPFT, AE-C. Jennifer Weltz Horpedahl RRT-NPS, RPFT, AE-C explains how to generate Levey-Jennings plots for biologic controls using Microsoft Excel. Factors affecting nasal nitric oxide values are reviewed by Balamurugan Panneerselvam BS, CPFT, RPSGT. The Quarter Case Report describes a patient who developed bronchoconstriction during spirometry testing.
But you can only access these great articles if you are a member of the Diagnostics Specialty Section! You can join the section at any time, you don't have to wait for your AARC membership renewal notice. Membership is only $15 per year, a mere 4 cents per day!
Think Spring!
Jeff