LabCorp Tampa Tour - IEEE Florida West Coast Section

Sponsors: Jointly Sponsored by PE/IA and the EMB Chapters
Date: Thursday October 21, 2010
Time: 4:00PM –5:00PM
Speaker: Thomas Herman, PhD, Technical Director
Location: Florida Division, Main Facility, 5610 West La Salle Street, Tampa, FL 33607
(Can be accessed by turning north at the west limit of Cypress street)
Cost: Free of Charge to attend!
RSVP Online at: http://time2meet.com/fwcs-pes3/index.html

Space limited to the first 20 registrants!!!

Questions: Tim Doolittle at 813-892-7190 or tdoolittle@fastmail.fm

With scientific expertise in esoteric testing, genomics, and clinical and anatomic pathology, LabCorp performs more than one million tests on approximately 400,000 samples each day. LabCorp is a pioneer in applying advances in medicine and science to laboratory testing, with more than 35 years of experience in serving physicians and their patients.

LabCorp operates a sophisticated laboratory network, with corporate headquarters in Burlington, NC, and over 28,000 employees worldwide. Their 220,000 clients include physician offices, hospitals, managed care organizations, and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

The headquarters for the Florida Region, the Tampa LabCorp facility processes over 30,000 samples on a 24/7 schedule using sophisticated and sensitive automation equipment from companies like Siemens, Beckman-Coulter, Sysmex, and others, each with specialized infrastructure and utility requirements.