This learning experience will allow the participant the chance to gauge the accuracy of this traditional method and understand what each component includes and ensures. Observation of a Committee Meeting: For this portion of the assignment, I will be observing a committee meeting via web cast discussing the accuracy of the new technologies to the Center for Disease Control. The purpose of this observation is two fold. First, to learn about the new technologies for the purposes of the second learning experience and secondly, to understand the research that has already been accomplished in this area and what attempts have succeeded or failed.

Learning Experience #2: The second learning experience will involve comparing the current technology results at the time of labor with those from an earlier swab. For this learning experience, technology will need to be acquired from the companies developing the technology....

The lab work will be saved from previous samples and tested using the technology. Results will be recorded.
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