Volume 38 Number 1 | February 2024 Victoria Roop, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Today Volunteer Contributor Diversity can mean so many things for so many people. So where do we start? First, let’s dig into the definition. According to the Oxford English Language Dictionary, diversity means, “The state of being diverse, variety.” And “The practice or quality…
Volume 38 Number 1 | February 2024 Cara Bushmaker, MLS(ASCP), ASCLS Today Volunteer Contributor Are you familiar with ChatGPT? I admit I know very little, but since my last encounter, I’ve been inspired to do a little more research. I’ve been aware of artificial intelligence (AI) to various degrees for quite some time. Many advancements…
Volume 38 Number 1 | February 2024 Perry M. Scanlan, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM, Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity President How many professionals have discussed the need for more resources for students in laboratory science? Usually, professionals talk about how hidden the laboratories are from the public eye, or how there is limited funding for educational programs. Our…
Volume 38 Number 1 | February 2024 Elevating All Laboratory Professionals Aymen Saihati, MS, ASCLS Today Volunteer Contributor The importance of cultural transformation in medical laboratories cannot be underestimated within the ever-changing healthcare landscape. With a wealth of expertise spanning more than 10 years, we initiate a revolutionary endeavor with the objective of reinventing the…
Advocacy Win in Final Personnel Regulations Published by CMS, Nominations Deadline Extended, ASCLS Awards and Scholarships Season, CLS Journal Updates, Last Chance to Attend CLEC 2024 at the Regular Registration Rate, Check out Upcoming Events, and more. Final Personnel Regulations Published by CMS Influenced by Medical Laboratory Professionals On December 28, 2023, The Centers for…
ASCLS comments on the FDA proposed regulation of LDTs, 2024 ASCLS awards open for nominations, call for nominations for national positions, Clinical Laboratory Science journal seeking manuscript reviewers, CLEC 2024 early registration discount ends next Wednesday, and more. ASCLS Comments on the FDA Proposed Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests On December 4, ASCLS submitted formal…
Volume 37 Number 6 | December 2023 Claude Rector, MA, MLS(ASCP), ASCLS President When I moved from education to management this past spring, I felt the reality of a heightened sense of awareness regarding patient safety. The laboratory results were live and in real time. I had been in the student education laboratory far too…
Volume 37 Number 6 | December 2023 Catherine Otto, PhD, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, SHCMDLMCM, ASCLS Patient Safety Committee Member Ethical clinical laboratory science practice improves patient safety. Ensuring and improving patient safety requires following ethical principles of practice in order to provide safe clinical laboratory services. Although the term, “patient safety,” was not used when our…
Volume 37 Number 6 | December 2023 Sarah Bergbower, DCLS, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Today Volunteer Contributor As a Doctor of Clinical Laboratory Science (DCLS), I am often interested in the medical laboratory science professional’s role in identifying and limiting pre-pre- and post-post-analytical errors. Defined by Laposata and Dighe, “pre-pre” analytical errors result from inappropriate test selection,…
Volume 37 Number 6 | December 2023 Yanhuan (Grace) Renn, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Ascending Professionals Forum Member Patient safety is a central pillar of effective healthcare delivery. The stakes are particularly high in transfusion medicine, where the urgent demand for our products and services is often made in high-pressure situations. To ensure we can meet these…