Volume 36 Number 5 | October 2022 Claude Rector, MA, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS President-Elect ASCLS has long been the preeminent medical laboratory professional organization, in large part due to the contributions of our talented members. However, ASCLS is in the midst of transformational changes to ensure our organization is relevant to our newer professionals. The concerning…
Volume 36 Number 5 | October 2022 Cheyenne Reyes, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Ascending Professionals Forum Director There are a lot of differing opinions on contract employees, or travelers, in the field of laboratory science. No matter what your view may be on whether travelers serve a beneficial or harmful role in the profession, we cannot ignore…
Volume 36 Number 5 | October 2022 Heather Santaniello, MLS(ASCP)CMMB(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Political Action Committee Trustee, ASCLS Ascending Professionals Forum Councilor-at-Large If you have been to the Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) or the Laboratory Legislative Symposium, then you have certainly seen the table decked out in red, white, and blue that draws your curiosity the first…
Volume 36 Number 5 | October 2022 The ASCLS Education & Research Fund, Inc., is pleased to announce two new scholarships that will be awarded in 2023. Barbara Snyderman has funded a scholarship called the Snyderwomen Scholarship. It is in memory of her mother, Shirley Snyderman, and her aunt, Eda Snyderman, both of whom inspired…
Volume 36 Number 5 | October 2022 Kerry Toups, MT(ASCP), ASCLS Marketing and Communications Committee Member For the first time in over 20 years, I celebrated Medical Laboratory Professionals Week outside of a clinical laboratory. My former employer set the bar high for celebrating Lab Week with employee cook-offs, games, prizes, and gifts. I wanted…
Volume 36 Number 5 | October 2022 James T. Griffith, PhD, ASCLS Past President, ASCLS Government Affairs Committee Advisor As clinical laboratory professionals, we are guardians of certain scientific knowledge, a way of professional practice, as well as an infrastructure that allows for patient interaction, specimen collection, test performance, and result reporting. All of this…
Volume 36 Number 5 | October 2022 K. Lindsey Davenport-Landry, DCLS, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Region VI Director There is a continuing need to advocate for our profession—not only for our laboratory community, but also for ourselves. There are Facebook groups saying we do not get the respect we deserve; news segments discussing the shortage of (laboratory)…
Volume 36 Number 5 | October 2022 Andrea Prinzi PhD, MPH, SM(ASCP) I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Carol Rauch, MD, PhD, adjunct associate professor of pathology, microbiology, and immunology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and an active College of American Pathologists (CAP) committee member, about the CAP process for inspecting and accrediting…
Volume 36 Number 5 | October 2022 S. Renee Hodgkins, PhD, MT(ASCP), DCLS Oversight Committee Member Development of the Doctorate in Clinical Laboratory Science (DCLS) has been a long relay race that has passed through many hands. In the document, “History of the DCLS Task Force and Oversight Committee,” discussions of development of the DCLS…
Volume 36 Number 5 | October 2022 Muneeza Esani, PhD, MPH, MHA, MT(ASCP), ASCLS Choosing Wisely Committee The ASCLS Choosing Wisely Committee, in collaboration with the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), has published 10 recommendations for the Choosing Wisely initiative, operated by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation. These recommendations were authored…