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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…
Volume 36 Number 5 | October 2022 This recognition celebrates an ASCLS member who has made significant contributions to ASCLS at all levels. This is the eighth year for this award. The recipient will have made significant contributions to ASCLS as well as the laboratory field, and who, by example, has inspired others. There were…
Volume 36 Number 5 | October 2022 Elizabeth A. Gockel-Blessing, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM Amanda Reed, MAE, MLS(ASCP)CM This is the first in a series of articles addressing 10 questions to consider before you take the “plunge” to start an online medical laboratory science (MLS) education program. The considerations we share here are applicable to building…
Volume 36 Number 4 | August 2022 Hassan Aziz, PhD, FACSs, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS President, 2021-22 When I was a kid, my dad read me a story about a mouse family. Their names were, Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Anybody could…
Volume 36 Number 4 | August 2022 Kim Von Ahsen, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM, SLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS President, 2022-23 I couldn’t have imagined that 18 years ago when I searched the internet for “Iowa + laboratory + professional + organization” that a search result of the Iowa Association of Clinical Laboratory Science (now ASCLS-Iowa) would lead me to…
Volume 36 Number 4 | August 2022 Patient Safety Corner Rose Hanna, DCLS, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, Patient Safety Committee In 2016, Clostridium difficile went through a genus name change based on genotypic and phylogenetic information to Clostridioides difficile.1 C. difficile is a spore-forming gram positive bacillus that is commonly found in water, soil, human and animal…
Volume 36 Number 4 | August 2022 Developing Professionals Forum Alex Shaw, MLS(ASCP)CM, Developing Professionals Forum Councilor-at-Large Laboratorians play a vital role in patient safety. While direct patient contact is limited for laboratorians, we are just as important in being patient safety stewards as those in direct contact with patients every day. It is estimated…