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Volume 36 Number 4 | August 2022 Developing Professionals Forum Brittney Craig, MHS, ASCLS Developing Professionals Forum The work delivered by laboratory professionals each day is heavily centered around patient safety. Laboratory professionals dedicate countless numbers of hours verifying, analyzing, and performing tests on each specimen received in the laboratory. They perform several tasks to…
Volume 36 Number 4 | August 2022 Laura R. Link, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Diversity Advocacy Council Councilor The patient had been feeling “blah” for a few days, with a slight fever (or was it just the June heat?), joint pain (or was it just arthritis?), and a rash (or was it something from weeding the…
Volume 36 Number 4 | August 2022 Ali Nussbaum, MA, MLS(ASCP)CM Recently my lab had the opportunity to participate in feedback following the aftermath of an incident that would improve our mission of patient safety for all. A very skilled phlebotomist took a young female adult into a seated phlebotomy area for a routine blood…
Volume 36 Number 4 | August 2022 Tara C. Moon, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM, Clinical Laboratory Science Journal Research and Reports Editor and ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Committee Amber N. Vaughn, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM Maternal mortality is a significant healthcare concern in the United States.1 We are at the top of the list for highest maternal mortality in industrialized countries1…
Volume 36 Number 4 | August 2022 Carlo Ledesma, MS, MLS(ASCP)CMSHCM, QLSCM, DLMCM, MT(AMT) Magnum Hirschfield, hailed as the father of transgender medicine, pioneered gender studies in the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute of Sex Research) in Germany, where he cared for transgender individuals and performed gender-affirming treatments, including psychotherapies, hormone treatments, and gender reassignment surgeries.…
Volume 36 Number 4 | August 2022 Jean Bauer, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Region V Director The Greek physician Hippocrates is credited with the saying, “First, do no harm.” While this is not actually a part of the Hippocratic Oath, it is a statement that everyone in medicine needs to keep in mind when working with patients.…
Volume 36 Number 4 | August 2022 Stacie Lansink, MS, MT(ASCP) The conversation started just like every other conversation between clinical sites and programs: “How do we attract new MLS graduates?” This time, the conversation ended with a $40,000 sponsorship between Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, partnering with…
July 2022 Hassan Aziz, PhD, FACSs, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Past President This is a memorable year in the history of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS). This year has been rather interesting for everyone when trying to handle their professional and personal life during a pandemic. In February of 2020, we were enjoying our…
Volume 36 Number 3 | June 2022 Hassan Aziz, PhD, FACSs, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS President A former student of mine and a current colleague posted a photo of her new vehicle on social media. It was a very nice vehicle. I posted, complimenting her new ride. She replied, “Lab has been good to me.” I was…
Volume 36 Number 3 | June 2022 Patient Safety Corner Stacy Walz, PhD, MT(ASCP), ASCLS Patient Safety Committee Chair According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, one definition of the word, community, is “a unified body of individuals, with a common characteristic or interest.” This “interest” could be professional, political, social, historical, or economic. In the context…