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Volume 36 Number 2 | April 2022 Rodney E. Rohde, PhD, SM(ASCP)CMSVCMMBCM, FACSc, ASCLS and TACLS Mentor Did you know that medical laboratory professionals provide roughly 13 billion laboratory tests each year? Laboratory testing is the single highest-volume medical activity affecting Americans, and it drives about two-thirds of all medical decisions made by doctors and…
Volume 36 Number 2 | April 2022 Daniel Haun, MLS(ASCP)CMH, Chemistry/Urinalysis Scientific Assembly When asked the question in this article’s headline, I first thought, “No way … too routine.” Rethinking, however, I considered the complexity of the task, staff shortages, and the widening use of “middle-ware,” and I was soon designing a new simulator. It…
Volume 36 Number 2 | April 2022 Suzanne Butch, MLS(ASCP)CMSBB, DLMCM, ASCLS Leadership Academy Class Coordinator This year the 2021-22 ASCLS Leadership Academy Class began its activities at the ASCLS, AGT & SAFMLS Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) in June of 2021 and had the opportunity to meet face-to-face again at the Laboratory Legislative Symposium in…
Volume 36 Number 2 | April 2022 Heather Herrington, DVM, MLS(ASCP)CM, Ascending Professionals Forum Vice Chair The Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh holds an annual event called SciTech Days. It’s an opportunity for students in junior high and high school to interact with STEM-focused companies and professionals. This year, they did things a bit differently,…
Volume 36 Number 2 | April 2022 Ali Nussbaum, MA, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Leadership Development Committee Why should a professional want to expand their leadership portfolio? That’s an easy answer: Because it helps you evolve as a person. Leadership is something that needs to be built upon, practiced, and improved. In order to grow, mistakes and…
Volume 36 Number 2 | April 2022 Patient Safety Corner Georgia Vega, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Patient Safety Committee “Out of sight, out of mind.” Until recently, that phrase could easily describe laboratorians. As medical laboratory professionals work mainly in the background, a common source of career dissatisfaction is feeling overlooked by our patients and healthcare…
Volume 36 Number 1 | February 2022 Hassan Aziz, PhD, FACSs, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS President Like many industries, healthcare is facing a growing responsibility to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. DEI has been an increasing focus for organizations across the world, but none stand to make a greater impact than the healthcare industry. DEI…
Volume 36 Number 1 | February 2022 Stephanie Noblit, Esq, MLS(ASCP)CM This article first appeared as a post for the ASCLS Ascending Professionals Forum blog, The Labora-Story. What does it take to be an advocate for the clinical laboratory, or a “labvocate,” as we like to say in ASCLS? Honestly, not much. You do not…
Volume 36 Number 1 | February 2022 Alex Shaw, ASCLS Developing Professionals Forum Councilor-at-Large The turn of the 21st century has shifted society to be more inclusive. Our organization has made a considerable effort to promote diversity, equity, and inclusivity in recent years. While many may have an idea about what that means at a…
Volume 36 Number 1 | February 2022 Dana Powell Baker, MBA, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Diversity Advocacy Council Contributor, ASCLS Emerging Laboratory Managers Collaborative Conference Steering Committee Vice Chair Kyle Riding, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Diversity Advocacy Council Contributor, ASCLS Secretary/Treasurer In a 2018 article, Forbes magazine contributor Sheree Atcheson defined an ally as “any person…