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Volume 35 Number 4 | August 2021 Krystal Yu, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Ascending Professionals Forum Secretary, ASCLS Hematology/Hemostasis Scientific Assembly Vice Chair This article first appeared as a post for the ASCLS Ascending Professionals Forum blog, The Labora-Story. Read more from The Labora-Story at connect.ascls.org/home. Patient X is a 58-year-old Caucasian female who went to her…
Volume 35 Number 4 | August 2021 Ali Nussbaum, MA, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Political Action Committee Vice Chair Does going to Capitol Hill to tell your elected senators and representatives about career-related legislation seem overwhelming or not appealing? Does even reaching out to your elected officials through email more than you really want to do? That’s…
Volume 35 Number 4 | August 2021 Minh Kosfeld, PhD, MLT(ASCP)CM Patient Physical Examination on Admission Our patient is a previously healthy 56-year-old white man who presents with progressive neuropathy and declining mental status over several months. The patient initially developed numbness of his fingertips and the balls of his feet and began to lose…
Volume 35 Number 3 | June 2021 Maddie Josephs, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS President Diversity and inclusivity initiatives have become more of a priority for many companies and professional organizations. Studies have shown that diversity leads to creativity and improved performance, leading to better decision making and problem solving. As such, diverse organizations tend to be…
Volume 35 Number 3 | June 2021 Angela Darby, MPH, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Region III Director In her recent Golden Globes acceptance speech, Jane Fonda made the following remarks: “There’s a story that we’ve been afraid to see and hear about ourselves … a story about which voices we respect and elevate and which we tune…
Volume 35 Number 3 | June 2021 Heather Herrington, DVM, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Developing Professionals Forum Secretary A few years ago, I was at a conference that featured a presenter who talked about diversity and inclusion while we were having breakfast. After her talk, which was quite interesting, we went to our break-out rooms for the…
Volume 35 Number 3 | June 2021 Kora Freeman and Izabel Hanson Introduction Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a bacterial human pathogen with serious clinical implications. C. canimorsus is known to infect hosts with underlying health conditions and is considered normal flora in felines and canines. The organism is a thin gram-negative rod which can appear small…
Volume 35 Number 3 | June 2021 Jean Bauer, MLS (ASCP)CM, ASCLS Region V Director In the wake of multiple horrors—the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, the shootings in Atlanta, and the others that we have experienced—we as a country, and our ASCLS organization, have once again been reminded of the inequities that exist…
Volume 35 Number 3 | June 2021 Patient Safety Corner Rose Hanna, DCLS, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Patient Safety Committee Kidney function is best determined by the glomerular filtration rate (GFR); however, it is challenging to measure directly and is not practical for routine physician office visits. Consequently, equations such as Cockcroft-Gault, Modification of Diet in…
Volume 35 Number 3 | June 2021 The ASCLS Nominations Committee is pleased to present the following candidates for office in the 2021-22 Society year. Candidates selected by the House of Delegates will take office during the 2021 ASCLS, AGT & SAFMLS Joint Annual Meeting. Delegates will elect one president-elect; one director each for Regions…