ASCLS Today is the membership newsletter of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science.
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Volume 38 Number 3 | June 2024 Sami Daniel, MD, ASCLS Today Volunteer Contributor Sami Daniel, MD and Darby Naheedy, MLS As a clinician, I establish and foster relationships with patients daily. We are elated to share favorable results and devastated when we must deliver bad news. In that regard, the exam room simultaneously serves…
Volume 38 Number 3 | June 2024 Theresa Summons, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Today Volunteer Contributor Everything we do in the lab can be considered a project; but this is not how clinical laboratories traditionally think. Projects are often defined as a process to develop tangible products or solutions. In the clinical lab, we deal with…
Volume 38 Number 3 | June 2024 Shawn Luby, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Patient Safety Committee As I was strolling through the showroom floor at my first Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) Annual Scientific Meeting last summer, I marveled at the new technologies. I was mesmerized by delivery systems; I teared up during…
Volume 38 Number 2 | April 2024 Claude Rector, MA, MLS(ASCP), ASCLS President I am asked from time to time about what it’s like to be a medical laboratory scientist. My answer might surprise many who are reading this article today. I would like to share my story of the best day ever of my…
Volume 38 Number 2 | April 2024 Stacy Walz, PhD, MLS(ASCP) Picture it: College freshman sets foot on campus, full of dreams and confidence, declares biochemistry as her major, and seeks to go to medical school to become a physician. Fast forward a few weeks, and that same college freshman is struggling in her 17…
Volume 38 Number 2 | April 2024 Ali Nussbaum, MHHSA, MLS(ASCP)CM, caPM, ASCLS Board of Directors In May of 2023 I was asked to be a panelist for an ASCLS-Minnesota student night held at a nearby hospital. I agreed immediately. Speaking to students and helping them engage early with the profession is crucial to get…
Volume 38 Number 2 | April 2024 Jesse L. Day, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Ascending Professionals Forum Chair “How did you discover the field of clinical laboratory science?” Well, it’s a unique story that I haven’t shared very much. Stepping back in time a bit, I think of 14-year-old Jesse, unsure of what I wanted to…
Volume 38 Number 2 | April 2024 Victoria Roop, MLS (ASCP)CM, ASCLS Today Volunteer Contributor Laboratory professionals are driven to provide accurate and timely objective data to clinicians and patients alike to help aid in diagnoses and treatment plans. The COVID-19 pandemic has moved mountains in technological advances and transformed modern laboratory practices and visibility…
Volume 38 Number 2 | April 2024 Alexandra Adams, MLS(ASCP), ASCLS Today Volunteer Contributor When I was a kid, I wanted to be a doctor because I loved my science classes and thought the only career available was through medical school. I was wrong and had a family member introduce me to the laboratory. I…
Volume 38 Number 2 | April 2024 Ali Nussbaum, MHHSA, MLS(ASCP)CM, caPM, ASCLS Board of Directors When I was in graduate school, I interviewed a team outside of the one I was on to discover what they felt was the biggest hinderance to their success. I chose to interview the Laboratory Information System (LIS) team.…