October 2011 - Posts

Clinical Labs Good for the Economy
October 19, 2011 10:20 AM by Jill Hoffman

Listening to the economic news too long might be considered harmful to your health these days, so it is ever refreshing to hear that genetic testing manufacturer Sequenom Inc. is building a new clinical laboratory in the Research Triangle in North Carolina Read More...

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Siemens-ASCP Scholarships Support Lab Students
October 14, 2011 7:31 AM by Jill Hoffman

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, in partnership with ASCP, will award more than $125,000 to undergraduate and graduate medical laboratory students in amounts ranging from $500 to $2,000 for the 2011–2012 Siemens-ASCP Scholarships Program. The Society’s Read More...

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Incentive to Give
October 12, 2011 9:45 AM by Lynn

In the September print edition of ADVANCE for Administrators of the Laboratory , I wrote an editorial on the importance of being prepared for a natural disaster. I received the following response from Steve Shelfer, who works in the laboratory at a hospital Read More...

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ASCP Ambassadors Introduce Students to Lab
October 11, 2011 7:23 AM by Jill Hoffman

Twenty-three members of the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) have been selected to serve as ASCP Ambassadors. These individuals will make presentations to pre-college students to create awareness about medical laboratory science as a career. Read More...

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BD Makes Commitment to Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon
October 4, 2011 7:12 AM by Jill Hoffman

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has made a commitment to Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon®, an initiative to leverage public and private investments in global health to combat cervical and breast cancer led by the George W. Bush Institute, the President’s Emergency Read More...

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