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CLC Writes the Senate
August 28, 2009 8:43 AM by Amanda Koehler
ADVANCE received the following press release from ASCLS: "The Clinical Laboratory Coalition, of which ASCLS is a member, has written the Senate Finance Committee after learning a 20 percent Medicare laboratory co-pay was being proposed by the Senate Finance Read More...
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ASCLS: And the Winners Are ...
July 27, 2009 9:40 PM by Matthew T. Patton
Several awards were presented on Thursday, July 23 at the ASCLS 77th annual meeting. An awards presentation was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Chicago Hotel. Here, we present the list of winners in its entirety. Congratulations to everyone Read More...
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Quality Control and Quality Management
July 24, 2009 11:03 AM by Matthew Patton
Precision and accuracy for quality control used to be a lot more simple said Elissa Passiment, executive director of ASCLS. She presented Friday morning on quality control management. CDC and CLSI have evaluated quality control systems and are examining Read More...
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MRSA MRSA Me
July 23, 2009 8:53 PM by Amanda Koehler
In his ASCLS session,“MRSA MRSA Me—Things Ain’t What They Used to Be!,” Richard B. (Tom) Thomson, Jr. PhD, D(ABMM), Evanston Hospital-Northshore University Health System, Chicago, encouraged attendees to define the MRSA problem in their facility. "In Read More...
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Who Is Going to Lead Your Laboratory in 2014?
July 23, 2009 3:25 PM by Matthew Patton
Approximately 20 percent of lab managers report planning to retire in the next 5 years, and a shortage of nearly 5,000 medical technologists is projected per year. On Thursday afternoon, Tara Kochis, executive vice president of Slone Partners, Miami Beach, Read More...
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The Educational Tool Box
July 22, 2009 3:45 PM by Matthew Patton
Brandy Greenhill, MS, MT(ASCP), assistant professor, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, spoke Wednesday afternoon at McCormick Place, providing tips on how to enhance educational activities for medical lab students. One idea she defined Read More...
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Opportunity for Students
February 24, 2009 12:37 PM by Amanda Koehler
Students planning on attending the 2009 ASCLS Annual Meeting July 21-25 in Chicago can apply for the Beckman Coulter Student Travel Grant. According to Michele "Mickey" Yost, ASCLS Student Forum Chair, the grant will assist in supporting up to five students Read More...
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Council Elects Leadership Team
February 6, 2009 12:51 PM by Amanda Koehler
We recently received the following press release from AACC: "The member organizations of the Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW) have elected Susan Gross, the representative of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry Read More...
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Second ASCLS Leadership Academy in Full Swing
January 22, 2009 10:10 PM by Matthew T. Patton
After a successful first year in the ASCLS Leadership Academy, the second class began its journey toward becoming more effective leaders at the ASCLS Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, on July 27-29th. The class will continue to meet in three face-to-face Read More...
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