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LIVE COVERAGE: Wage and Vacancy
October 20, 2011 12:50 PM by Kerri Penno
Today the exhibit hall at ASCP in Las Vegas is packed with companies debuting new products, attendees eager to visit booths and the special hubs holding events throughout the day. This morning, Andrea T. Bennett, MT(ASCP), MPH, senior manager, Public Read More...
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Facebook Feedback: Courses and Issues
October 19, 2011 12:46 PM by Kelly Wolfgang
If you're not following us on Facebook , you're missing a lot of fun feedback. If you are, keep following and spread the word! The conversations are far from over. We asked Facebook fans: What would you say are the MOST PRESSING issues facing laboratory Read More...
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ADVANCE and ASPT Come Together in 2011
August 26, 2011 10:16 AM by Kelly Wolfgang
ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals and ASPT (American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians) are coming together to form a new partnership in 2011. In their partnership, ASPT will be contributing a column to ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals Read More...
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COLA Cares Week 2011
August 10, 2011 11:26 PM by Matthew T. Patton
At COLA, we’re all part of the same work community. Together we help promote patient safety by promoting lab excellence. Considering that lab testing impacts more than 70 percent of diagnostic decisions, the COLA community’s efforts impact a lot of people. Read More...
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Don't Laugh at Me
July 31, 2011 4:31 PM by Matthew T. Patton
Guest post by Anthony L. DeWitt Every healthcare worker tends to have a gallows sense of humor. It comes from the nearly constant exposure to pain, suffering, death and dying. Without an ability to laugh at the bad things that happen every day, no health Read More...
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Getting Plugged in to Social Networking
July 29, 2011 11:32 AM by Matthew T. Patton
Guest post by Karen Appold ATLANTA -- Rebecca L. Rogers, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, introduced the “Big 4: Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and LinkedIn ," during her session titled “The 4-1-1 on Social Networking” at the ASCLS Read More...
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ASCLS Session: Climbing the Career Ladder
July 27, 2011 11:32 PM by Matthew T. Patton
Guest post by Karen Appold ATLANTA -- During the Wednesday afternoon session, “Career Options for the Medical Laboratory Scientist,” four laboratorians summarized their career paths, some of which deviated from the traditional laboratory setting. They Read More...
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Would You Want to Be a Nurse?
July 2, 2011 11:03 PM by Matthew T. Patton
Occasionally, we post a question on our Facebook page that gets a lot of responses. On Thursday, we posted a question that sparked an interesting set of responses. That simple question was, " If you couldn’t be a laboratorian, would you want to be a nurse? Read More...
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Case Studies, Best Practices
June 2, 2011 7:01 PM by Matthew T. Patton
Case studies, best practices, lessons learned, written material, guidelines, how-to manuals, technical explanations—those are the types of articles and documents we are looking to publish in print and online. It’s a great time to get published to really Read More...
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Help Us Plan Our 2012 Calendar
May 13, 2011 10:47 AM by Matthew T. Patton
It is hard to believe that nearly half of the year 2011 has come and gone. Summer is just days away. Starting this month, the ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals team is already looking at our calendars with our eyes on 2012. As we are doing Read More...
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Editorial: Healthcare Sans Wires
March 2, 2011 8:53 PM by Matthew T. Patton
I admit I am, without a doubt, addicted to my iPhone. Full-blown addiction. As in the cannot live without it, frustrated when I don't have 3G service, use it as my watch and alarm, to constantly check Facebook, consider it an extension of who I am as Read More...
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AMT Offers New Lab Assistant Certification
February 19, 2011 9:33 PM by Matthew T. Patton
AMT reports that now all of your laboratory personnel can meet AMT’s high standards of excellence. Qualifications: 1,040 hours of relevant lab experience within the past 3 years Resources available to help applicants prepare Computer-based testing at Read More...
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Recession-Related Stress
November 1, 2010 4:13 PM by Amanda Koehler
In our Nov. 1 issue, I wrote a story about the laboratory staffing shortage called "Far From Over." In the article, Rick Panning, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, vice chair of the Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce; and vice president, Laboratory Read More...
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Make the Call
September 7, 2010 1:27 PM by Amanda Koehler
A friend recently said to me the job interview process is similar to dating. And I realized she's right: it's all about "does he/she like me?" (whether that's the interviewer or a potential suitor) and a fear of rejection. In either situation, you try Read More...
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Business and Pleasure
September 2, 2010 10:20 AM by Amanda Koehler
When I was really young, my dad, who is a tire salesman, had a bunch of company conferences in Orlando, FL. Twice, my mother and I went with him. It was the first of my many times visiting Disney World, and I really enjoyed it (despite what this picture Read More...
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