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Facebook Feedback: Changes and Improvements
August 17, 2011 10:33 AM by Matthew T. Patton
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: "If you could ask for one improvement in your lab, what would it 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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Social Responsibility
July 19, 2011 10:11 PM by Matthew T. Patton
An article I read recently at CNN.com noted basically there are two types of people in life: those who kick the grocery store cart up on the curb and drive off or those who return the cart to the store (or, I assume, to the cart corral). I'm the latter. Read More...
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Editorial: Strike Against Point of Care?
July 16, 2011 10:29 PM by Matthew T. Patton
A Pennsylvania Department of Health report revealed that a patient died at a hospital after discrepant blood sugar results allegedly went unrecognized and, worse yet, unreported to doctors. This post-transplant patient allegedly died as a result of low 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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Saying 'Thank You'
April 12, 2011 1:28 PM by Amanda Koehler
Last night, my roommate started writing a bunch of thank you cards to her coworkers. She is leaving her job on Friday, and she wanted to express her gratitude to her colleagues for helping her with her job over the past 3 years. I told her this was a Read More...
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Job Hunt for New Grads
April 8, 2011 9:54 AM by Amanda Koehler
It's already April, warmer weather is around the corner (hopefully!) and in just a few weeks, many students will be graduating and ready to enter the "real world." I was trying to find a job during my last few weeks of college. While polishing up my résumé Read More...
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Identifying and Implementing Non-Labor Cost Savings in Your Lab
March 27, 2011 10:03 PM by Matthew T. Patton
Don't miss this ASCLS Annual Meeting session, sponsored by ADVANCE Newsmagazines : Identifying and Implementing Non-Labor Cost Savings in Your Lab Presented by J.R. Constance, MHA, MT(ASCP), Rodric Consulting, LLC; and Deb Rodahl, MLS(ASCP)CM, HealthEast Read More...
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CLS Technologist Program Scores Top in Nation
February 23, 2011 7:29 PM by Matthew T. Patton
For the fifth year running, the Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) Technologist program at Mercy St. Vincent Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, had the highest certification test scores in the nation, this year nearly doubling the national average. With a possible Read More...
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What Qualities Do You Admire in a Coworker?
December 26, 2010 7:41 PM by Matthew T. Patton
Think back to all of the coworkers you’ve had throughout the years. What makes for a bad coworker? Is it the coworker who was so infatuated with herself that she didn’t ever make time to speak to you? Is it the one who you constantly caught "fibbing"? Read More...
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Memorable (Not Regrettable) Holiday Parties
December 19, 2010 5:45 PM by Matthew T. Patton
By Michael L. Smith, JD, RTT The time from Thanksgiving through the New Year is a popular time for companies and individuals to host parties. I doubt any social host intends for their event to become regrettable, but most of us remember at least one holiday Read More...
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