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Laboratory Professionals Get Results
April 22, 2013 8:11 PM by Glen McDaniel
It is that time of year when we celebrate National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (NMLPW). This is a week when the various, often competing, laboratory organizations join forces to honor the more than 300,000 medical laboratory professionals around Read More...
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Wanna Buy a Credential?
March 24, 2013 3:16 PM by Glen McDaniel
Since the ASCP took over the popular and progressive NCA in 2009, I have periodically received emails from medical lab professionals not happy with the merger for various reasons. Prompted by this overwhelming response, I have previously blogged about Read More...
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World AIDS Day Recap
December 1, 2012 5:36 PM by Glen McDaniel
Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day . This is the 25 th annual observance of the day originally organized under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise the awareness of HIV/AIDS and garner support for research, understanding, education Read More...
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ASCLS and CLMA Talks Break Down Luckily
October 13, 2012 2:12 PM by Glen McDaniel
I recently learned that the merger talks between two laboratory organizations ASCLS and CLMA have broken down. Now it might surprise you that as a long time, avid advocate of professional unification, I was not really devastated by this news. Here's some Read More...
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ASCLS Annual Meeting
July 15, 2012 8:58 PM by Glen McDaniel
I am in the process of packing to attend the ASCLS Annual Meeting 2012 in Los Angeles, Tuesday through Saturday, July 17 to 21. I am exciting because I will be an attendee as well as a presenter. As in recent years, ASCLS is joining with AACC to mount Read More...
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Lay Off the PSA, USA Medical Panel Advises
May 21, 2012 10:58 PM by Glen McDaniel
The US Preventive Services Task Force is recommending that healthy men should not be routinely screened with the PSA test. There has been a buzz that this decision was in the offing for several years now, so the final ruling is not a surprise to many. Read More...
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NMLPW: an Opportunity to Celebrate and Educate
April 22, 2012 12:13 PM by Glen McDaniel
This week, April 22-28, we celebrate National Medical Laboratory Professionals' Week (NMLPW). This celebartion was started in 1975 as National Medical Laboratory Week (without the word "professionals") by American Society for Medical Technology (ASMT), Read More...
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No Lab, No Hospital. Simple!
February 24, 2012 6:20 PM by Glen McDaniel
Just a few minutes ago, a friend sent me a link to a news story about a hospital in New York that was forced to close because of what he described as "problems with their lab." An inspection of the laboratory by New York State Department of Health yesterday Read More...
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CSI Effect Sends Wrong Signal to Patients
October 1, 2011 12:19 AM by Glen McDaniel
In recent years the legal community has described a phenomenon called the CSI Effect .Based on the popularity of television programs like CSI, jurors as well as the public at large have come to expect that every criminal case can be solved definitively Read More...
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Contagion: A Nice Nod to the Lab Community
September 14, 2011 1:58 PM by Glen McDaniel
I just saw the blockbuster movie Contagion and must say I was pretty impressed. When I watch a medical-themed movie, I always look at it with a critical eye. How factual is it? Is it authentic in terms of scenarios, equipment, procedures and vocabulary? Read More...
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How to Prepare for a Hurricane or Other Disaster
August 26, 2011 11:39 PM by Glen McDaniel
As news of Hurricane Irene dominates the news it is difficult not to think of how one prepares for a disaster. Those of us in healthcare have to be concerned about individual safety and the welfare of family' but we have the obligation of being expected Read More...
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Why You Shouldn’t Wait for the DCLS
August 13, 2011 6:18 PM by Glen McDaniel
The opening keynote address of the annual ASCLS meeting in Atlanta was delivered by two physicians, Dr. Laposata (a pathologist) and Dr. Meisel (an internist) discussing in point-counterpoint fashion what way clinical laboratorian' s view their role in Read More...
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Expo 2011: Recap of Today's Highlights
July 28, 2011 8:08 PM by Glen McDaniel
The AACC annual meeting wrapped up today with record traffic going through the exhibit hall. At 9 a.m. as exhibitors and poster presenters slipped in through a side door to get set up, a line formed outside the hall as anxious attendees waited to be allowed Read More...
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All In a Day's Work at ASCLS 2011
July 27, 2011 10:30 PM by Glen McDaniel
It might have been sweltering hot outside, but deep inside the Omni hotel and Georgia World Congress Center, laboratorians attending ASCLS 2011 were comfortable, calm and collected as they were treated to variety of offerings, The day started at 8:00 Read More...
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Southern Hospitality Meets Best Practice
July 26, 2011 7:08 PM by Glen McDaniel
The joint ASCLS/AACC meeting in Atlanta is well underway and in full swing as evidenced by all the activity observed today. A walk through the massive exhibit hall at the Georgia World Congress Center is like navigating a small town . There are over 700 Read More...
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