CCCLW Addresses Growing Workforce Shortage
The Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW), a broad-based coalition of national laboratory associations, industry partners and other health care organizations, held a two-day strategic planning session to discuss the serious workforce shortage facing the clinical laboratory profession. The purpose of the meeting was to develop strategies to increase the number of qualified professionals in the field. more...

ASCP Announces Resident Council Subspecialty Grant Recipients
The American Society for Clinical Pathology has awarded a total of $20,000 in resident grants during the academic year 2008-2009 to defray the cost of doing elective rotations at outside institutions in fields of pathology in which the resident desires intensive exposure, especially in the form of consult material. more...

Update on Pod Lab and Pathology Anti-Markup Lawsuit
A Federal judge has issued a temporary injunction in a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its efforts to prohibit clinicians from marking up the professional or technical component of anatomic pathology services they order but do not perform. more...

Cytotechnology: A Profession on the Move—Then and Now
It began out of a need to support the “invention” and expansion of the Pap test, the most successful screening test in medical history, but it has grown into a profession that supports the diagnostic science of detecting cancer in specimens from virtually any body site. more...

PAX-5 Expression in Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Neoplasms
These tumors can be misclassified owing to morphologic parallels, indicating the necessity for adjunctive tests for correct classification. more...