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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. more...


Leadership Exchange: A Place to Recharge
We focused on developing leadership in the laboratory, with topics ranging from conflict resolution to analyzer selection. The term “leadership” usually makes us think of managers and supervisors, but sessions are designed for managers and staff alike. more...


Six Honored with 2008 ASCP Regional Member Award
Six ASCP members were honored with the ASCP 2008 ASCP Regional Member Award Thursday, February 28th at the ASCP Leadership Exchange in San Francisco. more...

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Cytopathology Review Guide (2nd edition)
Author(s):
E. Blair Holladay, PhD, CT(ASCP)

This 2nd edition of the Cytopathology Review Guide uses more than 1,000 questions to reinforce existing knowledge and identify areas needing further study.

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. 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...

Angiogenesis Measurement Using Digital Pathology
Whether for predicting patient prognosis or for measuring the efficacy of anti- or pro-angiogenic therapies, there is an urgent need for more accurate and reproducible measurements of microvessels that do not rely on tedious human measurements under a microscope. more...

Diagnosis of Hydatidiform Moles Using p57...
Diagnosis of hydatidiform moles highlights this month’s issue of AJCP. more...