American Society for Clinical Pathology

laboratory professionals

For more than a year, we talked to and surveyed hundreds of ASCP lab professionals to get their opinions on this question – what would you like us to do to increase the value of your ASCP membership? And we kept hearing the same answer:

“Make it easier for us to maintain our professional certification.”

That’s why we’re now introducing re.member, our new membership solution and online resource that will eliminate the paperwork for maintaining your credentials.

Early enrollment starts August 10th! Click here for more info.

This new membership solution will give you the following benefits to make the process of re-certification simple and easy:

  • Access to online education you need to fulfill your recertification requirements
  • Tools that track your completed CMP points
  • Ability to electronically submit your completed CMP declaration form to the ASCP Board of Certification (BOC)

Enroll online or call ASCP Customer Service at 800-267-2727.

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10 ASCP Ambassadors Chosen
Ten laboratory professionals have been selected to serve as ASCP Ambassadors for 2009–2010. Their purpose is to raise awareness of the laboratory professions among middle school and high school students. more...


President Clinton Proud to Work with ASCP in Africa
The Clinton Foundation’s HIV/AIDS Initiative and ASCP have become partners in a global project to improve the quality of laboratories in Africa. On July 27, 2009, in Kigali, Rwanda, government health officials from 13 African countries launched the first-ever push for accreditation of the continent’s medical laboratories. more...


CDC Awards ASCP $5.5 Million for Global Laboratory Outreach
The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Institute for Global Outreach has been awarded $5.5 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to continue the Society’s collaborative work with the agency in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) during 2009-10. more...


ASCP BOR and NCA Form Single Certification Agency
The American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Registry (BOR) and the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA) on July 21, 2009, signed an agreement forming a single certification agency for medical laboratory professionals. The agency will be called the ASCP Board of Certification (BOC). The agreement is effective on Friday, October 23, 2009. At that time, the NCA will be dissolved as a corporation. more...


Wage and Vacancy Report: Laboratory Workforce Shortage Reaches Crisis
Half of all laboratories nationwide struggle to hire laboratory personnel. Increased competition for qualified staff and lower compensation for laboratory work were cited as major issues among others. more...

education programs

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Fall 2009 Teleconferences
ASCP Teleconferences are live events that bring you up-to-theminute information on today’s hot topics right to your lab!

Here are a few highlights this Fall:

  • Strategies to Evaluate Critical Laboratory Value Limits: Opportunities to Save Time and Money
  • Choosing the Right Molecular Tests
  • The Art of Managing People in Pathology Laboratories
  • Next Generation Sequencing: Principles and Translation to Diagnostics
  • Serrated Polyps in the Colon


Watch the ASCP 2009 Leadership Exchange Keynote Address
Going Beyond the Performance of the Laboratory Test by Michael Laposata, MD, PhD, FASCP, Professor of Pathology and Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and Pathologist-in-Chief and Director of Clinical Laboratories at Vanderbilt University Hospital more...

publications

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Laboratory Safety
Author: Diane L. Davis, PhD, MT(ASCP)SC,SLS, CLS(NCA)

Laboratory Safety, written by an experienced educator and hands-on practitioner, offers a comprehensive overview of the subject, from routine procedures to handling radioactive materials. Ideal as a single laboratory reference or self-study resource.


Publications Catalog (NEW)
You can now browse our virtual publications catalog for all of ASCP's latest books. Page through this virtual brochure to help you make an informed decision about which publications fit your needs. more...


Critical Values
ASCP’s new quarterly newsmagazine for members, Critical Values, contains news and feature stories for the entire laboratory team. Get the latest issues. more...

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Daily Videos from the 2009 ASCP Annual Meeting
Take a look at what happened at the ASCP Annual Meeting in Chicago on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. Each day, a new video will be added. more...

Influence of Credentials of Lab Professionals on Performance
A retrospective study published in the October issue of AJCP compared the relationship of proficiency testing (PT) performance with the credentials of the testing personnel using logistic regression analyses. The data from the study suggests that clinical laboratories should be staffed by people who have completed a formal clinical laboratory education program to ensure quality of laboratory testing and to reduce the risk of medical errors. more...

Pathology and Lab Medicine News
Get the latest pathology and laboratory medicine news from ASCP's partnership website with Medscape. more...

AJCP Call for Abstracts
Present your research at the premier educational event for pathologists and pathology residents. The AJCP Poster Sessions and Resident Research Symposium competition will take place at the 2009 ASCP Annual Meeting in Chicago, October 29-November 1. The deadline to submit abstracts for both the competition and poster sessions is April 30, 2009. more...

Go to AJCP
American Journal of Clinical Pathology is the leading clinical-oriented peer-reviewed pathology and laboratory medicine research journal. more...

Go to LABMEDICINE
Laboratory Medicine is our monthly periodical dedicated to providing continuing education, career development and new technologies to the entire laboratory community. more...

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