News & Press Releases

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Current News

• The ASCP Task Force report reviews and evaluates current data on all laboratory professions, identifies gaps, and makes recommendation for future data collection initiatives. Download the report (PDF)​

• Just in time for Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, ASCLS has announced the winner of the ASCLS Student Video Contest. Check out the winning entry.

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• ASCLS Legislative Consultant Don Lavanty details the impact of Sequestration on clinical laboratories. Read the article.

Press Releases

CCCLW Announces Strategic Planning Effort, April 19, 2008​

CCCLW Announces New Chair, January 19, 2009

News Archives

September 2011: Lab Workforce Shortage San Francisco
​August, 2011: San Jose State University: Recruiting CLSs
March 2011: Shortages loom in Minnesota
February 2011: California Hospital Allied Health Workforce
December 2010: Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, Impending Crisis
December 2010: ASCP Secures Win for Florida Cytotechnologists
December 2010: USNews and World Reports Best Careers 2011
November 2010: Wisconsin's Clinical Laboratory Workforce Survey Nov 2010
April 2010: ASCP announces second annual Ambassador Program
Mar 18, 2010 National Human Genome Research Institute launches Genomic Careers Resource
Jan 29, 2010 Road to Recovery: Health Care - NPR Morning Edition
Jan 2010: Workforce 2015: Strategy Trumps Shortages, American Hospital Assoc
Nov 17: California Hospital Association Video on Allied Health Workforce
July 30: Tampa Bay Online: Swine Flu Highlights a Hot Job: Medical Technologists
July 23: Dept of Labor announces Grants- Lab Training Programs should apply
July 23: Medical News Today: Labs are Vital announces winner of 2009 Contest to Highlight Careers in Lab Sciences
July 22: SCP BOR and NCA form Single Certification Agency
May 19, 2009 Staff Shortages in Labs May Put Patients at Risk (WSJ)
May 5: CNN Article: Heroes in Lab Coats
May 2: Dr. McKenna's ASCP president's Workforce message
May 2: San Francisco Chronicle article with a photo of a clinical lab scientist testing  
May 13: Wall Street Journal:  Staff Shortages in Labs
May 14: Healthcare Finance News: Closure of Clin Lab Sciences Programs threatens Healthcare
May 14: HealthLeaders Media: Lab Tech Shortage Causes ED Bottlenecks