Galveston Medical Technology Students Thank You for Used Books
Only a few days after the call to action, ASCP members came to the rescue with used book donations for the medical technology students at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB). Nearly 50% of the medical technology students lost most of their belongings in their rooms on Galveston Island when Hurricane Ike struck. more...
CDC Awards ASCP with Funding to Support PEPFAR II
The ASCP this month was awarded $3.9 million for the first year of its second five-year initiative with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to continue its efforts in strengthening laboratory services for the testing and monitoring of HIV/AIDS patients abroad. more...
Pathology and Lab Medicine News
Get the latest pathology and laboratory medicine news from ASCP's partnership website with Medscape. more...
Chromosomal Alterations Detected by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization in Urothelial Carcinoma...
More than 67,000 people will be diagnosed with bladder
cancer this year in the United States, with approximately
90% of cases being classified as urothelial carcinoma (UC). more...
Reducing Errors in the Clinical Laboratory: A Lean Production System Approach
Benchmarking is certainly the root of the system we’ve relied on to reduce errors in our laboratories. Here, David A. Novis, MD, FCAP, suggests how the nature of benchmarking may be backward-looking, reactionary, and slow-moving and compares that with the forward-thinking, proactive industrial Toyota Production System. more...