May the 4th be with you today! 🧬

Laboratory day of service for #MLPW2024 ! Our students went to Project C.U.R.E to help sort donated medical supplies. The medical equipment is then shipped to countries in need.

#ASCP #ASCP LabWeek #ASCP DayOfService

What is the Significant Impact of #MedicalLaboratory & #Pathology to the U.S. Economy & Healthcare System? CC: Blair Holladay

✅Medical laboratory diagnostics is a vital U.S. industry, comprising more than 330,000 jobs across 174,000 labs, according to the CDC 1/n 🧵👇

Potato Chip Contest today for #MLPW2024 ! Students were asked to bring unique flavored potato chips and voted on their favorite!

Some flavors included: banana, oyster, ketchup, evil eye, chicken tomato, paprika and roasted pig!

The winner were the Takoyaki Balls!

#LabWeek Fact of the Day: Mycobacterium leprae (which can infect humans & armadillos) went through a period of reductive evolution in which it lost much of its genome. It is the only known bacterium that infects Schwann cells of peripheral nerves. #ASMClinMicro #Lab4Life

#Labweek games and prizes for the (MS) MLS Program Loyola University Chicago students!
Sort the blood components, Heardle, and the classic pin the ‘tail’ on Giardia!

Happy Lab Week!
Andrea Prinzi PhD, MPH,SM(ASCP)🧫🔬 Rodney E. Rohde, PhD "Doc R" Kyle B Riding, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM ASCLS Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS🧫🦠 Dr. Diana Hernandez Aaron Odegard MS (He/Him) Bobbi Pritt, MD Romney Humphries Kristen Pesavento

#LabWeek2024 #microbiology

Today - our Amazing #MedicalLaboratory professionals Celebrate April 14-20 as Medical Laboratory Professionals Week #MLPW ! #ASCPLabWeek24 #IamASCLS ASCLS ASCP APHL

It ALL STARTS with a Specimen!

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In honor of #MLPW 2024 , join us as we go on a scavenger hunt for Scientist Barbie!

Here are 2 hints for today’s hunt. Locate Scientist Barbie for a prize!

#MLPW #TheLabisEverything #Lab4Life

Happy #LabWeek !

Join us in honoring the incredible dedication of medical laboratory professionals and pathologists during Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 14-20! Mark your calendars for our exciting Lab Week events kicking off on April 15th. Don't miss out! #TheLabIsEverything

Illinois has received the proclamation from Governor JB Pritzker that April 14-20, 2024 is Medical Laboratory Professionals Week!

Lab week 2024 is coming soon!

We're entering in the ASCP 2024 The Lab is Everything Photo & Video Contest. Please vote vote vote for our MLS Barbie Catalog submission!

Voting Link:
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#MLPW2024 #ASCPLabWeek24 #TheLabisEverything

Today, ACLA relaunched the #StopLabCuts campaign, urging Congress to protect patient access to essential laboratory services by enacting the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act ( #SALSA ) this year. Learn more: bit.ly/3xc6LYU.

Watch 'The Invisible Shield,' a new four-part series starting March 26 on PBS that explores the hidden public health infrastructure in America that saves lives every day. It highlights the thousands of unsung heroes who work together to improve health. pbs.org/show/the-invis…

Thank you Darby Naheedy, MLS(ASCP)cm for taking time to talk to the (MS) MLS Program Loyola University Chicago students about your journey as a MLS to medical student and why they should get involved to give back to the profession! #Lab4Life #labvocate ASCLS-IL @ASCLS

Next week we're hosting an online information session on March 21st at 5 PM CST! Learn all about the amazing career of MLS with us!

Register here: luc.edu/parkinson/mls/…

#Lab4life #IamASCLS

1 in 3 people in the U.S. are at risk for kidney disease.

Kidney disease often goes undetected until it is very advanced, which is why regular testing is so important. 📅

🔗 Learn more about prevention at kidney.org/atoz/content/s…

Today is an extra day to be a good friend! Elmo is excited to make it count! ❤️ #LeapDay #EmotionalWellBeing

Attention all Ramblers! 🚨 Stop by the Healthcare Career Fair at the Damen Student Center at 3PM CST to learn about our MS Medical Laboratory Science program!