I’ve wanted to cover SALSA for a while, but I kept trying to come up with silly analogies to explain it, but honestly, SALSA is straightforward enough that it doesn’t need one. Access to lab testing is critical to patient care. #lab4life #lablife #labvocate #healthcare

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Enacting #SALSA before year's end is critical — the bill will ensure patient access to quality testing, allow for innovation, and build on the infrastructure necessary to protect access to public health. Read the latest from Today's Clinical Lab: bit.ly/3Fo408C.

This a critical issue and am hopeful that ASAE has plans to make this more broadly available for those who couldn't travel to California.

Congress is considering modernizing FDA oversight and what's on the table might surprise you—cosmetics Former FDA commissioners Scott Gottlieb, MD 🇺🇸 & Mark McClellan discuss why it's vital that the agency reform its regulation of these products in STAT👇 statnews.com/2022/12/05/con…

America needs a strong clinical laboratory infrastructure to support the delivery of routine patient care. That’s why we’re urging Congress to #StopLabCuts by enacting the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act by the end of this year: stoplabcuts.org.

For the uninitiated, this whole thread (and the associated links) are the clearest argument for why ASCLS agrees with Dr. Gottlieb and supports inclusion of VALID in the end of year omnibus package. #labvocate

Wow! The ASCLS #Labucate webinar featuring Dr. Andrea Prinzi (@andreaprinzi) on everything you need to know about antimicrobial susceptibility testing was amazing!!! 🧫🔬💊 Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge! 😀

Faculty from the U of Utah are presenting "Strategies for Increasing Your Program's Enrollment" at the ASCLS CLEC in March. There are solutions to workforce challenges in the clinical laboratory if we are imaginative and innovative. #labvocate aruplab.com/news/01-10-202…

#Labvocates Assemble

Attention #MedLab Professionals in the US: Please make sure you find the time to complete the ASCP Wage and Vacancy Survey! The data this generates is MASSIVELY important to our workforce and salary advocacy! app.keysurvey.com/f/41658003/8b7…

The #APHLFellowship is in full bloom today with the launch of applications for the next cohort! The Public Health Laboratory Fellowship Program invites students ready to advance their career in public health laboratory science to apply. Learn more at buff.ly/3AX0HT9

Every day, laboratorians across the country deliver essential health information to patients and providers. This #LabWeek, we recognize their important role informing evidence-based health care decisions. #IamASCLS #Lab4Life American Clinical Laboratory Association ascls.org/lab-week-mlpw/

Yes. ASCLS President @kkvonahsen is wearing a penguin on her head.

Black and Latino patients are more at risk of experiencing adverse safety events than white patients, regardless of a hospital’s Leapfrog Group ranking. leapfroggroup.org/news-events/ra…

Passing the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act (SALSA) will protect patient access to testing, critical clinical laboratory infrastructure and innovation in tomorrow’s diagnostics. Learn more and tell Congress to #StopLabCuts: stoplabcuts.org. #Labvocate

There is bipartisan agreement on the problem and bipartisan agreement on the solution. On behalf of the patients we serve, the laboratory community must convince Congress to act. I'm proud that my Congressman Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi is an early co-sponsor. #labvocate #stoplabcuts

Final Personnel Regulations Published by CMS Influenced by #MedicalLaboratory Professionals. Because of the work of so many within our community to protect patients, our demands for higher standards were heard and will be implemented. #IamASCLS #Labvocate ascls.org/final-personne…

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.