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Special issues of the trade journal included the education issue, National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week issue, industry outlook issue, new graduate issue and the annual safety issue. [1] The publication also conducted a biannual salary survey of laboratory professionals in conjunction with Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory. [2]
The National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA) was a professional association for medical laboratory professionals. It was founded 1978 by members of American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science to enable members of the medical laboratory profession to control the certification process.
[9] [10] ASCP was the first professional medical organization to set standards for laboratory professionals, which initially only required a recommendation from a member. [10] Those recommended were subsequently registered with ASCP, hence name the Board of Registry. [10]
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In 1962, qualifications for the clinical laboratory scientist (medical technologist) changed to include a baccalaureate degree and a new category of laboratory technician emerged. [3] Also in the 1960s, ASMT joined the International Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists. In the 1970s ASMT grew considerably in numbers (over 30,000 in ...
The United States has a documented shortage of working laboratory professionals. For example, as of 2016 vacancy rates for Medical Laboratory Scientists ranged from 5% to 9% for various departments. The decline is primarily due to retirements, and to at-capacity educational programs that cannot expand which limits the number of new graduates.
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For the decade 2010–2020, workforce needs are expected to grow by 13%. This translates into about 11,300 positions per year that will need to be filled, with only about 5000 new graduates per year coming out of various programs. By 2025, it is estimated that the shortage of medical laboratory professionals will reach 98,700 in the U.S. [25] [26]