Read more about the basics of platelet aggregometry in the 2007 article by George Fritsma in Clinical Laboratory Science, (2) the journal of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, which outlines the specimen requirements and methodology for platelet-function testing by aggregometry and lumiaggregometry.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RELATED ARTICLE: Laboratory Association Members of the CLC * * American Association of Bioanalysts(AAB) * American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) * American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) * American Medical Technologists (AMT) * American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) * American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) * American Society for Microbiology (ASM) * Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) * College of American Pathologists (CAP) * National Independent Laboratory Association (NILA) * In addition to the laboratory association members, there are a number of individual laboratories and other trade associations that participate in CLC activities.
This health site is jointly produced by five professional societies: American Association for Clinical Chemistry, American Clinical Laboratory Association, American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, American Society for Microbiology and Clinical Laboratory Management Association.
This year, the Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce is working with the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences in developing a "Recruitment Tool Kit" for distribution that can be given to high school counselors, science teachers and clinical laboratory educators - kits designed to suggest ways to attract students and adults to laboratory science careers; to provide incentives and programs needed to be successful; and to distribute program application and entry information.
To help bring attention to the growing shortage of laboratory professionals, the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (Bethesda, MD) hosted a "Summit on the Shortage of Clinical Lab Personnel" in Chicago on June 16th.
National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCALP) Formerly known as the National Certification Agency (NCA), the NCALP is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization sponsored by the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) and the Association of Genetic Technologists (AGT) that has certified medical laboratory personnel since 1977.
