CEO SUMMARY: For the past decade, it’s been recognized that the supply of skilled laboratory professionals is inadequate to meet the needs of the nation’s clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups. Leadership at American Medical Technologists recommends steps that labs can take to encourage more individuals to opt for a career in the lab profession. […]
Insights and Advice about the Lab Staffing Crisis
Labs have several paths forward to help address the shortage of MTs, MLSs, MLTs, other lab positions
- By Scott Wallask
- > From the Volume XXIX, No. 14 - October 10, 2022 Issue
- Tags: accreditation, American Medical Technologists, American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, American Society of Clinical Pathology Board of Certification, AMT, ASCP, COVID-19, Great Resignation, Kathy Cilia, lab staffing, Lean, medical laboratory scientist, medical laboratory technician, Medical technologist, MLS, MLT, MT, National Consortium for Health Science Education, NCHSE, people, SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Scripps Health, Six Sigma
