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Medical Laboratory Science

A guide to library resources and services for students in the Hunter College Medical Laboratory Sciences department.

Professional Organizations

  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
    Serves as a resource to governmental agencies, industry, ASM, and the larger scientific and lay communities by convening colloquia to address critical issues in microbiology
  • American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS)
    "ASCLS serves as the voice of all clinical laboratory professionals, creating a vision for the advancement of the clinical laboratory practice field, and advocating the value and the role of the profession..."
  • American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)
    "AABB member facilities are responsible for collecting virtually all of the nation’s blood supply and transfusing more than 80 percent of all blood and blood components used in the United States."
  • American Medical Technologists (AMT)
    This organization provides professional certification and continuing education opportunities for phlebotomists and medical laboratory technicians.
  • American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
    A certification and continuing education organization for professionals in clinical pathology. "ASCP is unique among pathology organizations in that its inclusive membership brings both pathologists and non-physician laboratory professionals together..."