1st UMLTA- MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS WEEK 2024

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HONOR YOUR STAFF

Celebrate Lab Week to honor yourself and your colleagues as a vital part of the lab community and have some fun while doing it!

Lab Week is a great time to generate new awareness and excitement about the laboratory medicine profession while having some fun with your lab team.

FUN IDEAS

Looking for ways to celebrate Lab Week and promote the profession? Check out these fun ideas!

• Set up a Lab Week photo booth

• Create a Lab Week Bingo game

• Show off your favorite Lab Week gear

• Share your favorite case study

• Play some music during lunch or break time and have a dance party

• Lay out a puzzle and work on it during breaks

• Create a team recipe book to give your team something to make at home

Share with us on                     what you and your lab team are doing to celebrate Lab Week by using #UMLTALabWeek24!

UMLTA LABORATORY DAY OF SERVICE

The UMLTA Laboratory Day of Service is a way for laboratory professionals and pathologists to transform their passion for this field into service that both empowers members and strengthens communities.

Muyingo Yusuf - Secretary General,

Uganda Medical Laboratory Technology Association

ABOUT LAB WEEK

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (Lab Week) gives us an opportunity to generate new awareness and excitement about the laboratory medicine profession. By getting the word out—to your networks, your local communities, and your healthcare colleagues—you can help everyone understand and appreciate the importance of the work you do.

HISTORY OF MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS WEEK

National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (NMLPW) is an annual celebration of the medical laboratory professionals and pathologists who play a vital role in every aspect of health care. NMLPW, takes place the last full week in April each year. Medical Laboratory Professionals Week originated in 1975 as National Medical Laboratory Week, or NMLW, under the auspices of the American Society for Medical Technology, now called the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS).