Full Text of SR0702 97th General Assembly
SR0702 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week | 3 | | (NMLPW) is celebrated annually to recognize the vital role in | 4 | | health care of more than 300,000 medical laboratory | 5 | | professionals and 15,000 board-certified pathologists; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, NMLPW has been observed since 1975; the week | 7 | | honors the dedication and commitment of laboratory | 8 | | professionals to quality patient care; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The American Society of Clinical Pathologists | 10 | | (ASCP), in order to maintain both academic and clinical | 11 | | competency in the field, has certified more than 450,000 | 12 | | individuals since its inception; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The ASCP Board of Certification (formerly the ASCP | 14 | | Board of Registry) was founded in 1928 and is recognized as the | 15 | | leader in certifying medical laboratory professionals by | 16 | | offering more than 20 different examinations for technicians, | 17 | | technologists, specialists, and diplomates in laboratory | 18 | | management; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Laboratory professionals, including pathologists, | 20 | | medical technologists, cytotechnologists, histotechnologists, | 21 | | medical technicians, phlebotomists and histological |
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| 1 | | technicians, and cytogeneticists and cytopathologists, are | 2 | | well-educated and highly trained specialists who perform, | 3 | | evaluate, and report the results of laboratory tests in order | 4 | | to detect and diagnose disease and to monitor treatment; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Laboratory test results comprise 70% of a | 6 | | patient's medical record, and collaboration between | 7 | | laboratories provides a comprehensive record of the patient; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, More than 10 billion laboratory tests are | 10 | | performed annually in the United States; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Laboratory professionals at the University of | 12 | | Chicago Department of Medicine and other quality institutions | 13 | | work behind the scenes of patient care; their expertise and use | 14 | | of state-of-the-art technology are critical components of the | 15 | | health care team that diagnoses diseases, selects treatments, | 16 | | and saves lives; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate the week | 19 | | of April 22-28, 2012 as "Medical Laboratory Professionals Week" | 20 | | in the State of Illinois; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage the people of Illinois to |
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| 1 | | observe Medical Laboratory Professionals Week by recognizing | 2 | | the vital role of medical laboratory professionals to the | 3 | | delivery of quality health care services; and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the University of Chicago Medical Laboratory | 6 | | Professionals.
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