It seems that there is more complaining here, than actual organizing.
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” Maya Angelou

BY the way, AMT requires a bachelors for the MT as well….it doesn’t have to be in MTechnology, but you do have to have a bachelors.

First off, its AMT and AAB are the certs that do NOT require a Bachelor’s degree. Both NCA and ASCP did/do. For you to say otherwise is just flat out wrong.

Second yes, NCA had routes for you to become a CLS if you had a bachelors degree in another area (IE Biology, Chemistry) accompanied with experience and/or an AS MLT degree, but so did ASCP. Their routes were VERY similar. The only major difference was ASCP required more experience in an area, but otherwise the route was the same.

To say it “degrades” the certification for the two to combine is absolutely ridiculous. You had to fulfill those requirements to be able to take the certification test and again it was similar for both certs.

We have MD influence in our field, that is why we are paid terrible, we need to take care of our own field and not have the ASCP logo with LABORATORY SCIENCE.

RN, PT, Pharmacy, have NO MD influence, they are paid well. They take care of their own certification and licensing board. There is no MD influence.

Our field will forever be a stepping stone to better paying fields like pharmacy, physical therapy.

I had 24 people graduate with me in my CLS/MT program, only two are left (myself included). I am trying to get into pharmacy schools were they have standards, no MD influence, and one of the highest paying ancillary fields out there.

This field will always have a shortage, the new BOC, has 5 MD on the board, do we have lab techs on a MD board? How is having MD’s going to help our career by attracting students and increasing salaries so people would want to stay in the field?

Good luck, as you see more hospitals are hiring MLT’s b/c the students at the university levels are interesting in a field with potential not a dead end field like the laboratory were the MD’s could care less if a chimp or human was pushing buttons as long as they can lace their own pockets.

As a Registered Medical Technologist (AAB) who passed the HEW testing offered in the ’80′s and fall under the CLIA “88 guidelines, with over 35 years experience working in the Medical Laboratory field I feel ostracized by NCA and ASCP because they will not recognize Medical Technologists like myself. There is already a shortage of good Medical Technologists (CLS) and the merger of ASCP and NCA will just increase the shortage of good Medical Technologists (CLS).

I graduated from Gradwohl School of Laboratory Technique and have 35 years of Laboratory experience and I resent that because I do not have a Bachelors degree I should not be considered a Medical Technologist or CLS. I have gone from being a technician, to passing the HEW that quilfied me to be considered a Medical Technologists under CLIA ’88 and for the last 9 years worked as a Laboratory Director in a County Hospital.

Technologists like myself have 10 to 15 years yet to work in the Lab field before we retire, but with the ASCP-NCA merger Techs like myself will be forced out or only be accepted as Medical Technicians or CLT’s, which is unfair after serving the Laboratory profession for over 35 years. Where is the respect and acknowledgement from ASCP and NCA to these people who have served the Laboratory Profession with such dedication?