National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (NMLPW) is a time of recognition for the approximately 265,000 medical laboratory professionals and 15,000 board-certified pathologists who play a vital role in every aspect of health care.

NMLPW is a chance for medical laboratory personnel to celebrate their professionalism and be recognized for their efforts. Often, they use this time to inform and educate medical colleagues and the public about the medical laboratory. Since laboratorians often work behind the scenes, few people know much about the critical testing they perform every day.

Lab Week is held annually during the last full week of April. The next Lab Week will be held April 20-26, 2008. The theme will be "Laboratory Professionals: Delivering Today's Results for a Healthier Tomorrow." Watch your mailboxes for the Lab Week Planning Guide this February.

In 2007, the Lab Week theme was Quality Care from Quality Professionals. Please visit the Lab Week Reports section of our website to see how labs around the world celebrated this year's event. And while you're there, send us a report of your Lab Week activities and pictures so we may share them with others.

The ASCP is proud of our members. Send us a report of your Lab Week activities and pictures and we may post them on the ASCP website.

Sponsorship
NMLPW is sponsored by a number of professional organizations in the field. NMLPW sponsors are responsible for choosing the annual theme and logo/button design. This year’s sponsors are:

American Society for Clinical Pathology
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
American Association of Blood Banks
American Medical Technologists
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
American Society of Cytopathology
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Clinical Laboratory Management Association
College of American Pathologists
National Society for Histotechnology