April 17, 2009, Gallipolis, OH - Holzer Clinic’s physician leadership and administration recognize the clinical laboratory professional is a key member of today’s health care team and honor them during this 2009 National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week. Holzer Clinic’s skilled laboratory professionals have the expertise to unlock important medical information that is pivotal to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

To assure quality services, Holzer Clinic’s Advanced Laboratory retains highly qualified and motivated professionals who recognize that service excellence is comprised of both demonstrated concern for individuals and unequalled technical competence. All Medical Technologists and Cytotechnologists have earned bachelor’s degrees and Medical Laboratory Technicians have earned at a minimum associate’s degrees demonstrating their long standing commitment to the field. Interactive teamwork and mutual respect sustain this commitment.

Every day, nurses, physicians, and other healthcare workers depend on Holzer Clinic’s Advanced Laboratory professionals to perform tests on blood and other body fluids, interpret the results, and help provide a complete picture of a patient’s health. Using modern biomedical equipment and complicated analysis, laboratorians can detect the presence of cancer, identify infectious viruses and bacteria, and measure glucose, cholesterol, or drug levels in blood. Without this precise and valuable information, medicine would simply become guesswork. These professionals are not only a member of the clinic’s team, they are increasingly found outside the traditional laboratory, promoting healthy living and supporting community activities.

National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (NMLPW) began in 1975 under the auspices of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (then the American Society for Medical Technology). Now, numerous organizations participate as co-sponsors and campaign supporters. Co-sponsors for 2009 are:

Whatever the setting -- behind the scenes or out in your community -- laboratory professionals are by your side, working as key members of your health care team. From April 19-25, 2009 please join these professionals in celebrating National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week and their vital role in promoting and protecting your health. Laboratory professionals get results!

Holzer Clinic, a multiple discipline health care system of over 130 board certified physicians providing care in more than thirty areas of expertise, is leading the competition with innovative laboratory testing services. With nine locations throughout southeastern Ohio and western West Virginia, Holzer Clinic provides “Medical Excellence, coupled with Local Caring”.

Holzer Clinic’s Advanced Laboratory is accredited by the College of American Pathologists.

For additional information call the Advanced Laboratory of Holzer Clinic at (740) 446-5148 or visit us on the web at www.holzerclinic.com.

Holzer Clinic… Medical Excellence, Local Caring.

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If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, please contact MarJean Kennedy @ 740-441-3288 or MKennedy@holzerclinic.com