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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ASCP has changed it's name. It is now the American
Society for Clinical Pathology. The goal of changing it from "of . . .
Pathologists" to "of . . . Pathology" was to reflect that this organization is
made up of many different people from pathology - pathologists, residents, and
all laboratory technical staff. This organization does the certification exams
for many of the laboratory professionals (histotechs, med techs,
cytotech, phlebotomists, etc.).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In addition, each group has their own organization
that is more specific to their field, such as the National Society for
Histotechnology (NSH) is specifically for histotechs working in the field of
histotechnology.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ASCP and NSH often work together on projects, and
histotechs often belong to both groups.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>William Beaumont Hospital</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Royal Oak, MI</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cfavara@niaid.nih.gov href="mailto:cfavara@niaid.nih.gov">Favara,
Cynthia (NIH/NIAID)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=g.lang@bigfoot.de
href="mailto:g.lang@bigfoot.de">'Gudrun Lang'</A> ; <A
title=histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
href="mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu">Histonetliste</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Histonet] ASCP</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=535523018-11092003><FONT
face=Georgia>Gundi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=535523018-11092003><FONT
face=Georgia></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=535523018-11092003><FONT face=Georgia>American Society of
Clinical Pathologists. They like to put their stamp of approval on lots of
people sometimes beneficial sometimes not!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=535523018-11092003><FONT
face=Georgia></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=535523018-11092003><FONT face=Georgia>c</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<P><FONT face="BernhardFashion BT" color=#000080>Cynthia Favara</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="BernhardFashion BT" color=#000080>NIAID/NIH/RML/LPVD</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="BernhardFashion BT" color=#000080>903 South 4th Street</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="BernhardFashion BT" color=#000080>Hamilton, MT 59840</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="BernhardFashion BT" color=#000080>406-363-9317</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Gudrun Lang
[mailto:g.lang@bigfoot.de]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 10, 2003
9:56 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Histonetliste<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Histonet]
ASCP<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is ASCP your professional organisation in
USA?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Gundi</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>