Celebrate Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
April 20-26, 2025
To help celebrate and build awareness about the profession, here are some resources:
- ÃÞ»¨ÌÇÖ±²¥’s Clinical and Public Health ÃÞ»¨ÌÇÖ±²¥ section with a variety of resources.
- Information on careers in clincal and public health microbiology, including a PowerPoint template to help you promote the clinical and public health microbiology professions with an accompanying flyer.
- A certificate program to help clinical laboratory scientist become ASCP certified.
- Many webinars to stay up-to-date in clinical microbiology or to advance your laboratory career.
- FAQs for laboratories that are testing for avian influenza A(H5N1), oropouche virus and more.
- ÃÞ»¨ÌÇÖ±²¥’s and , including the newly-launched , an open-access journal serving as a dedicated platform for clinical microbiology and infectious disease.
- ÃÞ»¨ÌÇÖ±²¥'s , which includes CE-accredited webinars at $5 each, case studies, listservs, practice guidelines and more.
- A video showing clinical microbiologists in a lab and the real life “who done it” scenarios they deal with every day.
Disclaimer: ÃÞ»¨ÌÇÖ±²¥ does not endorse any products mentioned or shown in this video.
As team members of one of the largest industries in the U.S., the dedicated efforts of laboratory professionals often go unnoticed by the general public, as well as by the very institutions employing their services. With the public now demanding the assurance of quality health care and professional accountability, organizations representing practitioners of this critical science have a responsibility to ensure that the public is well informed about clinical laboratory competency.
ÃÞ»¨ÌÇÖ±²¥'s Lab Week 2025 Activities
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4. The group name of fungi- significant for containing pathogens- that grow in a mycelial or yeast phase depending on temperature.
7. Pseudomonas aeruginosa usually produces this blue-green pigment.
9. An Ixodes species known for transmitting Lyme and Babesiosis diseases.
13. This beta-hemolytic streptococci species can cause rheumatic fever.
14. X-factor is needed for the synthesis of cytochrome C in certain fastidious bacteria. Another name for X-factor is…
15. This species of Pasteurella is the most common cause of soft tissue infections after bites or scratches from dogs and cats.
16. Pink eye can be caused by viruses, bacteria, fungus and irritants. Another name for pink eye is…
19. Commonly known as pubic or crab lice. The scientific name is Pthirus.
20. This species of Listeria can be a cause of meningitis, especially in immunocompromised individuals.
22. This species of Clostridium is responsible for antibiotic-induced pseudomembranous colitis.
24. African sleeping sickness is transmitted by the bite of this vector fly.
25. Cutaneous Anthrax will characteristically produce a black…
26. Brucella are small fastidious gram-negative bacilli that phenotypically produce a large amount of this enzyme.
29. This mycobacterial species causes infections when a person is exposed to an infected fish or contaminated aquarium water.
30. Short strands of nucleotides that bind to the template DNA in PCR are called…
31. The tissue morphological form of Leishmania.
32. This enzyme will produce new DNA strands utilizing existing strands as templates. It is called DNA…
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1. Giardia intestinalis is a protozoan that is in this group.
2. All members of Enterobacterales are negative for the presence of this enzyme.
3. This species of Plasmodium is responsible for black water fever.
5. India ink prep can be used to detect the thick cell wall that is characteristic of this yeast genus.
6. This haemophilus species is a major cause of non-sexually transmitted cutaneous ulcers.
8. Trypanosoma cruzi is transmitted by this vector bug.
10. An artificial media that is selective for gram-negative rods and differential for lactose fermentation.
11. Dutch microbiologist considered to be the father of virology.
12. Nalidixic acid is the first of this class of synthetic antibiotics and is used in CNA to inhibit gram-negative rods. The class is…
14. An extra-intestinal aggressively pathogenic amoeba species.
17. Resistance to this class of antibiotics in gram-negative rods is important to detect for treatment and epidemiological reasons.
18. In the Gram stain procedure, this chemical acts as a mordant and is called Gram’s…
19. This Clostridium species will characteristically produce a double zone of hemolysis.
21. This species of Clostridium produces one of the deadliest toxins known to man.
23. Commonly regarded as the father of microbiology.
27. This species of Candida is known for its multi-resistance to antifungals and is therefore of great concern in healthcare facilities.
28. Treponema palladium is described as a gram-negative…
Crossword created by Wilson Vientos, M.S., MT(ASCP)SM, Connecticut VA Healthcare System & Quinnipiac University.
Clues
- Alphonse ________ was awarded a Nobel Prize for his work on protozoa in causing diseases.
- Martinus W. ________ is considered the father of virology.
- Harold ________ is considered the first Black microbiologist.
- Selman A. ________ was a Nobel Prize winner for the discovery of Streptomycin.
- Marjory ________ contributed greatly to the development of research in bacterial metabolism.
- Robert ________ discovered bacteria responsible for anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera.
- Emil von ________ was a bacteriologist who was one of the founders of immunology.
- The petri dish is named after Julius Richard ________.
- Élie ________ is a microbiologist known for discovering phagocytes and phagocytosis.
- Robert ________ was the first to publish a depiction of a microorganism.
- Antonie Philips van ________ is considered the first true microbiologist.
- Ferdinand Julius ________ laid the foundation for modern bacterial taxonomy.
- Joseph ________ was a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive health care.
- Louis ________ is considered the father of microbiology.
- Heinrich Anton de ________ coined the terms “parasitism” and “symbiosis.”
- Abigail ________ pioneered the field of human microbiome research.
- Edward ________ developed the first successful vaccine (smallpox).
- Fanny ________ discovered agar as a growth medium for bacteria.
Word search created by Wilson Vientos, M.S., MT(ASCP)SM, Connecticut VA Healthcare System & Quinnipiac University.
Tuesday, April 22 at 1 p.m. ET—CPEP Program Application Tips
Please join us for the CPEP Lab Week Coffee Chat Q&A on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 1 p.m. ET. We will host a virtual coffee chat to answer all your CPEP questions. This is a chance to learn more about the CPEP program and get tips on how to improve your application.
Panel:
- Jane Hata, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Mayo Clinic, CPEP Chair.
- Chris Kendra, Ph.D., Indiana University School of Medicine, Second-year CPEP Fellow.
- Melissa Miller, Ph.D., D(ABMM), University of North Carolina Hospitals, ÃÞ»¨ÌÇÖ±²¥ CPEP Program Director.
- Lisa Peterson, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), University of Utah, Immunology CPEP Associate Program Director.