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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING APRIL 14-20 OF 2024 TO BE "MEDICAL LABORATORY

PROFESSIONALS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Shallcross Smith, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale,
Ajello, Spears, Fellela, Boylan, Handy, and Diaz

     Date Introduced: April 11, 2024

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Medical Laboratory Professionals Week began in 1975 as National Medical

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Laboratory Week under the auspices of the American Society for Medical Technology; and

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     WHEREAS, The 2024 theme for Medical Laboratory Professionals Week is "The Future

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is Lab", in celebration of the laboratory professionals who protect our future by skillfully

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adapting to meet today's evolving patient care and public health challenges with resilience,

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innovation, and expertise; and

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     WHEREAS, The health of all Rhode Islanders depends upon educated minds and trained

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hands; and

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     WHEREAS, The practice of modern medicine at the exacting standards we now enjoy

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would be impossible without the scientific tests performed daily in a medical laboratory; and

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     WHEREAS, Maintenance of these standards and progress toward improvement in the

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quality of laboratory services depends on the dedicated efforts of professional clinical laboratory

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science practitioners; and

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     WHEREAS, Through this dedication, the medical laboratories of the United States have

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made vital contributions to the quality of our nation's health care; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

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proclaims April 14-20 of 2024 to be "Medical Laboratory Professionals Week" in the State of

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Rhode Island; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That this House furthermore thanks all of the dedicated laboratory

 

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professionals in the State of Rhode Island who work tirelessly to protect the health and well-being

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of our State's residents; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Acting Director of the Rhode Island

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Department of Health, Ms. Staci A. Fischer, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Maddie Josephs, Chair, Allied

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Rehabilitative Health Department at CCRI, Leslie Martineau, Systems Director Laboratory

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Services, Wound Care and Sleep Disorders at CharterCare, and Betsy Reilly, Retired Cytologist

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and Pathology Manager at Women & Infants Hospital.

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