[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 65 (Friday, April 7, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E870]
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              CELEBRATING NATIONAL MEDICAL LABORATORY WEEK

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                          HON. JULIAN C. DIXON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, April 7, 1995
  Mr. DIXON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize National Medical 
Laboratory Week, April 16-22. This year's theme is ``The Lab 
Professional: A Key Member of Your Health Care Team.'' I want to 
specifically extend my personal thanks to the key members of the health 
care team at Washington Medical Center Clinical Laboratory in Culver 
City in my congressional district for their pursuit of excellence in 
providing vital health services.
  Medical laboratory personnel constitute the largest segment of the 
allied health field. There are more than 265,000 laboratory personnel, 
including pathologist, medical technologists, specialists, and 
phlebotomists, at work in almost 40,000 hospital and independent 
laboratories in the United States. These highly trained and dedicated 
health professionals make an invaluable contribution to quality health 
care and save countless lives each day by providing reliable laboratory 
test results required for the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and 
treatment of disease.
  We often overlook these health professionals who are rarely seen by 
patients but who make invaluable contributions to the high standards of 
health care enjoyed in the United States. I urge my colleagues to join 
me in extending my thanks to medical laboratory personnel for their 
commitment to providing quality health services to the Nation, and my 
best wishes for a successful National Laboratory Week.


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