[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E533]
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              MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS RECOGNITION

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                           HON. AUSTIN SCOTT

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 21, 2015

  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure 
that I rise today to recognize all of the medical laboratory 
professionals in Georgia. Laboratory professionals are vital to the 
healthcare team and instrumental in the decision making of clinicians. 
These men and women dedicate themselves to their work in hospital 
laboratories, research institutions, public health departments, and 
university health centers. Medical laboratory professionals are 
frontline responders, performing and interpreting more than 10 billion 
tests annually to provide physicians with critical lab results.
  Each year, we acknowledge laboratory professionals during National 
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week. This year's theme, Laboratory 
Professionals Get Results, speaks to the ``can do'' attitude of those 
in the field as well as the critical role they play in the continuum of 
healthcare delivery. Thank you to all the hardworking medical 
laboratory professionals in the nation, state of Georgia, and 8th 
Congressional District.

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