Governor Proclaims Medical Laboratory Professionals Week 2024

MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS WEEK

2024

BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, medical and treatment decisions for the residents of North Carolina often depend on timely and accurate tests results that play a vital role in the diagnosis and prevention of disease; and

WHEREAS, the practice of modern medicine at the standards we now enjoy would be impossible without the scientific tests performed daily in medical laboratories; and

WHEREAS, laboratory professionals, including pathologists, medical laboratory scientists, cytotechnologists, histotechnologists, medical laboratory technicians, phlebotomists, and histologic technicians are highly trained specialists who perform and evaluate laboratory tests to detect and diagnose disease and monitor treatment; and

WHEREAS, dedicated clinical laboratory science practitioners maintain the highest standards and continually work to improve the quality of laboratory services; and

WHEREAS, detection of emerging and re-emerging pathogens demonstrates the critical role of laboratory professionals in the response to public health emergencies; and

WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina commends medical laboratory professionals for their significant contributions to the health and wellness of our state;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim April 14 – 20, 2024, as “MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS WEEK” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.

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Roy Cooper

Governor

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this tenth day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.