ASCLS Mission Statement ~

Adopted July 2005

ASCLS serves as the voice of all clinical laboratory professionals, creating a vision for the advancement clinical laboratory practice field, and advocating the value and the role of the profession ensuring safe, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient centered health care.

Core Values

• Promoting the value of the profession to healthcare and the public;
• Uniting the profession to speak with one voice;
• Advocating on behalf of the profession;
• Promoting professional independence;
• Enhancing quality standards and patient safety;
• Ensuring workplace safety;
• Providing professional development opportunities;
• Promoting expanded roles and contributions of clinical laboratory professionals to the healthcare team;
• Increasing the diversity in the profession and expanding the voice and role of under-represented individuals and groups.