By Dr. Ejetavwo GeorgeThe outbreak and rapid spread of the ‘Wuhan virus’ otherwise named by WHO as COVID-19 virus, across the globe was unprecedented and has caused, and continue to cause enormous public health and economic crisis. Most worrisome is the fact that notwithstanding a nation’s status whether high,...
The practitioners of Science Laboratory Technology seem to be very determined in their attempt to continue to create confusion in the minds of the unsuspecting public about their true identity. This is seen in the response by two SLT practitioners, Akpede Akpevwe and Ewhre Oberhiri, to an article that was published...
By Elebesunu E.E.MThe World Environment Day, 5th of June, is the day set aside by the United Nations to commemorate environmental health by encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. The theme for this year's event is 'Biodiversity', a concern that is both urgent and existential.The term...
A Nigerian trained Medical Laboratory Scientist working in the Republic of Ireland recently shared tips on how to relocate to Ireland Republic and work as a Medical Laboratory Scientist.   Read below tips JCOMLS Twitter handle @Jcomls shared.   To work in Ireland as a Medical laboratory scientist, you must be registered and licensed...
 Sokoto Journal of Medical Laboratory Science invites you to contribute a paper for possible publication in her upcoming issue Volume 3 Issue 1 of Sokoto Journal of Medical Laboratory Science scheduled for March, 2018.Sokoto Journal of Medical Laboratory Science is a quarterly International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal which publishes...
Effective medical lab/physician collaborations to improve how lab tests are ordered and used can deliver big improvements in patient outcomes while reducing healthcare costs.Utilization management of clinical laboratory tests may be the single hottest trend in laboratory medicine today. Across the nation, medical laboratory scientists and pathologists are getting...
Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) Cross River State branch has given reasons why they will reject the outcome and recommendations of the panel of enquiry constituted by the management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH).READ ALSO: UCTH Medical Laboratory Scientists and Doctors clash: What...
Restructuring Nigeria is the greatest gift any great leader can give Nigerians. Unfortunately, In the political history of Nigeria, the practice of restructuring the country had always been highly and negatively politicised which is detrimental to health.To restructure Nigeria means that all the states or regions would properly become federating...
The diagnosis of malaria in most developing countries has relied on parasites being identified by examining under the microscope a drop of the patient’s blood, spread out as a “blood smear” on a microscope slide by a specialist. The introduction of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) has the potential to...
In this blog post, I am going to show you simple ways you can identify a non-Medical Laboratory Scientist who is perhaps parading his/herself as a Medical Laboratory Scientist.There are many fake Medical Laboratory Scientists out there doing their stock-in-trade freely maybe because it is quite difficult to fish...