The American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) is dedicated to ensuring excellence in the practice of laboratory medicine. ASCLS is made up of nearly 9,000 laboratory professionals and offers professional and educational resources as well as networking opportunities. ASCLS believes: - Quality laboratory service is essential to quality health care. - Everyone deserves access to safe, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered healthcare, and - Advancing the laboratory profession advances health care. ASCLS Core Values: - Defining the characteristics of competent personnel within the profession and providing professional development opportunities so that practitioners can maintain competency are essential roles of a professional association. - Enabling laboratory professionals to function at their highest level of competence will contribute to cost effective health care. - Promoting diversity supports the delivery of quality laboratory service. - Taking a leadership role in standard and policy setting is a core professional responsibility. - Advocating for quality within the laboratory is essential to the assurance of quality health care delivery.