National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel
The National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA) was a professional association for medical laboratory professionals.
It was founded 1978 by members of American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science to enable members of the medical laboratory profession to control the certification process.[1][2] It was previously known by the full acronym NACMLP.
In 2009, NCA was acquired by American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) to form a single certifying agency, the ASCP Board of Certification.[3][4][5] People who had an NCA certification were transferred to the Board of Certification, without needing to sit any additional examinations.[6]
Certifications
editThe following certifications were offered and accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).
| Name | Abbr. | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Laboratory Specialist in Cytogenetics | CLSp(CG) | |
| Certified Laboratory Specialist in Molecular Biology | CLSp(MB) | |
| Phlebotomy | CLPlb | |
| Clinical Laboratory Technician | CLT | |
| Clinical Laboratory Scientist | CLS | |
| Clinical Laboratory Director | CLDir | |
| Clinical Laboratory Supervisor | CLSup | |
| CLS Categorical in Chemistry | ||
| CLS Categorical in Hematology | ||
| CLS Categorical in Immunohematology | ||
| CLS Categorical in Microbiology |
References
edit- ^ Beck, Susan (January 1999). "NCA: Questions and answers". Clinical Laboratory Science. 12 (1): 7. ProQuest 204795183.
- ^ "The NCA Story". NCA. Archived from the original on September 4, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
- ^ Morris, Susan (January 2010). "Unification of the NCA and the ASCP Board of Registry". American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science. 23 (1): 2–4. doi:10.29074/ascls.23.1.2. PMID 20218088.
- ^ Ramsey, Glenn; Anderson, Christina E. (2024). "Regulatory issues in laboratory medicine". Clinical laboratory management (Third ed.). Hoboken, NJ : Washington, DC: Wiley ; ASM Press. p. 33. ISBN 9781683673934. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ "BOARD OF CERTIFICATION TIMELINE (1920s to 2010s)" (PDF). Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ "Single Certification Means Good-bye to Med Techs (MTs) and Clinical Lab Scientists (CLSs)!". Dark Daily. August 3, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
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