Governor Proclaims Medical Laboratory Professionals' Week

Medical Laboratory Professionals' Week

2025

By The Governor Of The State Of North Carolina

A Proclamation

Whereas, medical and treatment decisions for the residents of North Carolina depend on timely and accurate tests results; and

Whereas, timely and accurate test results play a vital role in disease diagnosis and prevention; and

Whereas, today's standards of practicing medicine 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 diseases, while also monitoring treatments; 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 laboratory professionals play in the response to public health emergencies; and

Whereas, the residents of North Carolina benefit daily from the significant contributions of medical laboratory professionals for their health and wellness;

Now, Therefore, I, Josh Stein, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim April 20-26, 2025, as “Medical Laboratory Professionals' Week” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.

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 eighth day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-fifth and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.