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Te Whatu Ora – One Year On From The Frontline
Friday, 30 June 2023, 1:30 pm | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
Opinion piece – Terry Taylor, President of the New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science I remember last year well when July 1st rolled along, the proud feeling that after nearly four years of numerous meeting submissions, discussions, ... More >>
The Gift Of Blood Is A Gift To Someone's Life
Monday, 12 June 2023, 10:32 am | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
The New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science (Inc.) (NZIMLS) puts our full support behind National Blood Donor Week (June 12 – 18th 2023). To the over 115,000 current donors a huge thank you for the generosity of what you are doing ... More >>
Expectation Continues To Override Investment In The Medical Laboratory Workforce
Monday, 17 April 2023, 1:31 pm | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
When the New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science (NZIMLS) leadership presented the workforce crisis document on May 12th 2022 to the then health Minister Hon Andrew Little and met with the now Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall, we came ... More >>
Pathology Professional Concerns Over Proposed Dunedin Hospital Laboratory Plans
Friday, 31 March 2023, 10:03 am | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
The New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science (NZIMLS) is voicing our concerns with regards the Pathology laboratory downsizing in the latest signed off Dunedin Hospital rebuild plans. ‘To have been allocated little over 300 square ... More >>
World Cancer Day 2023 - Optimism Is The Faith That Leads To Discovery
Friday, 3 February 2023, 9:53 am | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
The New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science (NZIMLS) is raising awareness of the devastating and unforgiving toll that cancer has on all whanau in Aotearoa New Zealand. World Cancer Day on February 4th is a day of reflection and thoughts ... More >>
Where Science Meets Innovation, A Day To Celebrate The Value Of Pathology In Healthcare
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 6:33 pm | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
November 9th 2022 International Pathology Day This is the day when we celebrate the immense contribution of all those associated with the Pathology industry in Aotearoa New Zealand. After a particularly trying last 36 months with our pathology workforce ... More >>
Bemoaning The Delays In The Covid Serology Testing Prevalence Rollout
Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 9:55 am | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
With the clear lessons from the recent Covid PCR testing capacity findings still fresh in the air it seems completely at odds not to have a quick efficient truly national Covid serology surveillance rollout underway by now. As medical laboratory ... More >>
Blood Donors Are The Essential Glue That Binds Together Patient Outcomes
Monday, 13 June 2022, 3:18 pm | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
The New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science (NZIMLS) puts our full support behind National Blood Donor Week (June 13 – 19 ). The NZ Blood Service provides a critical and essential role in providing the blood products for our most vulnerable ... More >>
A Cautionary Tale For Future Pandemic Planning
Tuesday, 19 April 2022, 10:03 am | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
Opinion -Terry Taylor, New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science (NZIMLS) president Worldwide, the COVID Pandemic has highlighted the status and expertise of diagnostic laboratories and the scientists and technicians that work within them. ... More >>
The Blame Game Doesn’t Achieve Anything Constructive, Says Terry Taylor, President Of The NZIMLS
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 11:08 am | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
The recent press on the overestimation of COVID-PCR forecast numbers that laboratories could perform has deflected from the very human issues that our laboratory staff are currently experiencing. As the NZIMLS have said, predictive numbers mean nothing ... More >>
Spare a thought for those performing COVID testing
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 9:36 am | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
As the Auckland level 4 lockdown reaches the 5th week, spare a thought for all the essential health professionals who continue to perform in trying conditions. In particular, all those involved in the chain of COVID sampling, testing and reporting of results. ... More >>
Somewhere in a diagnostic laboratory near you
Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 8:29 am | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
In the early hours of this morning in a diagnostic medical laboratory in Aotearoa New Zealand, the 3 millionth nasopharyngeal COVID PCR test will be quietly performed with no fuss and no outward celebration. More >>
A Vital Weapon In The Team Of 5 Million
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 4:16 pm | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
The New Zealand Institute of Medical laboratory Science (NZIMLS) is reassuring the public of Aotearoa New Zealand that our dedicated and talented workforce are well and truly up for this latest COVID testing challenge. “Our dedicated laboratory ... More >>
2,000,000 Reasons To Appreciate The Work Of Our Laboratory Heroes
Monday, 19 April 2021, 4:22 pm | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science (NZIMLS) is hailing the incredible efforts of New Zealand’s laboratory workers, as the milestone of 2,000,000 COVID-19 tests approaches. “After recently marking the first anniversary of the first COVID ... More >>
TEST TEST TEST – The NZ Diagnostic Laboratory Response To The COVID-19 Pandemic
Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 4:31 pm | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
On the 26th March the whole of NZ prepared to lockdown under level four restrictions. The NZ diagnostic laboratories were already underway with their own targeted lockdown in preparation for the fight against the Covid-19 virus. Staff had been assigned ... More >>
Reorganisation of Pathology Services
Tuesday, 17 February 2015, 10:29 am | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
The New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science expresses concern at the withdrawal of Aotea Pathology’s bid for Wellington Regional Pathology contract The executive of the New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science were disappointed ... More >>
Restructuring of laboratory services by DHBs
Thursday, 3 August 2006, 11:50 am | NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science
The Medical Laboratory service throughout New Zealand (NZ) is under siege from the District Health Boards. In the name of cost savings, well established laboratory services are being closed down, consolidated or contracted out, in some cases to ... More >>
