CLS professionals are desperately needed in the healthcare industry workforce. This is great news for prospective students who are considering a career in clinical laboratory science!
- 46% of laboratories report taking 3-12 months to fill a vacancy
- Median age = 48 years
- ~25% of workforce (73,000 ) will retire in next 10 years.
- Only 2 laboratorians enter the field for every 7 that retire.
- Shortage will exacerbate because baby boomers will be retiring when they need more health care
Source: Passiment. Update on the laboratory workforce-shortage crisis. Washington Report. March :2006; page 64. www.mlo-online.com
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In 2005, the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS) summarized:
# graduates needed/yr = 13,700*
- # graduating/yr = 4,445
yearly shortfall = 9,200
* data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The following web sites contain only a small sampling of articles that document the critical shortage of laboratory professionals in the USA.
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