Disenchanted bench tech shepherds 'professional' crusade for MTs nationwide. (medical technologists)(Newsmakers of the Year)(Cover Story)

From: Medical Laboratory Observer | Date: December 1, 1995| Author: Trotto, Nancy E. | Copyright information

Medical technologist Christopher Fedor played an important role in the National Labor Relations Board's issuance of the ruling that medical technologists are professional employees. With his colleagues' support, Fedor embarked on a campaign in Nov. 1992 to modify the previous classification of medical technologists as a nonprofessional group.

Considering the numerous adversities laboratorians face in the workplace - hazardous specimens, rigorous regulation, substandard compensation,...

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