In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, is joined by William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, and special guest Susan Van Meter, president of the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA). In celebration of Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, they discuss the critical role laboratories play in patient care and key legislative issues that impact the profession.

Specific topics of discussion include:

• Increasing understanding and visibility of the role of clinical laboratories.
• Reflecting on the common threads that bind all laboratory professionals together.
• Core lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to future virus outbreaks.
• Current federal legislation priorities for the laboratory industry.