The Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, UNIOSUN, Professor Clement Adebooye, has charged newly inducted medical laboratory scientists of the establishment to uphold diligence, accuracy and empathy within the discharge of their skilled tasks, warning that errors in laboratory investigations might endanger human lives.
Prof Adebooye gave the cost throughout the college’s second induction ceremony for medical laboratory scientists, the place 54 inductees had been formally admitted into the occupation.
The vice-chancellor described medical laboratory scientists as vital first responders in healthcare supply, noting that their findings information medical doctors in diagnosing illnesses and figuring out acceptable remedies for sufferers.
“You are within the scheme of first responders. The accuracy of your work would considerably affect medical choices and affected person outcomes.
“The outcomes of what you do decide what the physician will do. You are the navigator. Inaccurate laboratory outcomes might misdirect medical practitioners and result in inappropriate therapy,” he said.
Adebooye warned that “the survival of the patient is also in balance. Patients’ chances of recovering from illnesses depend partly on the reliability of laboratory investigations.”
He challenged the brand new professionals to be diligent in gathering, dealing with and analysing specimens, explaining that laboratory checks involving liver and kidney features, blood sugar, urine, microbiology and different scientific investigations require precision {and professional} competence.
The vice-chancellor additionally urged the inductees to exhibit empathy when attending to sufferers, notably throughout pattern assortment and different procedures that might trigger discomfort or nervousness.
“You have to steer that individual. Communicate respectfully with sufferers and recognise the human concerns concerned of their work,” he advised.
Adebooye cautioned that professional mistakes could have far-reaching consequences for families and individuals.
“An error in your work can deny a family their breadwinner. Inaccurate results and wrong diagnoses could contribute to serious medical complications, including reproductive problems,” he highlighted.
He additionally harped on the significance of accuracy in DNA and different specialised laboratory investigations, urging the inductees to make sure that acceptable samples had been collected from the proper sources earlier than drawing conclusions from take a look at outcomes.
Earlier, the Provost of the College of Health Sciences, Professor Daniel Adekanle, congratulated the 54 inductees, describing medical laboratory science as one of many elementary pillars of recent healthcare supply.
Prof Adekanle stated laboratory investigations had been important for correct prognosis, efficient therapy, illness prevention and affected person monitoring.
He urged the brand new professionals to uphold integrity, compassion and diagnostic accuracy, assuring them of the faculty’s continued dedication to tutorial excellence, sensible coaching, improved laboratory services {and professional} improvement.
He additionally acknowledged the contributions of college employees, scientific coaching companions, the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, mother and father and guardians to the inductees’ achievements.
The Registrar/CEO of the Medical and Laboratory Scientists Council of Nigeria, MLSCN, Dr Donald (*54*) represented by Shehu Okanlawon requested the college to begin postgraduate programmes within the school.
