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Day 24 🧪 Welcome back to 30 Days of ASCP: Things MLS/MLT School Didn’t Teach You, but the lab definitely will. Everything in the hospital is labeled STAT… until you actually work in the lab. STAT doesn’t mean “I just ordered it.” It means immediate patient risk, critical decision-making, and real urgency. When everything is STAT, nothing truly is. Part of becoming a solid tech is learning how to prioritize based on patient condition, test type, and workflow, not just the label slapped on the or

Day 28 🧪 Welcome back to 30 Days of ASCP: Ratchet Study Tips 🤪🤏🏽🤏🏽🤏🏽 Today we’re simplifying antibiotic classes by focusing on what they actually target. Penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems attack the cell wall, so bacteria lose structure and can’t survive. Macrolides, tetracyclines, and aminoglycosides block protein synthesis at the ribosome, meaning the bacteria is alive but can’t function. Fluoroquinolones, rifampin, and metronidazole go straight for DNA or RNA, shutting down