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Welcome to COLA Cares

Protecting Patient Safety & Building a Better Community

Exceptional work carried out by the entire team of professionals helps COLA fulfill its primary objective: Enhancing patient safety.

COLA will support that objective through exciting opportunities to celebrate COLA’s successes, engage in professional development and community- reinforcing activities, and perform work which serves the greater good.

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Scholarships Available for Lab Students

In an effort to help address the workforce shortage which has plagued the medical laboratory profession, ASCP and Siemens will be awarding more than $125,000 in scholarships to undergraduate and...

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COLA Cares Week Featured in ADVANCE

ADVANCE Magazine picked up COLA CEO Doug Beigel’s essay describing his thoughts on 2011 COLA Cares campaign activities. Click here to read it. ...

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COLA Cares…about the American Red Cross

In keeping with the spirit of the COLA Cares campaign, COLA organized a successful blood drive on August 3. The event resulted in the collection of 17 pints of blood from 22 participating...

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Beigel Meets with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D – 7th., MD)

During COLA Cares Week, COLA CEO Doug Beigel  paid a visit to Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings in his office at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. Cummings, who represents...

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Board Members Participate in COLA Cares Week

Team COLA, including its current and future board chairmen, received a warm welcome during the kickoff ceremonies for COLA Cares Week at Maryland General Hospital. Participating in the program were...

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