Happy Medical Laboratory Week!

celebrate lab week on your own or in your lab!

Colouring Page Kudos:

• Fun, printable colouring pages featuring a space to recognize a friend, coworker, supervisor, or other colleague for the positive impact they make in the workplace and/or the profession. Completed pages can be posted on lab bulletin boards, social media platforms or direct message

• Shout out to Lab: Heroes | Staff | Superstars

• Thank you Lab Staff: Heroes of the Laboratory

• Treat bags for your staff! Sweeten the deal with this printable template for your goodie bags

• Create your own Lab Week Bingo game

• Custom designed RIDDLES

  • All 10 Riddles

  • Answer Sheet

• Print off a pack of Lab designed games , etc…)

  • Pack 1(Crosswords, Word Search)

  • Pack 2 (puzzles from Positive Promotions)

• Online WORDLE:

  • released during Med Lab Week

  • One | Two | Three | Four | Five

• Reebus Puzzles:

  • released during Med Lab Week

  • One | Two

Lab Coat Decoration

• Print off the Lab Coat template

• Decorate

• Perhaps have a wall in your lab to post all of the designs

Lab Week Photo Booth

• Take a professional staff photo or have fun using our FUN PHOTO PROPS PACK.

• We also have a frame that you can put around your photo. SQUARE FRAME LINK HERE. Just add your picture inside the frame and save as a jpeg or pdf

• Post your picture with or without our frame on your social media or Lab wall

Spirit Days

• Prizes for best photo!!

• Deadline is April 19

• Take part in five fun Spirit Days from Monday to Friday, each with its own theme to inspire dress-up, team connection, and great photo moments with coworkers. It’s a fun way to celebrate the profession, boost team spirit, and share your lab pride throughout the week.

  • Monday: Indigo Day - Example

  • Tuesday: Crazy PPE Day - Example

  • Wednesday: Phlebotomist / Vampire Day - Example

  • Thursday: Mad Scientist Day - Example

  • Friday: Rainbow Tube Day - Example

How to submit: Post them on social media and tag BCSLS:

• Facebook: @BCSLS - British Columbia Society of Laboratory Science

• Instagram: @bcsls

• LinkedIn: @BCSLS - BC Society of Laboratory Science

Honour Your Staff: Celebrate Lab Week to honour yourself and your colleagues as a vital part of the lab community and have some fun while doing it!

Lab Week is a great time to generate new awareness and excitement about the laboratory medicine profession while having some fun with colleagues in the Laboratory.

What is lab week?

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week originated, at a National Level, in 1975 in an effort to raise public understanding and appreciation of the impact of the laboratory as it relates to a patient’s diagnosis and care. It is also critical for the public to understand the quality and professional accountability the lab has as it relates to the patient. Laboratorians play a vital role as a member of the healthcare team. This is also a moment for lab staff to recognize their contributions to patient care while having fun with their coworkers.

Lights for Lab Week

Landmarks around BC that are lighting up purple in honour of our lab professionals. If you have a place to add, just let me know.

• Interior

  • April 12-18 - Kelowna Vistor Centre

  • April 12-18 - Pandosy Sky Bridge Kelowna General Hospital - Kelowna

  • April 12-18 - Victoria Street Bridge - Trail

  • April 12-18 - Royal Inland Hospital Breezeway - Kamloops

• Lower Mainland:

  • April 15 – BC Place, Vancouver Convention Centre

  • April 15 - Canada Place Sails of Light - Vancouver

  • April 15 - Science Dome at Science World - Vancouver

  • April 15 - Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver

  • April 15 - Northern Lights display at BC Place, Vancouver

  • April 12-14 - BC Parkway between Willingdon & Imperial, Burnaby

  • April 18 – Maple Ridge City Hall

  • April 15 – Lafarge Lake Fountain - Coquitlam

  • April 15 – LED Pillar (Light Columns) - Coquitlam

• Vancouver Island:

  • April 15 - Victoria City Hall

  • April 15 – Victoria, BC - Legislative Assembly of British Columbia locations: the Ceremonial Entrance, Front Fountain, Back Fountain of the Parliament Buildings and the Confederation Garden Fountain and Waterfall 

  • April 12-16 - Bastion - Nanaimo