World War I increased demand for medical personnel and laboratories, spurring growth in clinical laboratory science. In the early 20th century, laws required hospitals to employ trained technicians, and the first schools were established to train medical technologists. The field continued to professionalize with the founding of organizations like ASCP and AMT to set standards and oversee certification. Major developments included establishing degree programs, standardizing curricula, and advancing instrumentation and testing capabilities. In the Philippines, the first clinical laboratory was established by the U.S. Army in 1943, and training programs emerged in the late 1940s, with the first degree programs starting in the 1950s at institutions like PUC, UST, CEU, and FEU

1. World War I (1914-1918)
 An important factor in the growth
of the clinical laboratory with a
demand for medical personnel in
the military as well as civilian
hospitals.
State of Pennsylvania(1915)
 Passed a law that required all
hospitals to be equipped with
adequate laboratories employing
trained technicians
University of Minnesota (1923)
 One of the first schools for training
workers
 “Courses in Medical Technology
for Clinical and Laboratory
Technicians”
 First to offer a degree level
program believed to be in 1923
1922
 The American Society of Clinical
Pathologists (ASCP) was
organized.
1936
 The American Board of Pathology
was established.
1939
 the American Medical
Technologists (AMT) was formed.
World War II (1935-1945)
 Marked effect on lab medicine;
the use of blood increased & the
“closed system” of blood
collection was widely adopted.
 Instrumentation was advanced,
with these instruments the
measurement of the intensity of
color production, a dozen of new
chemical tests became possible.
1900
 In census, 100 technicians, all
male were employed in the
United States.
1911
 Insurance Act was approved.
1915
 Stated legislatures of
Pennsylvania: all hospitals and
institutions to have an adequate
lab and to employ a full-time
technician
1914-1918
 World War I was an important
factor in the growth of the clinical
laboratory and produced a great
demand for technicians
1921
 Denver Society of the Clinical
Pathologist was organized.
1940
 Two year collegiate education
and a twelve-month actual
training
PMLS

2. 1950
 Standard curriculum was
formalized
1967
 Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Act of 1967
1975
 Medical Technologists were
required to have a bachelor’s
degree or the equivalent
1977
 National Committee for Clinical
Laboratory Standards (NCCLS)
1999
 Clinical Laboratory Science term
was adopted.
PHILIPPINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Spanish Colonial
 San Lazaro – established to cure
leprosy
 Hospital de San Juan de Dios 1596
– first laboratory in the Philippines
 Hospital De San Jose 1641- Cavite
 Laboratorio Municipal de Manila
1887 – established by government
to analyze water and food on
clinical specimens
- now known as the Bureau of
Science
- Engaged in pathological studies
of infectious diseases
 Epidemics infectious diseases –
cholera, plague, smallpox,
dysentery, and typhoid
 Medicine and pharmacy – most
developed health related field
American Regime
 University of the Philippines 1908 –
College of Agriculture in Los Banos
 Bureau of Science – principal
government research laboratory
and training institution to future
scientists
- top foci research includes:
cholera, malaria, tuberculosis,
leprosy, dengue, fever, beriberi,
diphtheria, amoebic dysentery
World War II Era- Postwar to 1972
 Health was given the highest
priority by the government
 DOH was reorganized
 National health problems:
schistosomiasis, malaria, &
malnutrition
Martial Law
 Tertiary hospitals were established:
Philippine Heart Center, Lung
Center of the Philippines, and
National Kidney and Transplant
Institute
 Primary Health Care System was
adopted; emphasized the
importance of promotive and
preventive care
 Aquino administration – Health
related laws were passed:
> The Maternal Code

3. > The Milk Code
> The Generics Law (RA 6675)
a.k.a. Generics Act of 1988
> The Magna Carta of Public
Health Workers (RA 7305)
> The National Health Insurance
Act of 1995 (RA 7875)
> The Organ Donation Act of 1991
(RA 7170)
 Ramos administration – EO 29:
Philippine National AIDS Council
as the national policy and
advisory body on control and
prevention of HIV-AIDS; The
National Blood Services Act of
1994 (RA 7719)
 Medical Technology Practice was
introduced by the 26th Medical
Laboratory of the 6th U.S. Army
 First clinical laboratory in the
Philippines at Quiricada Street,
Sta. Cruz, Manila where the
Manila Public Health Laboratory is
presently located.
JUNE 1943
 U.S. Army left and endorsed the
clinical lab to the National
Department of Health
 The laboratory rendered non-
functional for some time
FEBRUARY 1944
 The laboratory offered training
programs to high school
graduates
OCTOBER 1, 1945
 Dr. Alfredo Pio de Roda –
organized Manila Public Health
Laboratory
 Dr. Mariano Icasiano – Manila City
Health Officer
1947
 Dr. Pio de Roda & Dr. Sta. Ana
 Training of high school graduates
as medical technicians
 No period of training
 No certificate
1953
 William Hilgert Hedrick – the
Founder of Medical Technology
education course in the
Philippines
1954
 Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana
 Prepared syllabus for the training
program
 6 months laboratory training
 Certificate is given
PHILIPPINE UNION COLLEGE (1954)
 Now known as the Adventist
University of the Philippines
 Offered the first four-year B.S.
degree in Medical Technology
with Manila Sanitarium (Manila
Adventist Medical Center)
JESSE UMALI (1956)
 PUC- first Medical Technology
graduate
 OB-Gyne practitioner and was an
owner of Omega Laboratories

4. UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS (1957)
 Dr. Antonio Gabriel & Gustavo
Reyes
 June 15, 1957 – Lorenzo Rodriguez
decided to offer it as a course
 June 1960 – a temporary permit
was issued by the DOE
 June 14, 1961 – full recognition of
the 4-year B.S. Medical
Technology course
CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY (1960)
 Mrs. Purification Sunico-Suaco
who was granted by the University
President Carmen de Luna
 Their first graduates were in 1962
FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY (1961)
 Dr. Horacio A. Ylagan and Dr.
Serafin J. Juliane
 It produced its first graduates in
1963.
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