For the person who worked under this field is referred as medical lab technician or medical lab technologist. They are the healthcare professionals who perform lab tests on tissue, blood and other body fluids to help physician in assessing patient’s health
Medical Laboratory Technology
Introduction
Working Environment
- Hospital or clinic laboratories
- Public health departments
- Private laboratories
- Biotechnology laboratories
- Pharmaceutical laboratories
- Scientific supply companies
Medical lab technologists (bachelor’s degree) may perform more complex tests and may be specialized in particular area. They have more education and training. They also supervise lab technician. As for medical lab technicians, they perform general duties in all laboratory sections.
Job Responsibilities
- Examine tissue and blood for any abnormal condition
- Analyze and evaluate the results of the tests for confirmation
- Involve in quality controls and quality assurance procedure
- Determine blood type for transfusions
- Conduct medical research and analysis for further control and cure of diseases
- Adjust, set up, maintain and clean laboratory equipments
The general responsibilities are:
Job Specialities
Laboratory technologists may be specialized in:
- Transfusion medicine – collect and perform test on blood for transfusion and preparing blood products
- Hematology – study and evaluate blood cell morphology and their changes related to certain disease
- Clinical chemistry – chemically analyzing blood and other body fluids such as urine and saliva
- Clinical microbiology – study of microorganisms and identify antibiotic sensitivity
- Immunology – study of immune systems in organisms
- Histology – study of tissue and prepare tissue specimens for microscopic examination
SCIENTIST LABORATORY
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