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Working as a medical laboratory technician, you'll probably
work under the close supervision of a medical technologist to perform
tests on tissue, blood and body fluids.
Helping doctors perform their initial analysis of patients.
Your typical duties as a medical lab tech will likely include the following:
You will be preparing blood, tissue and urine specimens for analysis.
Using
very sophisticated laboratory equipment you will make examinations of
the samples for bacteria, parasites and other microorganisms that may
be present.
You will be monitoring the tests and procedures performed.
You will analyze the chemical make up of fluid samples.
Perform matching of blood types and chemical make up for use in patient transfusions.
Perform
testing for drug levels and types that are in the blood to show how a
patient is responding or progressing with their treatment.
You
will probably start your professional careers working in a laboratory
or in a small care facility or community hospital. When you obtain some
hands on working experience, you will more than likely move up to
different settings and pay such as the ones below:
Hospitals, Clinics, Private laboratories, Public health organizations
Quite often, move on to research and development departments of large pharmaceutical companies.
You
must have your GED or high school diploma, but also in addition you'll
need to sign up and complete an accredited medical lab tech program.
This is a 1-to- 2-year associate degree or certificate program. During
the course of the training programs, students will receive a
combination of classroom and laboratory instruction.
Coursework
will mostly include the following: Laboratory mathematics, Chemistry,
Microbiology, Pathology, Microscopy, and Immunology. Other various
courses will be thrown in with the mix, but you get the general
direction of studies.
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