Have you ever wondered what a Medical Laboratory Technologist does? Well, a Medical Laboratory Technologist performs essential laboratory testing that is critical to the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. To define the work of a Medical Laboratory Technologist, this paper will discuss the job itself and its working conditions, the skills and schooling needed for success, a salary range and pathways to advance in the field, and the further job opportunities predicted for the career area.
Well, a Medical Laboratory Technologist, also known as clinical laboratory technologists they examine and analyze body fluids and cells. They look for different types of bacteria, parasites, other microorganisms, body fluids of chemical content, and many others procedures. Their conditions they are trained to work with different infectious specimens. They are to follow the Standard Precautions, which include wearing your personal protective equipment (PPE) consists of gloves, masks, goggles, and gowns. Medical Laboratory Technologist works in different sizes and employment setting. Usually medical laboratory technologist keep their areas clean, but their time when specimen solutions are being used, they spend lots of hours on their feet. And work in different hours depending of work area they in.
To be a medical laboratory technologist one's usual requirements is to have a bachelor's degree with a major in medical technology or life sciences. And an associate degree and completion of accredited medical laboratory technician program. Well a medical laboratory technologist skill is to know problem solving to be able to perform plenty of tests and need to be able to assess further tests. Must be able to know how to use lab equipment to conduct performance checks and to maintain lab equipment. So they must be trained in order to be able to use the equipments. Know how to read the specimens and lab results of patients. Must have a good
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