Career Details :: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Description
Perform routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May work under the supervision of a medical technologist.
Experience
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.
Education
These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
Tasks
- Conducts quantitative and qualitative chemical analyses of body fluids, such as blood, urine, and spinal fluid.
- Conducts blood tests for transfusion purposes.
- Tests vaccines for sterility and virus inactivity.
- Draws blood from patient, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood sample.
- Prepares standard volumetric solutions and reagents used in testing.
- Inoculates fertilized eggs, broths, or other bacteriological media with organisms.
- Incubates bacteria for specified period and prepares vaccines and serums by standard laboratory methods.
- Performs blood counts, using microscope.
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Important Abilities
- Information Ordering
- Near Vision
- Visual Color Discrimination
- Oral Comprehension
- Flexibility of Closure
General Work Activities
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
- Evaluating Information Against Standards
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Degree of Automation
- Indoors
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| Medical Lab Science |  [ add ] |
| Medical Lab Sciences | [ add ] |
| Medical Lab Technology | [ add ] |
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