Medical Lab Technician Job Description
The Medical Lab Technician plays a vital role in testing, diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
The Primary Objectives:
- The Medical Lab Technician plays a critical role in the examination of body fluids and cells.
- The Medical Lab Technician is looking for bacteria, parasites, and other microorganisms.
- The Medical Lab technician analyzes chemical content of fluids, match blood for transfusions and tests for drug levels.
- The Medical Lab Technician has found with the use of computers that there is less hands on but more their work has become more analytical.
- The Medical Lab Technician usually has a Bachelor’s degree with a major in medical technology or in one of the life sciences.
The Medical Lab Technician plays a very important role in detecting any disease or bacteria in a person’s blood stream by doing this they can help treat them and make them better. The Medical Lab Technician performs complex chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic, and bacteriological tests. The Medical Lab Technician microscopically examines blood and other body fluids. They make cultures of body fluid and tissue samples, to determine the presence of bacteria, fungi, parasites, or other microorganisms. The Medical Lab Technician analyzes samples for chemical content or chemical reaction and determines concentrations of compounds such as blood glucose and cholesterol levels. The Medical Lab Technician types and cross matches blood samples for transfusions.
Often we do not realize how vital it is that a Medical Lab Technician is available to take the necessary tests when we are having problems. It is very hard for a physician to detect small parasites, or bacteriological things. These things are so very small that the human eye cannot see them. Often they cannot be detected in a microscope but need to be detected by certain chemicals. The fluids in our bodies and our blood are factors that show up which a Medical Lab Technician can find any things that are harmful to our body. Many of these things affect our blood stream, heart, and other vital body parts. The test that shows the Medical Lab Technician what our cholesterol level is helps our physician to doctor us in a way to control the levels to a good average. This is important as it can prevent heart attack or stroke. We need not worry about how the Medical Lab Technician can determine the test but what we should be concerned about is the end results and what we can do to prevent things from happening to our body.
When we need to go into surgery the Medical Lab Technician is very important because their tests help type our blood and make sure that we are getting the right blood for a transfusion. A fever is a sign of infection or bacteria in our blood stream. The Medical Lab Technician can test our blood, body fluids and skin scrapings to find out what is causing the fever. This is important because we could be developing something that is dangerous and would cause us physical or mental damage. In some cases it could be life threatening that is why it is important that hospitals keep a staff of well trained Medical Lab Technicians on duty at all times. Medical Lab Technologists in small laboratories perform many different types of tests, whereas those who work in large laboratories generally specialize. Clinical Chemistry Technologists, for example, prepare specimens and analyze the chemical and hormonal contents of body fluids. Microbiology Technologists examine and identify bacteria and other microorganisms. Blood Bank Technologists, or Immunohematology Technologists, collect, type, and prepare blood and its components for transfusions. Immunology Technologists examine elements of the human immune system and its response to foreign bodies. Cytotechnologists prepare slides of body cells and examine these cells microscopically for abnormalities that may signal the beginning of a cancerous growth. Molecular biology technologists perform complex protein and nucleic acid testing on cell samples.
The Clinical Laboratory Technicians perform less complex tests and laboratory procedures than technologists do. From the variety of specialized Technologists you can see that it is very important that hospitals keep a specific team of Medical Lab Technician with a varied specification of abilities. In today’s society there are many different types of diseases that require testing’s etc.