Nature of the work of a Phlebotomy Technician
As clinical laboratory testing continues to play an important role in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, clinical laboratory technologists, ie., clinical laboratory scientists/technicians or medical laboratory technologists/technicians, are the qualified professionals who are responsible for performing these tests.
Assigned duties of clinical laboratory personnel include, but are not limited to: examining body fluids and cells while looking for bacteria, parasites, and other microorganisms; analyzing the chemical content of fluids to match blood for transfusions; and testing for drug levels in the blood to show how a patient is responding to treatment. Responsible technologists must also prepare specimens for proper examination, count cells, and have the ability to identify abnormal cells in blood and body fluids. The technicians are aided with the knowledge of automated equipment and computerized instruments capable of performing a number of tests simultaneously, as well as microscopes, cell counters, and other sophisticated laboratory equipment which gives the technicians sophisticated results which they then relay to physicians. As the clinical laboratory industry increases its utilization of advanced technology and increasing automation, the work of professionally qualified technologists and technicians has become less hands-on and more analytical.
Clinical laboratory workers must rely on the amount of education and experience they have, as well as a level of sound judgment, to competently relay, to both physicians and supervisors, the results of the complex testing and lab work performed in the labs in which they work.
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