Associate degrees in Clinical + Medical Laboratory Technician: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of clinical laboratory scientists/medical technologists, to perform routine medical laboratory procedures and tests and to apply preset strategies to record and analyze data. Includes instruction in general laboratory procedures and skills; laboratory mathematics; medical computer applications; interpersonal and communications skills; and the basic principles of hematology; medical microbiology; immunohematology; immunology; clinical chemistry, and urinalysis.
Clinical laboratory testing plays a crucial role in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. Clinical Laboratory Technicians (CLT) may advance to the Medical Technology (MT) level with additional education and/or work experience.
Clinical laboratory science provides health information based on the examination of body fluids, tissue, and cells through collaborative efforts of various clinics.
The medical laboratory technician performs general tests in all laboratory areas - Blood banking, Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology and Microbiology. Working with the supervision of a medical technologist, a medical laboratory technician hunts for clues to the absence, presence, extent, and causes of diseases. This career is particularly appealing to science-oriented individuals who want to participate in health care.
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