Perform routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May work under the supervision of a medical technologist.

Other names for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians: Biotechnician, Blood and Plasma Laboratory Assistant, Blood or Blood Bank Technician, Blood Typer, Clinical Research Assistant, Cytogenetic Technician, Cytotechnologist, Hematology Technician, Hemodialysis Technician, Histologic Aide, Histologic Technician, Histology Technician, Histopathology Technician, Histotechnician (HT), Laboratory Assistant (Lab Assistant), Laboratory Associate (Lab Associate), Laboratory Technician, Laboratory Worker, Medical Lab Assistant, Medical Laboratory Assistant, Medical Laboratory Technician (Medical Lab Tech), Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), Medical Numerical Control Operator, Microbiology Technician, Neurology Technician, Non-Registered Technician, Pathological Technician, Pathologist Assistant, Pathology Technician, Pharmaceutical Laboratory Technician, Serology Technician, Sleep Technician, Specimen Processor, Tissue Technician, Vascular Technician,

• Cut, stain and mount tissue samples for examination by pathologists.
• Supervise and instruct other technicians and laboratory assistants.
• Prepare standard volumetric solutions and reagents to be combined with samples, following standardized formulas or experimental procedures.
• Prepare vaccines and serums by standard laboratory methods, testing for virus inactivity and sterility.
• Test raw materials, processes and finished products to determine quality and quantity of materials or characteristics of a substance.
• Conduct chemical analyses of body fluids, such as blood and urine, using microscope or automatic analyzer to detect abnormalities or diseases, and enter findings into computer.
• Set up, adjust, maintain and clean medical laboratory equipment.
• Analyze the results of tests and experiments to ensure conformity to specifications, using special mechanical and electrical devices.
• Analyze and record test data to issue reports that use charts, graphs and narratives.
• Perform medical research to further control and cure disease.
• Conduct blood tests for transfusion purposes and perform blood counts.
• Obtain specimens, cultivating, isolating and identifying microorganisms for analysis.
• Examine cells stained with dye to locate abnormalities.
• Collect blood or tissue samples from patients, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood sample.
• Consult with a pathologist to determine a final diagnosis when abnormal cells are found.
• Inoculate fertilized eggs, broths, or other bacteriological media with organisms.

• Hypodermic needles
• Hematology analyzers
• Electronic multichannel pipetters
• Blood bank analyzers
• Anaerobic jars or accessories
• Analytical balances
• Tissue culture coated plates or dishes or inserts
• Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
• Chemistry analyzers
• Coagulation analyzers
• Hematology analyzers
• Chemistry analyzers
• Robotic or automated liquid handling systems
• Specialty plates for bacteria
• Blood collection needles
• Blood collection syringes
• Shaking incubators
• Butterfly needles
• Anaerobic jars or accessories
• Capillary or hematocrit tubes
• Capillary or hematocrit tubes
• Manual or electronic hematology differential cell counters
• Blood bank cell washers
• Benchtop centrifuges
• Chemistry analyzers
• Chromatographic detectors
• Coagulation analyzers
• Phlebotomy trays or accessories
• Binocular light compound microscopes
• Desktop computers
• Hematology analyzers
• Laboratory diluters
• Dropping pipettes
• Laboratory mixers
• Electrolyte analyzers
• Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
• Manual or electronic hematology differential cell counters
• Fluorescent microscopes
• Microscope slides
• Glucose monitors or meters
• Hemacytometer sets
• Hematology analyzers
• Hematology analyzers
• Chemistry analyzers
• Chemistry analyzers
• Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
• Compact disc CD or labeling printers
• Laminar flow cabinets or stations
• Stereo or dissecting light microscopes
• Microcentrifuges
• Micrometers
• Multiwell plates
• Blood collection needle holders
• Notebook computers
• Personal computers
• Petri plates or dishes
• pH meters
• Extracting equipment for laboratories
• Warming cabinets
• Microplate washers
• Platelet mixers
• Coagulation analyzers
• Laser printers
• Bench refractometers or polarimeters
• Liquid scintillation counters
• Hematology analyzers
• Tissue culture coated plates or dishes or inserts
• Immunology or serology test kits or supplies
• Tube rotators
• Manual single channel air displacement pipetters
• Spectrometers
• Spectrophotometers
• Lancets
• Multipurpose or general test tubes
• Surgical sterile instrument brushes or instrument stylets or instrument wipes
• Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
• Histology tissue cassettes
• Tissue embedding stations
• Tourniquets
• Triple beam balances
• Ultracentrifuges
• Phlebotomy trays or accessories
• Urinalysis analyzers
• Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
• Laboratory vacuum pumps

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Word processing software

Spreadsheet software

Data base user interface and query software

Medical software

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