Medical Lab. Technologists are a critical professional part of the functioning of the hospitals
and healthcare organizations. They work in coordination with physicians, nurses to perform tests
on the specimens/samples of the patients to detect the infection, diseases or illness. On the basis
of report of the tests performed by Lab.
They perform the detection diseases on the patient's sample using the all possible safety measure
(a full lab coat, mask, gloves and goggles) in an isolated area where no patients, their attendants
or any other professional are allowed to enter to ensure the safety of Lab. Technologists and
prevention of the spread of diseases.
Apart from diagnostic jobs, they actively engage themselves in biomedical industries as QA QC
officers, researches in the biomedical fields and academics job in collages and institution.
Medical lab technologists also perform the following jobs:
- Collecting blood, body fluids, tissue or other samples from patients.
- Matching blood compatibility for transfusions, organs compatibility for organ
transplantation, analyze the chemical content of body fluids, blood to detect disorders and
diseases.
- Detect parasitic, bacterial, fungal & viral infection in samples of patients.
- Perform tests which help in in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
- Setting up, maintaining, calibrating, cleaning and testing the sterility of lab equipment.
- Preparing solutions or reagents to be combined with samples.