- Medical laboratory technologists perform some or all of the following duties:
- - Set up, operate and maintain laboratory equipment
- - Conduct chemical analyses of blood, urine, and cerebrospinal and other body fluids
- - Study blood cells and other tissues to determine their relation to various physiological and pathological conditions
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- - Prepare tissue sections for microscopic examinations using techniques to demonstrate special cellular tissue elements or other characteristics
- - Perform blood group, type and compatibility tests for transfusion purposes
- - Establish procedures for the analysis of specimens and for medical laboratory experiments
- - Conduct quality control assessment of testing techniques
- - May supervise and train other medical laboratory technical staff, students and helpers
- - May assist pathologists during autopsies.
- * Medical laboratory technologists may specialize in areas such as clinical chemistry, clinical microbiology, hematology, histotechnology, immunohematology, cytotechnology and cytogenetics.