Medical Laboratory Technician Reference Lab

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Important Applications Instructions:

Please complete this application in entirety by providing all of your work experience education and certifications/

license. You will be unable to edit/add/change your application once it is submitted.

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Education & Experience

Associates degree in a Laboratory Science or Medical Laboratory Technology and eligibility for certification as a Medical Laboratory Technician by a recognized certifying agency.

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Responsibilities

• Collects processes and handles blood and/or other biological specimens in accordance with established procedures; instructs patients in the appropriate collection of samples.
• Conducts clinical laboratory tests in the areas of hematology microbiology immunology clinical chemistry and urinalysis as assigned. Conducts chemical analysis of body fluids such as blood urine and spinal fluid using microscope or automatic analysis.
• Conducts blood tests for transfusion purposes and blood counts.
• Develops and maintains cell/tissue cultures for testing purposes; examines cells to locate abnormalities.
• Prepares volumetric solutions and reagents to be combined with samples following standardized formulas or experimental procedures.
• Sets up adjusts maintains and cleans laboratory equipment; promotes safety environmental and/or infection control practices and methods.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold exposure to bio-hazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure blood borne pathogens fumes or airborne particles and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality frequent bending occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds occasional crouching/stooping frequent pushing/pulling frequent reaching frequent sitting frequent standing frequent twisting and frequent walking.

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