Cytologist vs laboratory specialist

Differences between cytologist and laboratory specialist duties and responsibilities

Cytologist example responsibilities.

• Manage curriculum development, authore and publish lab manuals in physiology and ecology.
• Stain process development in accordance with FDA regulation specific to milk.
• Support laboratory quality control and safety initiatives and provide direct support to the microbiology, processing and emergency departments as needed.
• Initiate and assign TIQ appropriately.

Laboratory specialist example responsibilities.

• Manage patient, and corporate information with compassion and confidentiality.
• Process specimens in the areas of chemistry, toxicology, hematology, urinalysis, coagulation, serology, and microbiology.
• Perform general routine clinical laboratory testing in the areas of clinical chemistry, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis and blood bank.
• Perform DNA and RNA isolation, standard and real time PCR, primer design, gene sequence analysis.
• Perform clinical laboratory procedures in hematology, clinical chemistry and urinalysis.
• Provide customer service to patients and clinicians while collecting specimens and providing patient education.
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