Formula technician vs field laboratory operator

Differences between formula technician and field laboratory operator duties and responsibilities

Formula technician example responsibilities.

• Manage daily production schedule, monitor machine operation, addressed any etching machinery problems.
• Direct inbound and outbound logistics operations, such as transportation and warehouse activities, safety performance, and logistics quality management.
• Coordinate and conduct urinalysis and process new patient intakes.

Field laboratory operator example responsibilities.

• Manage patient, and corporate information with compassion and confidentiality.
• Perform lab testing, including automatic titration, GC, and HPLC.
• Develop and validate analytical methods for HPLC, GC-MS, UV-Vis, and FT-IR.
• Maintain and calibrate lab and field equipment and document calibration to ensure equipment run optimal.
• Support laboratory quality control and safety initiatives and provide direct support to the microbiology, processing and emergency departments as needed.
• Perform basic analyzer troubleshooting on centrifuge, label printers, and maintain quality controls on chemistry and hematology analyzer.