Hemodialysis technician vs clinical laboratory assistant

Differences between hemodialysis technician and clinical laboratory assistant duties and responsibilities

Hemodialysis technician example responsibilities.

• Maintain national certification as CCHT and attain CE's as required.
• Monitor patients receiving hemodialysis, analyze individual patient response to treatment, and change plan of care accordingly.
• Provide all facets of direct care to patients receiving dialysis treatments including bandaging and administering normal saline and heparin.
• Start dialysis by inserting needles into patient's site or catheter and connecting to machines.
• Water check, setting up machines, monitoring blood pressures, performing CPR, making bicarb/acid.
• Prepare and administer heparin medications.
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Clinical laboratory assistant example responsibilities.

• Achieve PHLEBOTOMY duties utilizing proper infection control techniques and perform a variety of laboratory tests.
• Process specimen, recollect and deliver to chemistry, microbiology, molecular or hematology departments for testing.
• Receive specimens for microbiology, histology, cytology, anatomic pathology and hematology tests/procedures, checks for proper identification and requisition.
• Operate EKG and other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.
• Transfer of samples from racks to centrifuges and decant station.
• Administer EKG's, clean wounds, draw labs, and apply dressings.
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