Histologic technician vs laboratory specialist

Differences between histologic technician and laboratory specialist duties and responsibilities

Histologic technician example responsibilities.

• Perform routine histology/cytology procedures and IHC and manage 7-20 staff members.
• Develop and implement health and safety protocols and procedures in accordance with CLIA and OSHA regulations
• Develop a higher grade eosin for stainline.
• Enter patient specimens into the EMR system/file patient records.
• Cut all control slides for research and run all immunofluorescence slides.
• Perform processing, embedding, microtomy, cryostating, routine and special stains.
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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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