Laboratory specialist vs lead laboratory technician

Differences between laboratory specialist and lead laboratory technician duties and responsibilities

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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Lead laboratory technician example responsibilities.

• Manage patient, and corporate information with compassion and confidentiality.
• Set up, adjust, calibrate, clean, maintain, and troubleshoot laboratory instruments.
• Assist with FDA and OSHA audits, coordinate the center for all audits and inspections.
• Accession patient information, doctor information, and testing information accurately and promptly into the NovoPath LIS system.
• Develop and execute IQ/OQ/PQ at manufacturing site.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, verify and calibrate laboratory equipment.
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