Laboratory specialist vs medical laboratory technician assistant

Differences between laboratory specialist and medical laboratory technician assistant 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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Medical laboratory technician assistant example responsibilities.

• Demonstrate clinical competency and compassion in providing care, using technology, performing procedures and managing emergencies.
• Promote continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided.
• Perform all protocol specific regulatory duties from initial submission to IRB to final study close-out.