Laboratory support technician vs dialysis technician

Differences between laboratory support technician and dialysis technician duties and responsibilities

Laboratory support technician example responsibilities.

• Manage company LIMS database system of test results and implement new and improve testing procedures.
• Manage patient, and corporate information with compassion and confidentiality.
• Improve preparation technique of media and reagents utilizing QC and GMP experience.
• Run, QC, and report PCR and EIA testing.
• Take QC and temperatures, decontamination.
• Used various centrifuges to spin the specimens.
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Dialysis technician example responsibilities.

• Maintain national certification as CCHT and attain CE's as required.
• Practice guidelines require by national standard and regulatory agencies and infection control when sterilizing equipment, catheter sites, puncture sites.
• Initiate, monitor, and terminate dialysis treatments for individual patients through intravenous and/or catheter ports.
• Observe patients during hemodialysis treatments and identify patient problems and/or complications and report any unusual findings to the nurse supervisor.
• Operate hemodialysis machines, calculate fluid removal/replacement, monitor venous and arterial pressures, and check patients for adverse reactions.
• Demonstrate proficiency in laboratory procedures and equipment functions to perform duties accurately; comply with standard procedures and cleanliness guidelines.
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