Lead laboratory assistant vs laboratory specialist

Differences between lead laboratory assistant and laboratory specialist duties and responsibilities

Lead laboratory assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage daily laboratory operations including personnel, client consulting, analyses and adherence to GLP protocols.
• Conduct a monthly inventory of the chemistry stock room supplies.
• Conduct ongoing training of all lab assistants to use equipment properly (Stainers, processors, centrifuges etc .).
• Prepare reagents for microbiology specimens.
• Verify patient information, collect specimens from patients, properly labele specimen vials and submit specimens for further processing or testing.
• Implement an in-house immunofluorescent and special chemistry department, including electrophoresis and fluorescent microscopy, resulting in lower overhead costs.

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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