Senior medical technologist vs genetic technologist

Differences between senior medical technologist and genetic technologist duties and responsibilities

Senior medical technologist example responsibilities.

• Perform disease surveillance by collecting and managing food microbiology surveillance data.
• Process hematology, urinalysis, and tissue processing testing on cancer and anemia patients
• Perform database registry for samples, complete QC & QA procedures for all laboratory assays, blood components and storage.
• Perform quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) on growth media and reagents in the laboratory.
• Analyze human biological samples (hematology, coagulation, chemistry, and microbiology) for a satellite reference laboratory.
• Maintain all OSHA documents and temperature logs.
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Genetic technologist example responsibilities.

• Manage and maintain Tecan for automate pipetting.
• Work on researching new lab machinery and techniques for DNA extraction.
• Seed preparation and extraction, loading protein gels, preparation of chemical substances, staining gels
• Assign to work as a laboratory generalist, performing duties on all laboratory departments including histology and phlebotomy.
• Satisfy daily patient schedule by efficiently practicing phlebotomy and assist with physician bone marrow biopsy procedures when need.
• Provide clinical personnel with identification of pathogens & susceptibilities to antibiotics in order to facilitate diagnosis & treatment.
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