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Medical Lab Technician

Medical Lab Technician. Jamila Osman. Job Description/Overview. Medical laboratory technicians conduct tests to help detect, diagnose, and treat diseases. . Lab technicians run tests using samples of body fluids, cells, or tissues.

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Medical Lab Technician

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  1. Medical Lab Technician JamilaOsman

  2. Job Description/Overview • Medical laboratory technicians conduct tests to help detect, diagnose, and treat diseases. • . Lab technicians run tests using samples of body fluids, cells, or tissues. • After tests are run, technicians record, evaluate, and send results back to physicians or medical researchers.

  3. Wages • In Tulsa, these are the range for earnings of a Medical Laboratory Technician. • Hourly $11.33 $13.19 $15.90 • Yearly $23,560 $27,430 $33,070 • Medical laboratory technicians who work full time usually receive benefits which include sick leave, paid vacation, and health insurance. • The worker's level of experience, education, and responsibility affect wages.

  4. Skills and Abilities • Communicate-Read and understand written information, listen to others, understand, ask questions, and express ideas clearly when speaking or writing. • Reason and Problem Solve- Good judgment, analyze ideas and use logic, develop rules or follow guidelines, draw conclusions, concentrate and not be distracted, identify problems, come to conclusions. • Use Math and Science • Use math and science skills to solve problems, add, subtract, multiply, and divide quickly and correctly.

  5. Outlook • Employment in Oklahoma is medium with about 1,610 people with jobs. • Growth in this region is at 18.0% • There are about 60 annual openings.

  6. Knowledge • Chemistry: Knowledge of the properties of substances and the changes that occur when they interact. • Biology: Knowledge of plants, animals, and living organisms and how they function. • Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of injuries, illnesses, and defects. Also includes the knowledge of setting up a plan for treatment.

  7. Physical Demands • Medical laboratory technicians frequently: • Use hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls. • Repeat the same movements. • Stand while running tests. Walk to different rooms and floors.

  8. Helpful High School Courses • Medical laboratory technicians need a strong background in the laboratory sciences. Take as many Chemistry and Biology courses as you can. • These are also useful: Anatomy and Physiology, Computer Fundamentals, Keyboarding, Medical Lab Technology.

  9. Work Activities • Test samples of biological materials, such as body fluids, tissues, and cells. • Look for abnormalities or disease organisms. • Evaluate test results.

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