Medical laboratory scientists routinely perform diagnostic tests using human or veterinary clinical specimens that may include blood, cellular aspirates, tissue biopsies, stool or urine. They are employed in both the public and private sectors at hospitals and pathology laboratories. They have a broad knowledge of disease processes and are skilled… For more content click the Read More button below.
Medical laboratory scientists routinely perform diagnostic tests using human or veterinary clinical specimens that may include blood, cellular aspirates, tissue biopsies, stool or urine. They are employed in both the public and private sectors at hospitals and pathology laboratories. They have a broad knowledge of disease processes and are skilled in the handling of patient material, clinical testing and the analysis of results in specific discipline areas such as biochemistry, haematology, immunology, microbiology, histopathology, diagnostic genomics and transfusion science.
