Chapter 1: Laboratory Personnel Flashcards
What are the Personnel of Medical Laboratory?
Some of the most relied-upon employees in the health care industry.
The hierarchy of positions within a medical laboratory is based on?
Educational and technical milestones.
What does the Medical Laboratory tam includes?
Laboratory director, scientists, technicians, phlebotomists and CMA.
What is a Laboratory Director?
Usually a pathologist, certified medical doctor that specialized in the science of identifying the nature and cause of diseases.
A Laboratory Director is responsible for?
Managing the overall operations of the laboratory and maintaining the standards of the accrediting agencies.
What does Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS)/Medical Technologist (MT) do?
Performe routine and highly specialized test, solve problems with test results or equipment, and communicating the result to pathologist.
Does Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS)/Medical Technologist (MT) assume managerial roles?
Yes such as; supervising other laboratory personnel.
Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) performs basic laboratory procedures such as?
Testing specimens and recording results.
Medial Laboratory Technician typically works under the direction of?
Medical Technologist.
What is a Phlebotomist?
A person who is specially trained to obtain blood from patients for lab tests, transfusions or donations.
Certified Medical Assistant works in a physician’s office laboratory obtaining?
Routine specimens and performing simple tests (such as strips for urine chemistry).
