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CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST

CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST. DEBBIE A. MCKNIGHT. Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Also know as Medical Laboratory Technologist-(MT). Analyzes human blood, tissues and body fluids for diagnosis and treatment for diseases

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CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST

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  1. CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST DEBBIE A. MCKNIGHT

  2. Clinical Laboratory Scientist-Also know as Medical Laboratory Technologist-(MT) • Analyzes human blood, tissues and body fluids for diagnosis and treatment for diseases • Supervises the performance of thousand of laboratory test by other laboratory personnel • Are problem solvers • Correlate test results and interprets the finds

  3. Area of Specialization-CLS OR MT • Generalist • Immunohematology (Blood Bank) • Clinical Chemistry • Microbiology • Urinalysis • Toxicology • Immunology • Serology

  4. WORKING ENVIROMENT • Most work in a large hospital • Other work in reference lab., public and government health agencies, research laboratories, pharmaceutical firms • Blood Donor Center • Equipment Companies • College and Universities • Self-employed

  5. Length of Training • Bachelor’s Degree from a University • Hospital based training program • Student must have completed a Bachelor degree in a science program • Certification program • 12 months • Toxicology • Immunohematogy-Blood Banking • Microbiology

  6. LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION • Voluntary Certification, but most job required certification to be hired • Most graduate from accredited CLS program to be eligible to take national exam • Student are eligible to take the national exam from AMT, ASCP or NMT

  7. Education Programs in the Area • Texas State University-B • University of Texas at Austin-B • University of Texas at San Antonio –B,C,M • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio-B

  8. TRANSFER CREDITS/TRAINING Student can transfer MLT all classes training from the school COMMUNITY COLLEGE, see example below, only two more years are needed • Austin Community College-A • ACCD- St.Philip’s College-A

  9. Job Outlook and Salaries • Job Outlook

  10. Professional Associations http://www.ascp.org http://www.amt.org http://www.nca.org

  11. ADVANCE MT/CLT WITH MASTER DEGREES

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