CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST
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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
Supervises the performance of thousand of laboratory test by other laboratory personnel
Are problem solversCorrelate test results and interprets the finds
Area of Specialization-CLS OR MTGeneralistImmunohematology (Blood Bank)Clinical ChemistryMicrobiologyUrinalysisToxicologyImmunologySerology
WORKING ENVIROMENTMost work in a large hospitalOther work in reference lab., public and
government health agencies, research laboratories, pharmaceutical firms
Blood Donor CenterEquipment CompaniesCollege and UniversitiesSelf-employed
Length of TrainingBachelor’s Degree from a UniversityHospital based training program
Student must have completed a Bachelor degree in a science program
Certification program 12 monthsToxicologyImmunohematogy-Blood BankingMicrobiology
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATIONVoluntary Certification, but most job required
certification to be hiredMost graduate from accredited CLS program
to be eligible to take national examStudent are eligible to take the national
exam from AMT, ASCP or NMT
Education Programs in the AreaTexas State University-BUniversity of Texas at Austin-BUniversity of Texas at San Antonio –B,C,MUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at
San Antonio-B
TRANSFER CREDITS/TRAINING
Job Outlook and SalariesJob Outlook
Professional Associationshttp://www.ascp.orghttp://www.amt.orghttp://www.nca.org
ADVANCE MT/CLT WITH MASTER DEGREES