Medical Technology is a profession concerned with providing information based on the

performance of analytical tests on human body substances to detect evidence of or prevent disease

or impairment and to promote and monitor good health. (Clerc, 1992)

The first report on the exercise of Medical Technology has been traced back to 1500 BC

by Jean M. Clerc as intestinal parasites such as taenia and ascaris were mentioned in writings of

this age. The description of red blood cells, protozoans and bacteria given by Anton Van

Leeuwenhoek in the early 1700s supports claims that medical technology is one of the oldest allied

health professions.

The practice of medicine would be impossible without the tests performed in the clinical

laboratory. Laboratory measurements and examinations provide the hard scientific data used to

deal with problems identified by the clinical evaluation and are an essential part of the information

that contributes to the patient data base (Sanchez, et. al, 1991).

Medical technologists may work in all general areas within