Keanu L.

Languing 7/1/19

MLS – 1H

PMLS

PATHOLOGIST

- A pathologist is a doctor who interprets and diagnoses the changes caused by disease
in the body's cells and tissues.

- Expert in clinical interpretation of daignostic tests and an understanding of the nature

and causation of disease processes.
- Communicates with the clinicians treating patients.
- Consult effectively with other medical practitioners and health care professionals.
- Supervises and manages a laboratory effectively.
- Responds to issues of advocacy as appropriate.
MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIANS

- A Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), also referred to as medical lab tech, or clinical
laboratory technician, can work in diagnostic labs, doctor’s offices and hospitals.

- Organizes work by matching computer orders with specimen labeling; sorting

specimens; checking labeling; logging specimens; arranging reports for delivery;
keeping work surfaces clean and orderly.

- Maintains quality results by running standards and controls, verifying equipment

function through routine equipment maintenance and advanced trouble shooting;
calibrating equipment utilizing approved testing procedures; monitoring quality control
measures and protocols.

- Serves as technical resource by participating in staff training; answering questions of

other professionals; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional
publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

- Identifies and communicates abnormal patient conditions by alerting supervisory

personnel, the pathologist, the patient physician, or nurse; reporting mandated
information to the public health department or other designated officials.

- Maintains patientconfidence by keeping laboratory information confidential.

PHLYBOTOMIST

- Phlybotomist are people trained to draw blood from a patient (mostly from veins) for
clinical or medical testing, transfusions, donations, or research.

- collect blood samples from patients.

- practice proper patient identification, especially when working on hospital floors.

- label vials with patient names and dates.

- decipher the best method for drawing blood depending on the specific patient.

- transport all specimen samples to a nearby laboratory.

CYTOTECHNOLOGIST

- Cytotechnologist are laboratory professionals who study cells and cellular anomalies.
Using a microscope, they examine slides of human cells for any indication that a cell is
abnormal and/or diseased (i.e., cancerous or precancerous lesions, infectious agents or
inflammatory processes).

- Examine specimens using microscopes to evaluate specimen quality.

- Examine specimens to detect abnormal hormone conditions.
- Examine cell samples to detect abnormalities in the color, shape, or size of cellular
components and patterns.
- Prepare and analyze samples, such as Papanicolaou (PAP) smear body fluids and
fine needle aspirations (FNAs), to detect abnormal conditions.
- Provide patient clinical data or microscopic findings to assist pathologists in the
preparation of pathology reports.
HISTOTECHNOLOGIST

- A Histotechnoligist (HT) is a clinical laboratory technician who prepares very thin

samples of body tissue to be examined under a microscope by a pathologist. The
majority of these professionals work in reference libraries or hospitals.

- Retrieves specimens from the Surgery Department.

- Receives specimens for other cases when delivered to the Laboratory.
- Sorts specimens according to priority and difficulty of procedures and records in
pathology log.
- Embeds specimens into blocks and fixes tissue in formalin.
- Operates instrumentation for tissue dehydration, section clearing, impregnation with
paraffin, cutting tissue sections, and staining of slides.
NUCLEAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST

- Nuclear medicine technologists are trained to administer radioactive drugs, then

perform nuclear imaging using specialized cameras.

- Prepare and administer radioactive chemical compounds, known as

radiopharmaceuticals.

- Perform patient imaging procedures using sophisticated radiation-detecting

instrumentation.

- Accomplish computer processing and image enhancement.

- Analyze biologic specimens in the laboratory.

- Provide images, data analysis, and patient information to the physician for diagnostic
interpretation.
TOXICOLOGIST

- Toxicalogist is a discipline, overlapping with biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and

medicine, that involves the study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on living
organisms and the practice of diagnosing and treating exposures to toxins and
toxicants.

- Evaluating determinants or contributory factors in the cause and manner of death.

- Performing human-performance forensic toxicology, determining the absence or

presence of drugs and chemicals in the blood, hair, tissue, breath, etc.

- Working with medical examiners and coroners to help establish the role of alcohol,
drugs and poisons related to the cause of death.

- Using state-of-the-art chemical and biomedical instrumentation.

- Providing expert witness testimony.

REFERENCES

https://www.rcpa.edu.au/getattachment/9831e1ab-c7aa-4a7d-93e9-7d77bf7df23f/The-Role-of-the-
Pathologist.aspx

https://hiring.monster.com/employer-resources/job-description-templates/medical-laboratory-
technician-job-description/

http://phlebotomyscout.com/phlebotomist-job-description/

https://job-descriptions.careerplanner.com/Cytotechnologist.cfm

https://www.orovillehospital.com/media/file/Histology%20Technician%20Job%20Description.pdf

http://www.snmmi.org/AboutSNMMI/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=4139

https://www.crimesceneinvestigatoredu.org/forensic-toxicologist/