UNIT 1: MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE: THEN AND NOW

ENGAGE FIVE TASKS

Assume that you are currently watching the daily brief on COVID-19 related events on your television set. The news
coverage included a clip of a medical laboratory scientist collecting a swab sample from a suspected COVID patient.
Another clip showed a medical laboratory scientist performing Reverse Transcriptase- Polymerase Chain Reaction
(RT-PCR) test while on a full-body, air-supplied positive pressure suit.

It is undeniable that the COVID-19 crisis has increased the awareness of the public to the often-underrepresented
profession of Medical Laboratory Science.

In the Philippines, the profession of Medical Laboratory Science is oftentimes referred to as the practice of
Medical Technology. In international settings, Medical Laboratory Science is also referred to as Clinical
Laboratory Science, Biomedical Laboratory Science and Laboratory Medicine.

Based on your prior readings and personal understanding, enumerate at least five tasks that you think are performed
by a medical laboratory scientist/ medical technologist.

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