Description
Perform complex medical laboratory tests for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May train or supervise staff.
- • Analyze laboratory findings to check the accuracy of the results.
- • Conduct chemical analysis of body fluids, including blood, urine, or spinal fluid, to determine presence of normal or abnormal components.
- • Operate, calibrate, or maintain equipment used in quantitative or qualitative analysis, such as spectrophotometers, calorimeters, flame photometers, or computer-controlled analyzers.
- • Enter data from analysis of medical tests or clinical results into computer for storage.
- • Analyze samples of biological material for chemical content or reaction.
- • Set up, clean, and maintain laboratory equipment.
- • Provide technical information about test results to physicians, family members, or researchers.
- • Supervise, train, or direct lab assistants, medical and clinical laboratory technicians or technologists, or other medical laboratory workers engaged in laboratory testing.
- • Develop, standardize, evaluate, or modify procedures, techniques, or tests used in the analysis of specimens or in medical laboratory experiments.
- • Cultivate, isolate, or assist in identifying microbial organisms or perform various tests on these microorganisms.
- • Obtain, cut, stain, and mount biological material on slides for microscopic study and diagnosis, following standard laboratory procedures.
- • Select and prepare specimens and media for cell cultures, using aseptic technique and knowledge of medium components and cell requirements.
- • Harvest cell cultures at optimum time, based on knowledge of cell cycle differences and culture conditions.
- • Establish or monitor quality assurance programs or activities to ensure the accuracy of laboratory results.
- • Collect and study blood samples to determine the number of cells, their morphology, or their blood group, blood type, or compatibility for transfusion purposes, using microscopic techniques.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
