career opportunities in medical technology
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C ar e e r O p p o r t u ni t i e s
MEDICALTECHNOLOGY
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CareerOverview
o Medical technologists peror! a variet" otas#s including ever"thing ro! si!ple pre$!arital %lood tests& to !ore co!ple' teststo uncover diseases such as HI()AID*&dia%etes& and cancer+o Medical technologists do not often interactdirectly with patients, the work completed bymedical technologists directly impacts patients’
lives.o P
hysicians rely on the information provided bymedical technologists to determine the diagnosisand treatment of their patients.
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Anal"tical Che!ist
C"totechnologist
! "eveloptechni#es forthe analysis of
drg prodctsand chemicals
! Prepare ande$amine slides nderthe microscope,looking for
abnormalities schas cancerous cells&pre$cancerouscells& or inectious
disease cells+
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! "raw bloodfrom patientsfor varios
lab tests andprocedres.
,hle%oto!istHistotechnicia
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! Prepare hu!an
%od" tissuefor e$aminationby other
laboratoryprofessionals.
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$ ,eror! less
co!ple' tests
and la%orator"
procedures thantechnologists do+
Clinical
La%orator"Technician
Clinical
Che!istr"Technologist
$ Anal"-e the
che!ical and
hor!onal
contents o
%od" .uids+
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$ Collect&t"pe andprepare%lood ortransusion+
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/lood /an#Technologist
Micro%iologist
$ E'a!ine andidenti"%acteria&
ungi& virusesand parasites+
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,har!aceutical *ales0epresentative
$ ,ersuadedoctors toprescri%e their
drugs topatients+
,u%lic Health*pecialist
$ Investigate andassess hu!ane'posure toha-ardousche!icals& evaluatere!edial activities&and co!!unicatehealth assess!ents +
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1ualit" Control*pecialist
$ !anage thes"ste! andprocedures thatprevent!ista#es andhelp avoidpro%le!s+
/acteriologist
$ prevent&diagnose and
prognostic odiseases
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MedicalLa%orator"Technician
$ assist ph"sicians inthe diagnosis andtreat!ent odiseases %"
peror!ing testson tissue& %loodand other %od".uids+
To'icologist
$ tests %odil".uids and tissuesa!ples duringautopsies
loo#ing or thepresence oche!icals+
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,arasitologist
$ alleviate pro%le!s%" researching the
evolution& lie c"cle&ta'ono!"& %iolog"&ecolog"& patholog"&and epide!iolog" o
parasites& as well asthe treat!ent oinections caused%" parasiticinteractions+
Cri!e La% Anal"st
$ anal"-ingevidence usedto solve cri!es
and convictviolentcri!inals+
Some of the CareerOpportnities