CLINICS AND LABORATORI

ES

Safia Khan and Zahra Naqi

Patient Description

Anyone that needs to get a lab test for diagnosis or prevention.

Service Provided Tests pertaining to the

diagnosis, treatment and the prevention of a disease.

Clinical laboratories:› Microbiology› Parasitology› Virology› Hematology› Coagulation› Clinical biochemistry› Toxicology› Immunology/Serology› Immunohaematology› Urinalysis› Histopathology› Cytopathology› Electron microscopy› Genetics› Cytogenetics› Surgical pathology

Cost

Varies for different tests

$21 pregnancy test to $3000 brain scan

Type of Employees Medical Director Pathologist, Clinical biologist Resident in Pathology,

Anatomical pathology or Clinical biology

Pathologist Assistant Laboratory Manager Department Supervisor

Chief/Lead Technologist Cytotechnologist, Medical

Laboratory Scientist, Histotechnologist

Medical Laboratory Technician, Histotechnician

Medical Laboratory Assistant (Lab Aide)

Phlebotomist Transcriptionist Specimen processor

Interesting Facts

More than 10 billion laboratory tests are performed in the United States each year.

12,200 new laboratory professionals will be needed annually to meet the growing need of the world’s population, but only 4,000 to 6,000 graduates will join the workforce each year.

Laboratory test results constitute a significant portion of the patient’s medical records and are vital to the diagnosis and treatment of illness and disease.