Medical technologists

Among medical technologists the normal limits, using an iodometric method, are considered to be from 0 to 320 units. In a series of 23 individuals the range was from less than 80 up to 1070. Five of these individuals were judged to be abnormal, and one was considered borderline. Two cases of acute pancreatitis yielded values on admission of 1600 and 3200 units, respectively. 17... 

Figure 17.10 Flow cytometric method does not differentiate between nucleated erythroid cells and reticulocytes, on some instruments. Non-nucleated e throid cells were isolated using cellulose fractionation. Part of the sample was stained with Wright-Giemsa and reticulocytes and mature nucleated cells quantified by trained medical technologists.

C. V. Mosby (St. Louis). A teaching text for medical technologists and laboratory technicians. 

OSHA requires that hepatitis B vaccine be offered to aU employees at risk of potential exposure as a regular or occasional part of their duties. CDCs Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that medical technologists, phlebotomists, and pathologists be vaccinated witli hepatitis B vaccine. It is a regulatory mandate that all of the above laboratory employees at a minunum at least be given the option to freely receive the hepatitis B vaccine. 

Unmanned satellite laboratories are a possible alternative to a central laboratory facility. To demonstrate the practicality of such an approach, investigators at the University of Virginia have developed remote automated laboratory systems- (RALS) designed to automate POCT in hospital intensive care units. The results from the analytical instruments in each RALS are sent to a central monitoring workstation several floors away from the satellite laboratory by a network interface, where results are viewed and either accepted or rejected by a trained medical technologist before being released for clinical use. Error codes built into the analytical instruments are also passed to the main laboratory by the computer netw ork. Technologists in the control center can also shut down the satellite laboratory when necessary, as in the case of instrument failure. Patient information is downloaded from the hospital information system in real time so that users can select their patients and the tests to perform from a fist presented on the computer touchscreen. 

The qualifications of personnel are determined by regulatory agencies and by the availability of suitable staff. In the United States, the qualifications for director, technical supervisor, and medical technologists are provided in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. ... 

Clinical chemistry now encompasses aspects of analytical chemistry, biochemistry, clinical laboratory science, toxicology, immunology, and molecular biology. Our intended readership includes the clinical laboratory scientists, practioners of the medical arts, medical technologists, and associated disciplines. 

Medical Technologist Three years of college followed by a one-year program in medical technology... 

Over the last thirty years, the boundaries between the traditional sciences of chemistry and biology, mathematics, physics, and computer science have gradually faded. Medical practitioners, physicians, nurses, and medical technologists use therapies that contain elements of all these disciplines. The rapid expansion of the pharmaceutical industry is based on a recognition of the relationship between the function of an organism and its basic chemical makeup. Function is a consequence of changes that chemical substances undergo. 

An excellent source of information, especially for a clinician or medical technologist. Includes numerous color photographs of fluids and cells. Discusses abnormal amounts or types of specific proteins and cells in fluids as potentially diagnostic of disease states. 

Medical laboratory technicians may perform moderately complex testing under the direction of a medical technologist. This position requires a two-year degree and a license in the field. 

Medical technologists perform highly complex laboratory tests under the supervision of a medical director. They may specialize in various components of laboratory work, such as quality assurance, validation, or training, or they may specialize in a particular field, such as histotechnology or cytotechnology. 

Kamath, S. H. (1972) Clinical Biochemistry for Medical Technologists. (Edinburgh Churchill Livingstone)... 

Laboratory technicians and researchers, medical technologists, phlebotomists... 

The property of SFg as a high-density gas with no toxic behaviour enables medical technologists to use it as a contrast agent in ultrasonic examinations. 

Included in the treatment team are all individuals who serve the patient directly or indirectly in the working interface, from registration assistant to nurse and physician to medical technologist examining slides in the laboratory. 

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