diagnosis of disease

Pathologist

Medical Laboratory Scientist /Medical Laboratory Technician

person skilled in taking blood from veins

person who prepares, and in some cases processes samples within a laboratory.

Simple laboratory examinations and procedures that have an insignificant risk of an erroneous result.

complete at least four years of undergraduate studies, four years of medical school, and, depending on their specialty, three to seven years in internship

requires a bachelor's degree in medical laboratory science or life sciences.

usually requires an associate degree in

American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).

enter the occupation with a postsecondary nondegree award

enter the occupation with a postsecondary nondegree award

laboratory professionals prepare specimens and analyze the

laboratory professionals examine and identify bacteria and

laboratory professionals perform analysis on the formed elements of

laboratory professionals examine elements of the human immune system and its response to foreign bodies.

laboratory professionals classify blood by type, and prepare blood and

regulates all laboratory testing (except

issued to a laboratory that performs only waived tests.

Issued to a

Issued to a laboratory once the State Department of Health conducts a survey (inspection)

issued to a laboratory on the basis of the

FDA categorizes and grades each test based on the complexity of the test method

designed to monitor and evaluate the ongoing and overall quality of the total testing process.

offers each laboratory performing non-waived

should be performed before resuming testing and reporting results when there is a complete change of reagents, if major preventative maintenance is performed

The regulations do not specify personnel testing requirements for performing waived tests

must have, at minimum, a high-school diploma and the appropriate training as specified in the regulations, or have an associate's degree or above from an accredited

must have at minimum an associate's degree in a laboratory science or medical laboratory technology, or equivalent training as specified in the regulation

This standard is designed to ensure that

are the source of detailed information on a hazardous chemical.

standard if they have employees whose

An example of an engineering control is a sharps

These controls eliminate or minimize employee exposure to bloodborne pathogens.