What in the World Does a Clinical Laboratory Technician Do?
As with any other medical lab worker, a Clinical Laboratory Technician uses samples of a patient’s body fluids (saliva, blood, etc.) or tissues (biopsies) to run tests on a Doctor’s orders that will tell the Doctor more about what is wrong with his/her patient. Clinical Lab Techs work in medical labs that tend to be controlled environments to ensure valid results. There is not much chance to get out and smell the roses. As a Lab Technician, you would perform simple tests that are not likely to produce errors. You would also be charged with assisting lab technologists with more complex tests. For example, you might prepare blood or tissue samples to be put in some machine for a test, but the Technologist is more likely to analyze the data. If you worked in a hospital lab, you might do a variety of tasks in addition to preparing samples for analysis and running the tests that you are responsible for. If you worked in a lab that specialized in certain tests, then your work would be more r
