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What is the difference between a Medical Technologist and a Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA)?

April 26, 2017Assistant laboratory medical MLA Technologist

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What is the difference between a Medical Technologist and a Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA)?

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MLA duties cover the pre-analytical tasks in the lab including collection of blood specimens, delivery of other specimens to the appropriate technical section of the laboratory, and clerical duties including multi-media communication and computer data entry. Technologists perform the analysis of the specimens.