Who runs the tests in the clinical laboratory?
The clinical laboratory scientists (medical technologists) are responsible for most of the blood and fluid analysis. They operate and maintain complex state-of-the-art equipment. These laboratory scientists are all licensed by the State of California and have four years of college and one year of internship working in a laboratory. In addition to the clinical laboratory scientists, the laboratory at SCMC has excellent laboratory assistants that assist in the testing of specimens and phlebotomists that draw the blood samples from patients. We are proud to have these professionals working in the laboratory at SCMC.
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