The medical laboratory technician is responsible for carrying out medical biology examinations that allow the physician to confirm a diagnosis or detect a disease. Based on medical prescriptions, he conducts the examinations: he looks for any abnormalities in the blood or body fluids taken by the doctor, takes blood samples.
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What are the main activities?
The medical laboratory technician is responsible for carrying out medical biology examinations enabling the doctor to confirm a diagnosis or detect a disease. Based on medical prescriptions, he/she carries out the examinations: he/she looks for possible anomalies in the blood or in body fluids taken by the doctor, and takes blood samples.
This professional prepares the instruments and products to be used. Once the examination has been performed, he or she sends the results to the biologist in charge, who is responsible for validating and interpreting them. They are also responsible for maintaining and checking the equipment.
In a hospital environment, this professional must sometimes ensure therapeutic follow-up in relation to patients and the care team and may intervene on very specialized examinations.
When working in a private laboratory in the city, the medical laboratory technician carries out various tasks: taking samples, recording and forwarding results. He/she carries out a multi-purpose exercise that can cover several fields of medical biology: hematology, biochemistry, microbiology, immunology…
The job can be carried out in hospitals, clinics or in the city.