clinical laboratory scientist

DEBBIE A. MCKNIGHT

Clinical Laboratory Scientist-Also know as Medical Laboratory Technologist-(MT)

Analyzes human blood, tissues and body fluids for diagnosis and treatment for diseases

Supervises the performance of thousand of laboratory test by other laboratory personnel

Are problem solversCorrelate test results and interprets the finds

Area of Specialization-CLS OR MTGeneralistImmunohematology (Blood Bank)Clinical ChemistryMicrobiologyUrinalysisToxicologyImmunologySerology

WORKING ENVIROMENTMost work in a large hospitalOther work in reference lab., public and

government health agencies, research laboratories, pharmaceutical firms

Blood Donor CenterEquipment CompaniesCollege and UniversitiesSelf-employed

Length of TrainingBachelor’s Degree from a UniversityHospital based training program

Student must have completed a Bachelor degree in a science program

Certification program 12 monthsToxicologyImmunohematogy-Blood BankingMicrobiology

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATIONVoluntary Certification, but most job required

certification to be hiredMost graduate from accredited CLS program

to be eligible to take national examStudent are eligible to take the national

exam from AMT, ASCP or NMT

Education Programs in the AreaTexas State University-BUniversity of Texas at Austin-BUniversity of Texas at San Antonio –B,C,MUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at

San Antonio-B

TRANSFER CREDITS/TRAINING

Job Outlook and SalariesJob Outlook

Professional Associationshttp://www.ascp.orghttp://www.amt.orghttp://www.nca.org

ADVANCE MT/CLT WITH MASTER DEGREES