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Today I will be taking you through the career options you can have in Medical Lab Technology
Medical field is an endlessly growing field
where in novel things keep on adding, every
day. People are required in this field to
perform various tasks. One of them is related
to Lab technology. The professionals performing
the tasks related to this field of work are
called as Clinical Lab technicians or merely
Lab technicians. They conduct tests which
are used in diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
There are further specialised skills in this
field of expertise.
Medical Lab technology is an allied health
profession. There are two levels of professionals:
technicians and technologists. Medical technologist
work in five major areas of laboratory: Blood
banking, Clinical chemistryHaematology
, Immunology 
Microbiology
They also
work in areas of Cytotechnology
, Phlebotomy, Urinalysis, Parasitology
 and Serology
Medical lab technologists perform more complex
and complicated tests. They have more training
and job responsibilities. In some laboratories,
lab technologists even conduct research under
guidance of medical researchers. In short,
the job of a lab technologist is studious
and inclined towards learning and understanding.
In case of Medical lab technician, they are
required to do routine laboratory testing
according to the instructions stipulated for
them. They work under supervision. Technicians
are required to do simple laboratory testing.
However, they are expected to do them with
precision and carefulness. Apart from conducting
tests, lab technicians also clean the laboratory
and the equipments. They are also engaged
into preparing standard solutions, reagents
and other material for tests.
In India, courses like Bachelor of Medical
Laboratory Technology (BMLT) are offered for
candidates aspiring to be Lab Technologists.
For lab technicians, Diploma Medical Laboratory
Technology and other Certification courses
are available. There are specialised Certification
courses like Diploma in EEG Lab technician,
Course in Histopathology Lab technology, etc.
There are various Medical and Nursing Colleges
and Institutions running above courses. However,
the authorities who have ultimate control
over all such matter are Indian Council of
Medical Research, All India Institute of Medical
Technologists and All India Medical laboratory
Technologists Association.
India is considered as hub for medical tourism.
Due to the mushrooming of hospitals and clinics
in cities and rural areas, medical laboratories
are also abundantly constructed either in
such infrastructure or built in the vicinity
of such infrastructure. Therefore, candidates
aspiring to be Medical Lab Technicians or
Medical Lab Technologists have opportunities
to work in such laboratories. A professional
qualified and a well experienced person can
also set up his own laboratory.
A pay scale in India for any Lab technician
is not less than 2 lakhs per annum. However,
with more professional experience, skills
and qualifications, it shall surely go higher.
The Medical Laboratory Technologists have
an attractive way towards research in near
future if they are interested into it. Working
in a state of art laboratory certainly adds
to the merits of the candidature
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