Medical Technician

Specialisations: Medical Research Officer, Medical Science Technician, Haematology Medical Technician, Immunology Medical Technician, Clinical Pathology Medical Technician, Histopathology Technician, Non Clinical Medical Technician, Microbiology Medical Technician, Medical Bloodbank Technician, Blood Transfusion Medical Technician, Haematology Technician, Phlebotomist, Cytotechnology Medical Technician, Pathology Technician, Medical Laboratory Technical Officer, Medical Laboratory Assistant, Clinical Microbiology Technician, Chemical Pathology Medical Technician, Bacterium Tuberculosis Medical Technician, Venepuncturist, Cytology Technician, Phlebotomy Medical Technician, Histopathological Medical Technician, Virology Medical Technician

• Examining cells stained with dye to locate abnormalities
• Establishing and monitoring programs to ensure the accuracy of laboratory results and developing, standardizing, evaluating, and modifying procedures, techniques and tests used in the analysis of specimens
• Conducting chemical analysis of body fluids, including blood, urine, and spinal fluid, to determine presence of normal and abnormal components
• Setting up, cleaning, and maintaining laboratory equipment
• Operating, calibrating and maintaining equipment used in quantitative and qualitative analysis, such as spectrophotometers, calorimeters, flame photometers, and computer-controlled analyzers
• Analyzing laboratory findings to check the accuracy of the results
• Inoculating fertilized eggs, broths, or other bacteriological media with organisms
• Analyzing samples of biological material for chemical content or reaction
• Entering data from analysis of laboratory tests and clinical results into records-keeping systems and reporting results to medical practitioners and other health professionals
• Obtaining specimens, cultivating, isolating and identifying microorganisms for analysis