High requirement of B.Sc in medical lab technology

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With the opening up of healthcare sector to private players in India, the healthcare sector has witnessed an immediate boom in the mushrooming of hospitals, healthcare companies, clinics, nursing homes and research laboratories. In this scenario we see that Medical Laboratory Technicians are in great demand. A Medical Lab Technician is also called as Clinical Lab Technician. They specialize in various allied fields like Immunology, Virology, Chemistry and Microbiology. The job profile requires that the Medical Lab Technician work under a Doctor or a Medical Technologist.

The Medical Lab Technicians helps the Medical Technologist in identifying Bacteria, Parasites, Malignancies or other Genetic abnormalities in the specimen which has been given to him.

Eligibility Criteria to become a B.Sc in Medical Lab Technology

To become a B.Sc in Medical Lab Technology, one must have done 10+2 in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The school or the board must be recognized by the government.

Work profile

The main job profile of a Medical Lab Technician is to perform diagnostic tests on samples of tissue, stool, urine, blood and other body fluids. The outcomes of these diagnostic tests will help a Physician in diagnosing the illness or disease of the patient. They can find work in hospitals, clinics, pharmaceutical companies, Government funded research clinics.

Scope of daily work

  • Monitor ongoing tests on patients
  • Match blood types for transfusion
  • Find out drug levels in the patient’s blood
  • Prepare samples of body fluids for analysis
  • Operate laboratory equipments to discover disease causing microorganisms.

Scope after doing B.Sc in Medical lab Technology

According to estimates, the healthcare industry is going for a major overhaul. Many private and government hospitals are coming up. Along with these factors, laboratories and other research institutions all require Medical Lab Technicians.

Also, such jobs make a huge impact on patient care. While these jobs don’t require a technician to interact directly with the patient, but his/her findings can alter the course of the treatment which is being given to the patients. These jobs don’t require patient interaction skills which other medical jobs require. Primarily such jobs require a person to be better versed in computers and other Medical equipments along with an excellent attention to detail.

Many Medical labs are located inside a huge hospital or a clinic. Apart from this, there are private laboratories who charge some fees for analyzing body fluids and specimens. Other labs could be University or Government owned ones. So, in short it means that one could be working as an employee in a university, corporation, healthcare facility or a government hospital or institute.

 
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9 Responses to “High requirement of B.Sc in medical lab technology”

  1. 9
    naresh:

    i have completed B.sc M LT IN 2005 iam waiting for post please send my mail id any vacancy.

  2. 8
    sanjay:

    wat is the date of entrance test for mltr

  3. 7
    chavi:

    which are the best university for m.sc in mlt

  4. 6
    deepti:

    please sugust me any good field after b.s.c m.l.t and if i will choose m.s.c microbiology so it has a good career or not

  5. 5
    srijana dhakal:

    sir, i am doing dmlt just for one year which was provided to me by punjab technical university…will i b capable of doing bsc hons in medical lab technology futher in any other university? i was a commerce student in std 12th….

  6. 4
    Usman ibrahim:

    I want study medical lab,what is admision process and were is the school located?

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    Usman ibrahim:

    I want study medical lab,what is admision process?

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