What is a clinical laboratory technician?

Clinical laboratory technicians perform all of the routine tests in an up-to-date clinical laboratory: blood banking, chemistry, hematology, immunology, urinalysis and microbiology. Working with the supervision of a clinical laboratory scientist, a clinical laboratory technician looks for clues to the absence, presence, extent, and causes of diseases. The challenges and rewards of medicine and science allows the clinical laboratory technician to be involved in the best of both worlds. Clinical laboratory technicians must be accurate, dedicated and skilled. They must also be self-motivated, and take the initiative to do what must be done every day to be part of the healthcare team.