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Medical laboratory technicians analyze blood, body fluids and microbiology cultures; work up blood units for transfusions; operate automated equipment, instruments and analyzers; and conduct manual testing in accordance with federal laws, 指南和国家标准. It is an ever-changing and challenging career that you can take anywhere in the United States. 毕业后, you can be credentialed as a medical laboratory technician by the American Society of Clinical Pathology Board of Certification.
的 卫生科学学院 offers the following Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.)学位. 马里兰指的是A.A.S. as a career degree, because it's intended to provide you with skills to enter the workforce.
In the 医学化验技术员 program, 你将了解免疫系统, blood cells and blood banking procedures. 在临床化学实验室, you learn how to diagnose bacteria in patient samples and analyze samples for drugs of abuse, 胆固醇和葡萄糖. 在你的第二个春季学期, you will rotate through four different hospital or clinical laboratory departments.
毕业后 of the 医学化验技术员 program, you will be prepared to take a national credentialing examination.
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的 following certificate program prepares students for employment and feeds into the Associate of Applied Science degree, 如果需要.
的 医务化验助理 (MLA) 29-credit certificate program provides the education needed to prepare you as a trained MLA in a variety of clinical laboratory settings including hospitals, clinics and physician office laboratories. You will learn the practical skills needed to excel as an MLA in in-patient and out-patient phlebotomy and processing, 献血者采血和处理, 样品加入, Point-of-Care and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA ’88) waived testing, and computer and customer service skills. 的 MLA program includes a 100-hour practicum and serves as a career ladder from AACC’s Phlebotomy Letter of Recognition into the MLA certificate and then to the Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) medical laboratory technician (MLT)学位.
Graduates will qualify for entry-level specimen processor positions in the clinical laboratory sector. 完成本课程后, you are eligible to apply for national certification as a medical laboratory assistant through the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).
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的 Phlebotomy Technician Letter of Recognition is 12 credits and teaches the principles and practice of venipuncture, skin puncturing and processing of samples for laboratory testing. Topics include venipuncture theory and techniques, concepts of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, terminology and an introduction to standard hospital laboratory tests.
MLT graduates have opportunities to enter flexible health care careers in clinical laboratory science. You can go directly into the clinical laboratory workforce or pursue additional education to earn your bachelor’s degree as a Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS). 许多MLS毕业生继续攻读牙科专业, medical and pharmacy schools as well as physician assistant and pathology assistant programs. 的 background in laboratory science will enable you to take your knowledge to the next level of direct patient care and will aide you in interpreting patients’ laboratory results with ease.
Learn more about medical laboratory technology's career opportunities, median salaries and job outlook by checking out AACC的职业教练:
如果你决定要拿A.A.S. degree as a medical laboratory technician, you can transfer to complete your four-year degree. 我们有 合伙和转让协议 in place with many colleges and universities so you can easily transfer when you're ready. Transfer agreements (or articulation agreements, as they’re officially called) are formal arrangements between institutions that allow certain credits to transfer seamlessly from one school to the other. You can work with a transfer advisor to set up a specific plan to transfer to the four-year school of your choice.
支付大学学费应该很简单! Scholarships are available for the medical laboratory technicians of tomorrow.
