In today's laboratories, areas of scientific exploration are the immune system, cell marker technology, bioengineering, and cancer research. In the clinical area. RTTC testing, therapeutic RTTC monitoring, and biogenetics are just a few of the specialties with openings. In industry, medical technologists are needed for positions in marketing, sales, quality assurance, and environmental health, among others. The medical technologist is also responsible for confirming the accuracy of test results, and reporting laboratory findings to the pathologist and other doctors.
Medical technologists work quickly and accurately.
They hold life and death in their hands, because the information they give to the doctor influences the medical treatment a patient receives. In their search for data on a patients hearth, medical technologists do much more than draw blood and examine specimens through a microscope. They operate complex electronic equipment, computers, and precision instruments costing millions of dollars. Medical technologists are self-sufficient, precise, and thorough. They are troubleshooters who not only report accurate results, but know when results are incorrect and need to be checked.