It's very important to have educated, qualified people to perform tasks. That's the strength, especially in our field, and we continually are working to maintain high personal quality standards. . There are efforts now to look at the team approach in healthcare and multidisciplinary work. We're involved in patient care, and in any healthcare setting there are issues of confidentiality. We do have ethical standards in the profession that we hope people adhere to.
Some states have certain licensure requirements.
It also depends on the facility where you work. I'm certified, and my belief system is that it works as an enhancement in maintaining high-quality personnel standards. People know that a medical technologist is someone who's gone through an approved program and the ASCP certification can only work in the favor of technicians. You first have to have some interest in healthcare. The person should enjoy science and problem solving.