page_title: Medical laboratory scientist
section_title: Job title
hierarchical_section_title: Medical laboratory scientist / Job title
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Фельдшер-лаборант высшей категории Светлана Владимировна Черезова за работой в Лаборатории иммуноферментного анализа при Переславской станции переливания крови. Переславль, Советская улица, дом 16, на 2 этаже, в комнате разбора сывороток. На рабочем столе в штативе пробирки с кровью для анализа, лаборант проверяет маркировку пробирок. На столе в штативных ящиках одноразовые наконечники, справа три пластиковые ручки автоматических пипеток, дальше банки тёмного стекла с дезинфекционным раствором, дальше штыри для медицинских направлений и банка с 70% спиртом. В шкафу наверху полистироловые планшеты, на стеклянной двери памятка по изготовлению моющего раствора. На двери написано «Сними спецодежду!», за дверью «чистая зона» — комната для работы с документами. Лаборатория иммуноферментного анализа создана около 1989 года для обследования донорской крови на различные инфекции, сейчас лаборатория диагностирует самые разнообразные инфекции. English: In the ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) laboratory in Pereslavl.
context_page_description: A medical laboratory scientist, also traditionally referred to as a clinical laboratory scientist, or medical technologist, is a healthcare professional who performs chemical, hematological, immunologic, histopathological, cytopathological, microscopic, and bacteriological diagnostic analyses on body fluids such as blood, urine, sputum, stool, cerebrospinal fluid, peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid, and synovial fluid, as well as other specimens. Medical laboratory scientists work in clinical laboratories at hospitals, reference labs, biotechnology labs and non-clinical industrial labs. Those that work in non clinical industrial labs are often referred to as biomedical laboratory technologist in parts of the world.
context_section_description: The informal abbreviations of job titles may be a source of confusion. In the United States Medical Laboratory Scientist (ASCP) and Medical Technologists (AMT) or (AAB) are often called "med techs" (based on the era in which they were known as "medical technologists"), but this shorthand term is shared by other healthcare employees, including pharmacy techs, radiographers (also known as radiologic technologists), and respiratory therapists.
  In the United States there is a formal distinction between an MLT and a MT/MLS. Often, MT/MLS have at least a bachelor's degree, while MLT have an associate degree. However, due to grandfathering rules and certification requirements between the boards of registry, some MT/MLS may only have an associate degree.  Scientists and technologists generally earn a higher income than technicians, have more responsibilities, and have more opportunities for advancement.
  In the United Kingdom, there are defined training pathways leading to professional registration as either a Clinical Scientist, or as a Biomedical Scientist. The role descriptions for these healthcare scientists are very different, where clinical scientists generally undertake non-routine research and development, as well as improving and providing clinical service using scientific expertise. Biomedical Scientists in the United Kingdom are similar to the role of MLT and MT/CLS described above, and have similar regulatory requirements for professional regulation. Clinical Scientists in the United Kingdom may struggle with a lack of professional recognition. This is in part due to the myriad job titles used to describe them including Clinical Physiologists, Medical Physicists, and Clinical Biochemists, which generally mean the public and other healthcare workers assume Clinical Scientists to be medically qualified doctors, due to the sometimes complex nature of the role.
caption: Russian MLS prepares the analyses in ELISA laboratory
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