how to be a lab tech
Throughout the course of your medical laboratory technician (MLT) career, youâll monitor treatments, help diagnose diseases, test samples, study blood cells and enter test results into patientsâ records. Youâll use computers, microscopes and other lab equipment on a daily basis to accomplish these tasks.
In CA, you can be a lab technician with just a high school degree and no training or classes in hematology, blood bank, micro, or chemistry. Personally, I wouldn't want such a technician to crossmatch a unit of blood for me much less release results out to the floors.