Medical technology encompasses the work of medical technologists who analyze complex tests on blood and bodily fluids to aid in diagnosing various health conditions. Professionals in this field typically require specialized education, with medical laboratory technicians holding associate degrees and medical technologists holding bachelor's degrees. Laboratory testing is crucial for patient care, with tests performed in various departments including blood bank, hematology, microbiology, chemistry, and histology.

1. What is Medical
Technology?

2. What is Medical
Technology?Medical Technologists, also known as clinical laboratory technologists, perform
and analyze the results of complex scientific tests on blood and bodily fluids.
These highly trained professionals work in hospitals and independent
laboratories using sophisticated procedures and equipment.
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3. What Schooling Do
I need?
*A Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) is a two year
Associate of Science Degree
*A Medical Technologist (MT) is a four year Bachelor of
Science Degree

4. Main Objective:
The main objective of a medial laboratory professional
is to perform laboratory testing that aids in detecting
cancer, heart attacks, diabetes, infectious diseases,
STD’s, identification of bacteria/viruses, and performing
drug screens and blood alcohol levels.

5. *A medical laboratory scientist not only preforms laboratory
testing but they also evaluate/interpret the results, integrate
data, problem solve, consult, conduct research, and develop
new testing methods.
*85% of procedures that are preformed on a patient are
based on laboratory results.

6. There Are Five Main
Departments:
They are:
*Blood Bank
*Hematology
*Microbiology
*Chemistry
*Histology

7. Blood Bank:
A Blood bank is the department in a hospital
that prepares blood products to be transfused
to a patient who is in need of a blood
transfusion.

8. Blood Bank:
*94% of the population will need a transfusion
of some sort within their life time.
*Transfusions come from healthy donors who
volunteer to donate their own blood to help
others.

9. Blood Bank:
There are 8 Different Blood Types:
(EVERY blood type has a negative or a positive)
*O negative/positive
*A negative/positive
*B negative/positive
*AB negative/positive
*O positive is the most COMMON blood type
*O negative is a universal donor used in traumas
*AB negative is the rarest blood type with only 1% of the population having this blood type.

10. Hematology :
The study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood.

11. Hematology :
Common test in hematology:
*CBC (Complete Blood Count)
*A count of the total number of red blood cells,
white bloods cells, and platelets present in the
blood.

12. Hematology :
*Urinalysis is a test that evaluates a sample of your urine.
*Urinalysis is used to detect and assess a wide range of disorders,
such as urinary tract infection, kidney disease, and diabetes.
*Urinalysis involves examining the appearance, concentration, and
content of urine.

13. Microbiology:
Microbiology is the study of micro organisms
such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites

14. Microbiology:
The main purpose of this department is
to assist in the diagnosis of infectious
diseases.

15. Microbiology:
The most common test in microbiology is the culture.
The most common samples for culture are:
*stool
*urine
*sputum
*flesh wounds
*throat
*eye
*blood cultures

16. Microbiology:
Gram stain is another common test in microbiology. Gram stain is a
staining technique for the preliminary identification of bacteria

17. Chemistry:
Chemistry is the area of clinical pathology that is generally concerned
with the analysis of blood and body fluids for diagnostic and
therapeutic purposes.

18. Chemistry:
The most common test in chemistry are
*sodium
*potassium
*chloride
*glucose
*calcium
*creatinine
*liver enzymes
*heart enzymes
*drug testing

19. Chemistry:
Each chemistry test can help a doctor determine which vital organ in the body
could be having a problem. An abnormal result in a chemistry test would
indicate to a physician what is going on with the patient.
Laboratory professionals and doctors
have to work together in order
to diagnosis and treat a patient
accurately.

20. Histology:
*Histology is the study of biological tissues.
• Histology is when they test biopsies, tissues from surgery, pap smears, skin
lesions.
• Histology is the main department that is trying to determine if a patient has
some type of cancer or if it normal tissue.
Histology of a
human liver.

21. Tools of the Trade:

22. PUT IT IN
ACTION
A Day in the Life of a Medical Technologist
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23. QUESTIONS?