Medical laboratory assistant
Also searched as: Auxiliar de laboratorio de análisis clínicos
Code 3212.2
What does a Medical laboratory assistant do?
Medical laboratory assistants work under supervision of the biomedical scientist and carry out basic laboratory procedures. They work in the pre-analytical handling of samples such as checking the details of specimens received for analysis, maintaining analysers, loading reagents, and packaging specimens. They also perform clerical tasks such as monitoring the stock levels of reagents used in analysis.
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Essential skills
Knowledge
- automated analysers in the medical laboratory
- blood type classification
- microbiology-bacteriology
- laboratory techniques
- techniques of blood-sampling
Skills and competences
- Considerar las preferencias y valores del paciente en la toma de decisiones
- perform sample testing
- test chemical samples
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- archive healthcare users' records
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- communicate in healthcare
- send samples to laboratory
- label blood samples
- examine cell specimens microscopically
- perform laboratory tests
- identify patients' medical records
- work safely with chemicals
- maintain laboratory equipment
- maintain medical laboratory equipment
- mix chemicals
- prepare samples for testing
- record test data
- check the received biological samples
- transport blood samples
- use chemical analysis equipment
- wear appropriate protective gear
Transversal competences
- operate scientific measuring equipment
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences