December 1st, 2007
Becoming A Medical Lab Assistant
A medical lab assistant has the task of obtaining specimens from patients, phlebotomy, initial processing preparation and reception services of specimens. They may also perform electrocardiographs ECG’s .They work directly under a trained medical laboratory technologist .A trained medical lab assistant can work in any of these places medical offices, chiropractic or physiotherapy offices, insurance agencies, hospitals, private labs, research labs, and pharmaceutical companies. He differs from a phlebotomy assistant who is primarily charged with obtaining blood samples.