This careers Summery is created for people who are interested or want to be a medical laboratory technologist in the future. That will be an opportunity to find out what means to work in this kind of job. If you are interested, you will learn everything you ever wanted to know about becoming a medical laboratory technologist. You will get a lot of information for example diploma you had to get to work in a medical laboratory, where they can work, how much they get paid, some of the dangers involved in the job, and how you can make difference in the lives of the people you serve.
It's very interesting work, but it is very busy and stressful, especially, in the last 5 years because hospitals don't have enough workers. Fewer students enrolled in the program Biomedical Laboratory Technology.
Medical laboratory technologists do several kinds of laboratory tests and procedures to help other medical health care to diagnose, monitor, treat and prevent disease and maintain people's health.
Depending on the workstation and the shift the technologist can do several tasks in the laboratory for example: Take blood, urine, liquids, and tissue samples from patients, Preparing the necessary solutions to add to the samples for testing, Analyzing patient samples in search of abnormalities, The search for microorganisms in the different parts and liquids of the organs, Testing both blood and urine for the presence of drugs, In a Blood Bank or for taking samples department, the technologist has the right to give certain drugs (for diagnostic purposes), Analyzing a patient’s blood to ensure another blood is a match for a successful transfusion in the Blood Bank Department, Prepping, sterilizing, and maintaining high-tech equipment such as microscopes, gamma counters, and more. At the end of their shift, a medical lab tech might enter data such as lab results into patient records or send final reports to doctors.
Many companies can offer jobs to the lab technologist like: Hospitals laboratory, Ambulatory health care services, Private laboratories, Pharmaceutical industry laboratory, Food industry laboratory.
If you want to work in Quebec, you must have a college diploma (DEC) in Biomedical Analysis Technology from a school recognized by the competent ministry and you must be a member of the Professional Order of Medical Technologists of Quebec (OPTMQ) but in certain cases, you don't have to be a member of OPTMQ. If you want to work in other provinces, first you might need to get a professional license from a regulatory authority. And you must do a two- or three-year college program in Medical Laboratory Technology plus a period of supervised practical training. Registration with a regulatory body is required in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Certification by the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science is usually required by employers.
The average Medical Technologist salary in Canada is $55.312 per year or $28.37 per hour. Entry-level positions start with a salary of around $52.982 per year, while more experienced workers earn up to $55.312 per year. In Quebec, a new employee starts at $23.12 per hour (in 2019). Source:http://n02.pub.msss.rtss.qc.ca/AfficherDetails.aspx?TitreEmploi=2223
After the theory courses, the Medical technologist (MT) has to do an internship in different departments of lab hospitals to get his or her diploma. When the MT starts a new job he will be On job training for few days, He has to take 20 hours per 2 years of training to stay update, He passes externals control tests to verify his ability to do the job, twice a year.
The risk to get infected by patient diseases such as viruses, prions, or bacteria. Risk of being poisoned by Compressed gases or or by chemical products. Working in the same position for 7 hours per day and 5 days a week can injure the back or arms. Repetitive movement example the case when we collect a blood test all years. Source:https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/occup_workplace/labtech.html
Yes, in the nearly future that will be the robots in the lab to replace people In Quebec when OPTILAB (a project to reorganize medical Biology laboratories which began in September 2011) arrived the idea to get robots instant of humans was one of the government targets.
Like all most workers in this country, the medical technologist can start receiving his retirement pension at age 60 if he wants that, but the amount will be less than if he waits for the normal retirement age, which is 65.
In my case, I will be in the 3rd session next autumn in the program Laboratory Technology. I have good experience in lab work. This kind of work is very interesting for me because I can make difference in the lives of the people I will serve.
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