What is an MLT?
Medical Laboratory Technician
What infections do they identify?
Bacteria, viruses, or fungi
Is there any accredited programs right in Alabama where you can get an MLT Associate of Applied Science degree
Yes!
Could you save a life as an MLT?
Yes! If you figure out what illness they have by inspecting their samples!
When did the job begin?
In the 1900s.
What do they mainly do?
Tests body fluids and tissues like blood and urine.
What Chronic illness do they identify that having too much of it can lead to blocked arteries and heart trouble?
Cholesterol
Where can you go to in Alabama to get a MLT Associate of Applied Science degree?
Calhoon Community College
Do you think a person who loves preventing, monitoring, and treating diseases should become an MLT?
Yes this would be their dream job!
Why did MLTs begin?
Due to the outbreak of various diseases, such as typhoid or tuberculosis in the late 1800s.
What type of patients do they usually treat?
All types of patients from newborns to elderly.
What Chronic illness do they identify that happens when too much sugar builds up in the bloodstream because the body lacks enough insulin or cannot use it properly?
High Blood Sugar
What degree do you need?
Associate of Applied Science degree
What rank is MLT in healthcare support jobs by World Report and U.S. News?
20
When was the Board of Registry established, which created the requirements and credentials to be a lab technician.
In 1928.
Do they treat patients directly?
No they almost never interact with their patients.
What do MLTs test that are medical test results or signs that show how well organs like your liver, kidneys, or heart are working.
Organ function indicators
12 hour shifts
What con could make someone not want to be an MLT if they are slow worker?
The job is fast paced!
What is an MLTs main purpose?
To examine samples and run tests using medical lab instruments to help with diagnosis or treatment for patients.
Whats one place they usually work at?
Hospital labs
Blood and Organ banks
Fertility centers
Biotechnology companies
Public Health Organizations
Research facilities
Reference laboratories
Medical equipment sales companies.
What do MLTs test that are medical conditions that affect how your red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, or blood plasma work.
Blood disorders
What skill do you think MLTs need the most?
1. Testing samples
2. Performing surgery
Testing samples
What con would make someone not want to be an MLT if they want to communicate with patients a lot?
Its more of a behind the scenes job.
Did being a MLT initially require prior education?
No it didn’t require much prior education and wasn’t thought of as a highly intellectual career until it gained more recognition.