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Carnegie Mellon’s Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences emphasizes in its research and teaching the behaviors, institutions and beliefs that constitute the human experience. It is committed to a balance among humanistic, scientific and professional orientations, and to an emphasis on integrating research experience into undergraduate education.

Medical Laboratory Technicians perform biological tests in search of diagnostic clues as evidence of health or disease. In the search for data on a patient’s health, people working in this field may examine specimens through a microscope or perform, for example, the tests necessary to match a donated unit of blood to a patient in need of that unit. They may identify the microorganisms associated with health and disease. They are also competent operators of the computers and complex instrumentation which are used in most areas of today’s laboratories.
The Medical Technician plays a vital role in patient care by performing the full range of laboratory testing in six major areas of the laboratory: Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Body Fluids, Blood Banking, and Chemistry. Technicians may choose to advance, by education or experience, to the levels of Medical Technologist or specialist.

These videos were originally recorded in the mid-1970s. We present them here as an historical archive; the information presented may not represent current dental practice.

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