"Larry Farrell" <farrlarr from isu.edu> wrote in message
news:6f1e2$484c99da$17542 from news.teranews.com...
> JEDilworth wrote:
>> What Larry said is true. However, I must take issue with the word
>> "technician." A technologist has more training than a technician: MT's
>> (medical technologists) have a four year degree and/or a year of
>> laboratory internship that covers all areas of the clinical laboratory.
>> We then take a national registry examination. ASCP is the registry that
>> the majority of techs in the U.S. have, although there are others.
>>>>http://tinyurl.com/5k4uky - This is the ASCP site that shows the
>> different levels of laboratory workers
>>>> Most microbiology departments in the U.S. employ MT's as the work is
>> considered complex. The level of complexity of lab work requires
>> different levels of training.
>>>> Physicians do NOT work in the lab, except on the TV series "House." Do
>> not confuse TV with real life :-(.
>>>> Judy Dilworth, M.T. (ASCP)
>> Microbiology
>>>> "Larry Farrell" <farrlarr from isu.edu> wrote in message
>> news:8cd6f$484c637b$29693 from news.teranews.com...>>>>>> A really basic issue, suggested by some of the other responses but not
>>> explicitly addressed, is that doctors do not do *any* of the
>>> identification, whether machinery is used or not. The samples taken,
>>> usually not by the doctor, are sent to the lab where technicians trained
>>> in identification techniques specific to identification of the types of
>>> organisms suspected (bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc.) do the actual work
>>> of identification. Doctors are trained to use that information for
>>> diagnosis, but they do not do identification.
>>>> Sorry, Judy, I should have paid more attention to what I was saying. Since
> I have just retired from 36 years of association with departments that
> have included Medical Technology programs (now a Clinical Laboratory
> Science program), I certainly know better! Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea
> maxima culpa.
>> --
> Larry D. Farrell, Ph.D.
> Professor Emeritus of Microbiology
> Idaho State University
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Congratulations on your retirement Dr Farrell. I hope it s a long and
healthy one. I cant wait for mine :)
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