[QUOTE who="brianna in Watertown, Massachusetts"]Actually they can do all of these .. they just get paid less.[/QUOTE]
I am currently doing clinical's at a hospital in Pennsylvania. They have MLT's that are supervisor's and give out results. There is an increase in MT's that are retiring in Ohio and Pa.and a decrease in MT's enrolled in training programs. Hospital's that required MT's to do certain jobs such as working in blood bank are now being replaced with MLT's. I went to Youngstown State University for the medical lab technician program. They also have the medical lab science program that involves the EXACT curriculum as the medical lab tech except the MT's have two more semester's of clinical's than I do. The MLT program includes blood banking procedures as a class whereas the Medical Lab Science program teaches blood banking during their clinical rotations. The only difference in the two programs is a few more upper division Chemistry and Biology classes. I actually talked an MT student into taking the blood banking class so she would be ahead of the game in her rotations. I'm sure they learn a few extra pertinent information to the field that we as MLT's do not; but all and all there really is no difference in the field when it comes to working..... especially on the floor. We do the same procedures as they do. iN MY OPINION, it's all bureaucratic bull......Colleges make out financially by increasing the requirements to four year and medical lab scientists make a few dollars more.
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