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This free Medical Technologist study guide teaches the clinical-laboratory knowledge the American Medical Technologists (AMT) Medical Technologist (MT) exam tests, organized to the current AMT MT content outline.[2] The MT is a generalist credential: you must know how to perform, troubleshoot, and interpret testing across every major section of the lab.

It’s interactive, not a wall of text: every module has built-in checkpoint quizzes, flashcards, and practice questions, so you learn laboratory science by doing — not just reading. If you are pursuing the ASCP generalist credential instead, the science is nearly identical — see our companion ASCP MLS study guide.

What the AMT MT Exam Is

The AMT Medical Technologist exam is a computer-based, multiple-choice test of about 200 questions taken in roughly 3 to 3.5 hours.[1] It is scored on a scaled (criterion-referenced) scale of 0–100, with 70 required to pass—so your score is not a simple percentage of items correct. It tests the knowledge and judgment of a generalist laboratory scientist: not just facts, but recognizing errors, choosing the right method, and interpreting results in a clinical context.

The single most useful thing to know before you study: the MT exam mirrors the total testing process. Most items ask what a competent technologist would do at a given point — collecting the right specimen in the right tube, running and controlling the analysis, and interpreting and reporting the result — with quality, safety, and patient identification overriding everything.

AMT MT Exam Snapshot

AMT Medical Technologist (MT) at a glance
DetailAMT MT
CredentialMedical Technologist (MT) — generalist clinical laboratory scientist
Offered byAmerican Medical Technologists (AMT)
Questions≈ 200 multiple-choice (computer-based)
Time≈ 3 to 3.5 hours
ScoringScaled, criterion-referenced 0–100; 70 to pass
ResultPass / Fail, with a per-category diagnostic breakdown
Categories9 content areas across the whole clinical lab
EligibilitySet by AMT — education plus clinical-laboratory training or experience (confirm routes with AMT)

The AMT MT content outline scores nine categories.[2] Study by weight—Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Hematology are the heaviest, and the top categories together make up the majority of the exam:

AMT MT approximate weighting by content category
Clinical Chemistry19% · ≈ 38 items
Microbiology16% · ≈ 32 items
Hematology13% · ≈ 26 items
General Laboratory12% · ≈ 24 items
Immunohematology10% · ≈ 20 items
Immunology & Serology9% · ≈ 18 items
Urinalysis & Body Fluids8% · ≈ 16 items
Coagulation & Hemostasis7% · ≈ 14 items
Blood Banking & Transfusion6% · ≈ 12 items

Module 1 · General Laboratory

One content category — about 12% of the exam. General Laboratory is the quality-and-safety floor under every test you run: quality control and statistics, specimen collection, laboratory safety and regulations, and the molecular methods now common across the lab.

1.1 Quality Control & the Westgard Rules

Quality control is the most testable part of General Laboratory. A plots daily control values against the established mean and standard-deviation limits.[3]

The are statistical multirules applied to that data to catch error while limiting false rejection. The key distinction is between (scattered points, reduced precision) and (a trend or shift, reduced accuracy).

Two other QC tools recur. A compares a patient’s current result with their own previous result for the same test to flag possible mix-ups or errors. A (panic value) is a life-threatening result that must be reported immediately to a caregiver with a documented read-back.

1.2 Lab Math, Statistics & Beer’s Law

The MT exam expects fluent laboratory math. Know the difference between (closeness to the true value) and (reproducibility), and the (SD ÷ mean × 100) used to compare the precision of two methods — a lower CV is more precise. underlies spectrophotometry: absorbance is directly proportional to analyte concentration and the light-path length, so a sample’s concentration is found by comparing its absorbance to a standard.

Dilutions are a recurring calculation: a 1:5 dilution means one part sample to four parts diluent (one part in five total), and the reported result is the read value multiplied by the dilution factor. Master simple dilution factors, unit conversions to SI units, and the standard-versus-unknown absorbance ratio.

1.3 Phlebotomy, Safety & Molecular Methods

Preanalytical errors cause many wrong results, so the is high-yield: the CLSI sequence keeps tube additives from carrying over. The most-tested fact is that the citrate (light blue) tube comes before the EDTA (lavender) tube, because EDTA carryover chelates calcium and falsely prolongs coagulation results.

Know the difference between and : plasma is from anticoagulated blood and still contains fibrinogen and clotting factors, while serum is from clotted blood and lacks them. On safety, the lab works under standard (universal) precautions, treating all specimens as potentially infectious, and most clinical work is biosafety level 2; chemical hazards are governed by the Safety Data Sheet, and an electrical fire needs a Class C extinguisher. U.S. lab testing quality is regulated under CLIA.

Molecular methods now appear across the exam. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplifies DNA through repeated cycles of denaturation, annealing, and extension using heat-stable Taq polymerase; RT-PCR is used when the starting template is RNA, and real-time (quantitative) PCR follows amplification continuously with fluorescence. Gel electrophoresis separates nucleic-acid fragments by size in an electric field.

Checkpoint · General Laboratory

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following is the correct order of draw for a multitube venipuncture to prevent additive carryover?

Module 2 · Clinical Chemistry

One content category — about 19% of the exam, the single largest. Clinical Chemistry measures the analytes that report on organ function: electrolytes and acid-base balance, kidney and liver markers, cardiac and pancreatic enzymes, glucose, lipids, and hormones.

2.1 Electrolytes, Acid-Base & Renal

Electrolytes are measured by ion-selective electrodes, which respond to the activity of the ion. The (sodium minus chloride plus bicarbonate) classifies a metabolic acidosis: a high gap signals added acids (lactate, ketones, toxins), while a low gap usually reflects hypoalbuminemia. Acid-base interpretation is one of the most testable chemistry skills.

For the kidney, creatinine and BUN assess function; a BUN/creatinine ratio above 20:1 suggests prerenal azotemia, and creatinine clearance estimates the glomerular filtration rate. The urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio screens for early diabetic glomerular damage, with the creatinine correction compensating for urine dilution.

2.2 Enzymes, Cardiac & Liver Markers

Enzyme and protein markers localize organ injury. is the cardiac-specific marker for acute myocardial injury — a rising-and-falling pattern over serial draws is diagnostic. Lipase is the most specific enzyme for acute pancreatitis.

For the liver, an elevated direct (conjugated) bilirubin with high alkaline phosphatase and dark urine points to obstructive (post-hepatic) jaundice, while an isolated high alkaline phosphatase with a normal GGT in a growing adolescent is usually of bone origin.

High-yield chemistry markers and what they localize
MarkerPoints to
Troponin I/T (rising and falling)Acute myocardial injury — cardiac-specific
LipaseAcute pancreatitis — more specific than amylase
Direct bilirubin + ALP + dark urineObstructive (post-hepatic) jaundice
ALP high, GGT normal (adolescent)Bone source (growth), not liver
Monoclonal spike in gamma regionMonoclonal gammopathy on serum protein electrophoresis
C-reactive proteinAcute-phase reactant — rises rapidly with inflammation

2.3 Glucose, Lipids & Endocrine

Glucose is measured by the hexokinase reference method, in which glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase generates the measured NADPH. reflects average glucose over two to three months.

For lipids, the estimates LDL as total cholesterol minus HDL minus triglycerides divided by five, and becomes unreliable when triglycerides are very high. Endocrine testing is pattern-based: a high TSH with a low free T4 indicates primary hypothyroidism.

Checkpoint · Clinical Chemistry

Question 1 of 8

A serum sample appears grossly lipemic. Which analyte is most likely to be falsely affected by this interference in spectrophotometric assays?

Module 3 · Hematology & Coagulation

Two content categories — Hematology (about 13%) and Coagulation & Hemostasis (about 7%). Hematology covers the complete blood count, red-cell indices, anemias, and the morphology that points to leukemias and other disorders; coagulation covers the bleeding-and-clotting tests and what they reveal.

3.1 The CBC, Indices & Anemias

Automated counters use the impedance (Coulter) principle— a cell passing through an aperture changes electrical resistance. The (MCV) is the first sort for anemia, and the (RDW) measures size variation. Among the indices, is the key discriminator: low in iron deficiency, normal or high in anemia of chronic disease and thalassemia trait.

The count, made visible by new methylene blue staining, shows whether the marrow is responding appropriately. A high count fits hemolysis or blood loss; a low count in an anemic patient fits inadequate production.

3.2 Morphology, Leukemias & Inclusions

Red-cell morphology and inclusions are pattern-recognition gold. Know the high-yield links: Howell-Jolly bodies with asplenia; Heinz bodies with G6PD deficiency after oxidative stress; basophilic stippling with lead poisoning; target cells with liver disease and hemoglobinopathies; schistocytes with microangiopathic hemolysis; and tear-drop cells with myelofibrosis. On the white-cell side, mark a myeloid lineage (acute myeloid leukemia), smudge cells accompany chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and toxic granulation with Döhle bodies and a left shift signals severe bacterial infection.

Red-cell inclusions and morphology — high-yield links
FindingAssociated with
Howell-Jolly bodiesAsplenia / splenic hypofunction
Heinz bodiesG6PD deficiency after oxidative stress
Basophilic stipplingLead poisoning
Target cellsLiver disease and hemoglobinopathies
SchistocytesMicroangiopathic hemolytic anemia
Tear-drop cells (dacrocytes)Myelofibrosis / marrow infiltration
Auer rodsMyeloid blasts (acute myeloid leukemia)

3.3 Coagulation & Hemostasis

Coagulation is rule-driven. The (PT) tests the extrinsic and common pathways (sensitive to factor VII) and is reported as the (INR) to monitor warfarin; the (aPTT) tests the intrinsic and common pathways and monitors unfractionated heparin.[6]

A distinguishes a factor deficiency (corrects) from an inhibitor such as a lupus anticoagulant (does not correct). is sensitive but not specific for clot breakdown, and is elevated along with a prolonged PT and PTT, low fibrinogen, and thrombocytopenia in disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Checkpoint · Hematology & Coagulation

Question 1 of 8

Which automated red cell index is used to classify anemias by cell size?

Module 4 · Immunology & Serology

One content category — about 9% of the exam. Immunology covers the antibodies and complement system, the immunoassay methods used to detect them, and the infectious and autoimmune serology that applies them clinically.

4.1 Antibodies, Complement & Methods

Know the five classes cold: IgM is produced first in a primary response and is a strong agglutinator; IgG is the most abundant, dominates the secondary (anamnestic) response, and crosses the placenta; IgA predominates in secretions; IgE mediates type I immediate hypersensitivity; and IgD sits on naive B cells. The is triggered when IgG or IgM bound to antigen is recognized by C1q.

On methods, the uses an enzyme-labeled antibody and a substrate to produce a measurable color, and is the workhorse screening assay. Watch for the : a false-negative agglutination from antibody excess, resolved by diluting the serum.

4.2 Infectious & Autoimmune Serology

Serology applies these principles to diagnosis. A fourfold rise in titer between acute and convalescent sera indicates recent or current infection. For hepatitis B, combine markers: HBsAg = current infection, anti-HBs = immunity, anti-HBc = past or present natural infection — so anti-HBs positive with anti-HBc negative is vaccine-induced immunity.

For HIV, a repeatedly reactive screen is confirmed by an antibody-differentiation (or historically Western blot) assay. On the autoimmune side, the ANA test screens for systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid factor is an IgM autoantibody against the Fc portion of IgG.

Serology patterns — what they mean
PatternInterpretation
Anti-HBs +, anti-HBc −Immunity from hepatitis B vaccination
HBsAg +, IgM anti-HBc +Acute hepatitis B infection
Positive RPR confirmed by FTA-ABSActive or past syphilis
Positive heterophile (Monospot)Infectious mononucleosis (EBV)
Positive ANAScreen for systemic lupus erythematosus
CD4 T-cell countHIV disease progression and immune status

Checkpoint · Immunology & Serology

Question 1 of 8

Which class of immunoglobulin is the first produced in a primary immune response?

Module 5 · Immunohematology & Blood Banking

Two content categories — Immunohematology (about 10%) and Blood Banking & Transfusion Services (about 6%). This is the highest-stakes area: ABO/Rh typing, antibody detection and compatibility testing, and recognizing and acting on transfusion reactions.

5.1 ABO/Rh, Antiglobulin & Compatibility

ABO testing pairs (testing red cells with anti-A and anti-B) against (testing serum against A1 and B cells). By , a person has the antibody to the antigen they lack, so the two must agree — a mismatch is an ABO discrepancy.[6] Group O cells are the universal red-cell donor (O-negative in emergencies); group AB plasma lacks anti-A and anti-B, making AB the universal red-cell recipient.

The antiglobulin (Coombs) tests are central. The detects antibody or complement already bound to a patient’s cells in vivo (used for transfusion reactions, HDFN, and autoimmune hemolysis), while the detects serum antibodies in vitro (used for antibody screening and the crossmatch).

The major crossmatch tests recipient serum against donor red cells. (RhIG) prevents anti-D alloimmunization in Rh-negative mothers, given around 28 weeks and after delivery of an Rh-positive infant.

5.2 Transfusion Reactions & Components

Recognizing a transfusion reaction and acting fast is the most testable blood-bank skill. The (ABO-incompatible) is the most immediately fatal — fever, flank pain, hypotension, hemoglobinuria — and demands stopping the transfusion at once, keeping the line open, and a clerical check.

The is the most common and is reduced by leukoreduction. Distinguish (immune lung injury) from (volume overload), and remember that is caused by maternal IgG crossing the placenta.

Checkpoint · Immunohematology & Blood Banking

Question 1 of 8

Which group of individuals is the universal red cell donor for ABO?

Module 6 · Microbiology

One content category — about 16% of the exam, the second largest. Microbiology rewards a systematic identification approach: stain and morphology, then biochemical and culture tests to name the organism, plus antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

6.1 Staining & Identification

The is the first step: Gram-positive organisms stain purple (thick peptidoglycan), Gram-negative pink (thin wall with an outer membrane).[5] Acid-fast (Ziehl-Neelsen) staining identifies Mycobacterium by its mycolic-acid wall. For Gram-positive cocci, the separates staphylococci (positive) from streptococci and enterococci (negative), and the identifies Staphylococcus aureus.

6.2 Media, Susceptibility & Key Organisms

Selective and differential media are exam staples. differentiates Gram-negative enterics by lactose fermentation — strong fermenters such as E. coli form pink colonies.

Mannitol salt agar selects for staphylococci; modified Thayer-Martin selects for Neisseria gonorrhoeae; TCBS isolates Vibrio. The measures susceptibility by the diameter of the zone of inhibition compared to standardized breakpoints.

Key organisms and identifying clues
ClueOrganism
Catalase + and coagulase + Gram-positive cocciStaphylococcus aureus
Beta-hemolytic, bacitracin sensitiveStreptococcus pyogenes (group A)
Alpha-hemolytic, optochin sensitive, bile solubleStreptococcus pneumoniae
Oxidase positive, nonfermenterPseudomonas aeruginosa
Requires X (hemin) and V (NAD) factorsHaemophilus influenzae
Germ-tube positive yeastCandida albicans

Checkpoint · Microbiology

Question 1 of 8

Which Gram-positive cocci is catalase positive and coagulase positive?

Module 7 · Urinalysis & Body Fluids

One content category — about 8% of the exam. Urinalysis combines physical, chemical, and microscopic examination; body-fluid analysis extends the same skills to cerebrospinal, serous, synovial, and seminal fluids.

7.1 Urinalysis — Chemistry & Microscopy

The reagent strip screens chemically: the protein pad is most sensitive to albumin; glucose uses a glucose oxidase–peroxidase reaction; ketones react mainly with acetoacetate; nitrite suggests Gram-negative bacteria that reduce nitrate; and indicates neutrophils. Microscopy adds the casts and crystals. specifically localize bleeding to the glomerulus, while waxy broad casts suggest chronic renal failure.

Crystals are identified by shape and urine pH: are envelope-shaped in acidic-to-neutral urine (often normal); triple phosphate forms coffin-lid crystals in alkaline urine; and hexagonal crystals are diagnostic of cystinuria.

7.2 CSF, Serous & Other Body Fluids

Body fluids apply the same logic. In cerebrospinal fluid, bacterial meningitis shows decreased glucose, increased protein, and a neutrophil-predominant high cell count; the cell count is done on the last tube collected.

Serous-fluid analysis separates a transudate (low protein, from systemic causes) from an exudate (high protein, fluid-to-serum protein ratio above 0.5, from local inflammation). Synovial fluid with negatively birefringent needle-shaped crystals indicates gout (monosodium urate), and a milky, triglyceride-rich effusion is chylous.

Body-fluid findings and what they indicate
FindingIndicates
CSF: ↓ glucose, ↑ protein, neutrophilsBacterial meningitis
Fluid-to-serum protein ratio > 0.5Exudate (local inflammation)
Negatively birefringent needles (synovial)Gout (monosodium urate)
Milky fluid, high triglyceridesChylous effusion
CSF cell count tubeLast tube collected (tube 3)

Checkpoint · Urinalysis & Body Fluids

Question 1 of 8

Which urine color is most consistent with the presence of bilirubin?

How to Use This Medical Technologist Study Guide

This guide is built to be worked, not just read. Because the AMT MT exam tests applied laboratory judgment across every section, the most efficient path to a pass is to learn the material and the patterns a generalist technologist recognizes:

  • Study by weight. Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Hematology are the heaviest categories — lead there, then build out coagulation, immunology, blood bank, and urinalysis.
  • Master the high-yield staples. Westgard QC rules, the order of draw, acid-base interpretation, anemia by MCV, PT/aPTT/INR, ABO/Rh and the antiglobulin tests, transfusion reactions, Gram-positive identification, and urine microscopy recur constantly.
  • Think in patterns. Most items show a finding (an inclusion, a serology pattern, a crystal, a reaction) and ask what it means — drill the associations until they are automatic.
  • Check off as you go. Use the Study Guide Contents to mark each section done — it raises your exam-readiness score.
  • Take every checkpoint. The end-of-module quizzes show exactly which categories need another pass.
  • Then prove it. Send your weak area into the flashcards and a practice test, and read every rationale — that is how the knowledge sticks.

Medical Technologist Concept Questions

Common laboratory-science concepts candidates search while studying for the AMT Medical Technologist (MT) exam — each answered briefly and backed by an official source. Test yourself, then drill them as flashcards.

Medical Technologist Glossary

The high-yield Medical Technologist terms in one place — hover any dotted term in the guide, or flip the whole deck here as a self-grading flashcard set.

Accuracy
How close a measured value is to the true value.
Activated partial thromboplastin time
aPTT — assesses the intrinsic and common pathways; used to monitor unfractionated heparin.
Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction
An immediate, often fatal reaction from ABO-incompatible red cells causing intravascular hemolysis.
Anion gap
Sodium minus the sum of chloride and bicarbonate; estimates unmeasured anions to classify metabolic acidosis.
Auer rods
Needle-like cytoplasmic inclusions in myeloid blasts, diagnostic of a myeloid lineage (e.g., acute myeloid leukemia).
Beer's law
The principle that absorbance is directly proportional to analyte concentration and the light-path length in spectrophotometry.
Calcium oxalate crystals
Colorless envelope-shaped (octahedral) urine crystals seen in acidic-to-neutral urine; often a normal finding.
Catalase test
A test that separates catalase-positive staphylococci from catalase-negative streptococci and enterococci.
Classical complement pathway
An antibody-dependent complement cascade triggered when IgG or IgM bound to antigen is recognized by C1q.
Coagulase test
A test detecting an enzyme that converts fibrinogen to fibrin; coagulase-positive identifies Staphylococcus aureus.
Coefficient of variation
A measure of precision: the standard deviation divided by the mean, times 100, expressed as a percentage.
Critical value
A result so abnormal it is life-threatening and must be reported immediately to a caregiver with documented read-back.
D-dimer
A fibrin degradation product elevated after clot formation and lysis; sensitive but not specific for thrombosis.
Delta check
A quality check comparing a patient's current result with that same patient's previous result for the same analyte to flag possible errors.
Direct antiglobulin test
DAT (direct Coombs) — detects antibody or complement already bound to a patient's red cells in vivo.
ELISA
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay — an enzyme-labeled antibody plus substrate produces a measurable color to detect antigen or antibody.
Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction
A ≥1 °C temperature rise from anti-leukocyte antibodies or cytokines; prevented by leukoreduction; the most common reaction.
Ferritin
The major iron-storage protein and an acute-phase reactant; low in iron deficiency, normal or high in chronic disease.
Forward grouping
ABO testing of a patient's red cells with anti-A and anti-B reagents to detect their A and B antigens.
Friedewald equation
An estimate of LDL cholesterol: total cholesterol minus HDL minus triglycerides divided by five (mg/dL, fasting).
Gram stain
A differential stain classifying bacteria as Gram-positive (purple) or Gram-negative (pink) by cell-wall structure.
Hemoglobin A1c
Glycated hemoglobin reflecting average blood glucose over the prior two to three months, reported as a percentage.
Hemolytic disease of the newborn
HDFN — destruction of fetal red cells by maternal IgG antibodies (classically anti-D) crossing the placenta.
Immunoglobulin
An antibody; the five classes are IgG, IgM, IgA, IgE, and IgD, each with distinct functions.
Indirect antiglobulin test
IAT (indirect Coombs) — detects antibodies in the patient's serum, used for antibody screening and crossmatch.
International normalized ratio
INR — a standardization of the prothrombin time across reagents and labs for monitoring warfarin therapy.
Kirby-Bauer method
Disk-diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility testing; the zone-of-inhibition diameter is compared to standardized breakpoints.
Landsteiner's rule
The principle that a person has the ABO antibody directed against the A or B antigen they lack.
Leukocyte esterase
A urine dipstick reaction indicating white blood cells (neutrophils), supporting urinary tract infection.
Levey-Jennings chart
A quality-control chart plotting daily control values against the established mean and standard-deviation limits to monitor an analytical method over time.
MacConkey agar
A selective and differential medium for Gram-negative enterics; lactose fermenters form pink colonies.
Mean corpuscular volume
The average red-cell volume (MCV); classifies anemia as microcytic, normocytic, or macrocytic.
Mixing study
A test mixing patient and normal plasma to distinguish a factor deficiency (corrects) from an inhibitor (does not correct).
Order of draw
The CLSI-recommended sequence for filling blood tubes during one venipuncture to prevent additive carryover between tubes.
Plasma
The liquid portion of anticoagulated blood; still contains fibrinogen and clotting factors.
Precision
How reproducible repeated measurements of the same sample are.
Prothrombin time
PT — assesses the extrinsic and common coagulation pathways; sensitive to factor VII and used to monitor warfarin (as INR).
Prozone phenomenon
A false-negative agglutination caused by antibody excess relative to antigen; resolved by diluting the serum.
Random error
Unpredictable scatter of control values around the mean that reduces precision, with no consistent direction.
RBC casts
Red-cell casts in urine that specifically localize bleeding to the glomerulus, as in glomerulonephritis.
Red cell distribution width
RDW — a measure of variation in red-cell size (anisocytosis), often paired with MCV.
Reticulocyte
A young red blood cell; the count reflects marrow red-cell production and is raised by new methylene blue staining for counting.
Reverse grouping
ABO testing of a patient's serum against known A1 and B cells to detect their ABO antibodies.
Rh immune globulin
RhIG — anti-D given to Rh-negative mothers to prevent anti-D alloimmunization and hemolytic disease of the newborn.
Serum
The liquid portion of clotted blood; lacks fibrinogen and clotting factors.
Systematic error
A consistent bias (trend or shift) in control values that reduces accuracy, usually from a calibration, reagent, or instrument problem.
TACO
Transfusion-associated circulatory overload — volume overload causing cardiogenic pulmonary edema during transfusion.
TRALI
Transfusion-related acute lung injury — immune, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema within 6 hours; a leading cause of transfusion death.
Troponin
A cardiac-specific structural protein that rises and falls after myocardial injury; the preferred marker for acute coronary events.
Westgard rules
A set of statistical multirules (e.g., 1-3s, 2-2s, R-4s, 4-1s, 10-x) applied to control data to detect random and systematic error while limiting false rejection.

AMT MT Study Guide FAQ

The Medical Technologist (MT) credential is a generalist clinical-laboratory certification awarded by American Medical Technologists (AMT). The MT certification exam tests the knowledge and skills of a laboratory professional who performs and interprets testing across all major sections of the clinical lab — chemistry, hematology, immunology, blood bank, microbiology, and urinalysis — and is a recognized route to working as a medical laboratory scientist.

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Here at Career Employer, we focus a lot on providing factually accurate information that is always up to date. We strive to provide correct information using strict editorial processes, article editing, and fact-checking for all of the information found on our website. We only utilize trustworthy and relevant resources. To find out more, make sure to read our full editorial process page here.