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The Medical Laboratory Technology program will prepare you to serve as a vital healthcare detective, uncovering and providing information from laboratory analyses that will assist physicians in patient diagnosis and treatment. Additionally, you will help with disease monitoring and prevention.
Doctor’s decisions are dependent on lab results and through this program, you will learn to use sophisticated biomedical instrumentation and technology, computers, and methods that will help you perform critical analysis of blood, tissue and bodily fluids.
The MLT program results in an Associate of Applied Science degree and includes general academic classes in addition to specialized topics, including:
- Clinical chemistry
- Hematology
- Immunohematology
- Microbiology
As a medical laboratory technology professional, you will be expected to generate accurate laboratory data that are needed to aid in detecting a variety of conditions such as heart attacks, diabetes, kidney disease or any of a number of other infectious diseases.
Upon graduation, you will be eligible to take a national certification exam to become certified as a Medical Laboratory Technician.
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