Although doctors and nurses are the most visible health care professionals, much of the supporting work in hospitals and clinics is done by technical staff. Clinical and medical laboratory technicians ...

Laboratory technicians perform testing and analysis functions in their work to support doctors, scientists and other clinical laboratory assistants and specialists, notes the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

Medical laboratory scientists collect samples and perform lab tests, calibrate and maintain equipment, and perform statistical analysis. Their work is crucial for clinicians to diagnose diseases.

Each morning for eight weeks, Douley Olivier dragged himself out of bed at 5 a.m. to drop his girlfriend at work so he could drive her car across Dorchester to train as a lab technician in the ...