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Technologist, Medical and Clinical Laboratory
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| Related Jobs |  | Physician, Anesthesiologist, Biologist, Coroner and Medical Examiner, Biologist, Microbiologist, Technician, Biological |
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| Job Outlook | | Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians held about 328,000 jobs in 2008. About half worked in hospitals. Most of the remaining jobs were found in medical laboratories or offices and clinics of physicians. A small number were in blood banks, research and testing laboratories, and in the federal government—at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and U.S. Public Health Service facilities.
Employment of clinical laboratory workers is expected to grow faster than average for all occupations through the year 2016, as the volume of laboratory tests increases with both population growth and the development of new types of tests.
Technological advances will continue to have two opposing effects on employment through 2018. On the one hand, new, increasingly powerful diagnostic tests will encourage additional testing and spur employment. On the other hand, research and development efforts targeted at simplifying routine testing procedures may enhance the ability of nonlaboratory personnel—physicians and patients in particular—to perform tests now conducted in laboratories.
Although significant, growth will not be the only source of opportunities. As in most occupations, many openings will result from the need to replace workers who transfer to other occupations, retire, or stop working for some other reason. |
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| More Information | | National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, American Society for Clinical Pathology, Board of Registry, American Medical Technologists, American Society for Clinical Pathology, American Association of Bioanalysts, National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel, AABB, American Medical Association - Health Care Careers |
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| References | | Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos096.htm
O*NET OnLine, on the Internet at
http://online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/29-2011.00 |
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