Courtesy: bigstockOVERVIEW:Over the years, private medical laboratories in Nigeria have grown marginally from blue curtained kiosk to one shop laboratories and now, we can even boast of three nationally accredited Private Laboratory in Nigeria.It is the first point of call for the employment and training of young MLS graduate...
The evolution of medical laboratory science is the best thing that has happened to medical profession and the entire mankind in general.Medical Laboratory Science is a noble profession, which is the fulcrum of modern science that brings light to the world and mankind by effective clinical complex analysis within...
The diagnosis of malaria in most developing countries has relied on parasites being identified by examining under the microscope a drop of the patient’s blood, spread out as a “blood smear” on a microscope slide by a specialist. The introduction of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) has the potential to...
I am a Medical Laboratory Scientist but, I often wonder if my friends, family, the general public, and even my other healthcare colleagues understand what it is we do and why we matter to your health.What We DoHave you ever wondered who conducts the detailed laboratory testing for your...
Effective medical lab/physician collaborations to improve how lab tests are ordered and used can deliver big improvements in patient outcomes while reducing healthcare costs.Utilization management of clinical laboratory tests may be the single hottest trend in laboratory medicine today. Across the nation, medical laboratory scientists and pathologists are getting...
The Medical laboratory Science Profession is a distinct profession among health care professions that produces professionals who are skilled in the practical and theory of medical laboratory science. These skilled and enviable professionals are indispensable in the diagnosis, monitoring and prevention of disease conditions.Specialization, according to the Cambridge Advanced...
I didn’t grow up wanting to be a medical laboratory scientist. In fact, only until a few months before I started school to become one did I even know that the job existed. Like most people, I was completely oblivious to what happens to the tubes of blood taken...
