Medical Technologist / Medical Laboratory Technician

SKILLS CHECKLIST

Medical Technologist / Medical Laboratory Technician
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Instructions: This checklist is meant to serve as a general guideline for our client facilities as to the level of your skills within your nursing specialty. Please use the scale below to describe your experience/expertise in each area listed below. 
Registration

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS / QUALIFICATIONS

LICENSES  (List all states in which you are or have ever been licensed and/or certified)
Please rate your skills in the areas below, using the following values:
Proficiency : -1 = No knowledge2 = Theory only (requires assistance)3 = Experienced (may require assistance)4 = Independent
Frequency : -1 = Never Performed2 = Rarely Performed3 = Occassionally Performed4 = Regularly Performed
Phlebotomy
Patient ID and test verification; bedside labeling
 
Specimen Collection/Special Test Indications
(light, temperature, timed, fasting)
 
Venipuncture
Routine draws
 
Difficult sticks
 
Requiring physician order (foot draw)
 
Specimen Processing/Handling
Specimen transport
 
Specimen receipt, patient verification , and bar code
labeling
 
Accessioning
Individual specimens
 
Batching
 
Specimen collection (If phleb./pt. care staff unable
to obtain; bleeding times)
 
Pipetting (MLA; To Deliver; To Contain; Volumetric)
 
Referral to reference lab (proper collection
and storage)
 
Chemistry/RIA
Analyzer
General use; knowledge of controls and
 
Serum; CSF; Body fluids (Chem Panels; Thyroid;
 
Blood gas
 
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
 
Urine drug screens
 
24-Hour Urine
 
Acetone Analysis
 
Osmolality
Blood
 
Urine
 
Hematology / Coagulation
Analyzer
General use; knowledge of controls and
 
Whole blood/Serum (CBCs; PT/PTT; etc.)
 
Sedimentation rate
 
CBC Manual Differential
 
Reticulocyte Count (If not automated)
 
Manual CSF and Body fluids
Cell count
 
Calculations for dilutions
 
Differential (if indicated)
 
Reporting of results
 
Rapid tests (Sickle cell; fibrin split products/FDP)
 
Bleeding Time
 
LE Cell Prep
 
Occult Blood
 
Malarial Examination
 
Urinalysis
Analyzer – General use; knowledge of controls and
reference ranges
 
Manual macroscopic UA
 
Microscopic UA
 
Crystal Identification
 
Semen analysis
 
Blood Bank
Automated instrumentation – General use;
knowledge of controls and reference ranges
 
Transfusion Services
Blood banking procedures (Specimen acceptability ;
storing; release; etc.)
 
ABO/Rh typing/Antibody screen (Indirect Coombs)
Automated
 
Gel method
 
Tube method
 
Crossmatch
Electronic
 
Immediate Spin
 
Extended (Coombs)
 
Antibody identification
 
Antibody titer
 
Direct Coombs (DAT)
 
Antigen typing (Rh, Kell, Kidd, Duffy, etc.)
 
Cord blood work-up
 
Fetal screen
 
Kleihauer-Betke
 
Rhogam candidacy
 
Emergency release procedure for issuing
blood/components
 
Transfusion reaction work-up
 
Cold agglutinins
 
Component Preparation
Thaw FFP
 
Thaw/Pool cryoprecipitate
 
Pool Platelets
 
Pediatric aliquots
 
Leucocyte reduction/CMV -
 
Donor Services
Donor interview
 
Donor phlebotomy/collection
 
Component preparation (RBCs, FFP, Platelets,
cryoprecipitate, granulocytes, etc.)
 
Donor testing (ABO/Rh, antibody screen,
infectious diseases, etc.)
 
Unit labeling
 
Microbiology/Virology (Aerobic & anaerobic
cultures; MIC; etc.)
Analyzer
General use; knowledge of controls
 
Gram stain
 
Cytospin
 
Culture plating
 
Rapid Test Kits (Strep; H-flu; C-diff; etc.)
General use; knowledge of controls
 
RSV
 
Quick identification test (strep serological; indole;
coagulase; catalase; oxidase)
 
AFB Culture
 
Concentration
 
Acid fast stains (Kinyoun; fluorescent)
 
Darkfield microscope
 
Fungal cultures
 
Special stains (PAS; lactophenol cotton blue; etc.)
 
Manual Sensitivities
Kirby Bauer
 
E Test
 
Synergy
 
Antibiotic biogram
 
Organism Identification
Aerobic:
 
Anaerobic
 
Wet prep (WBC; Yeast; Trichimonis; etc.)
 
India ink
 
Geographical considerations for bacteria
identification
 
Serology/Immunology (Mono-spot; RPR;
rheumatoid factor; etc.)
Rapid Test Kits – General use; knowledge of controls
 
Pregnancy test
Urine
 
Blood
 
Specialized lab tests/Frequently referred specimens
Chemistry and RIA
Electrophoresis
Serum
 
Urine
 
Immunoelectrophoresis
Serum
 
Urine
 
Atomic Absorption
 
Chromatography
Thin layer
 
Gas
 
Stool Analysis (Fecal Fats)
 
Hormone Testing (Progesterone; FSH, etc.)
 
Tumor Markers (PSA; CEA; C-125)
 
C3, C4, Total Complement
 
Hematology/Coagulation
Platelet Aggregation
 
Lee-White Clotting Time
 
Factor Assays
 
Microbiology/Virology
Western Blot
 
Ova and Parasite
Concentration
 
Identification
 
Chlamydia Quick test
DNA probe
 
ELISA
 
DFA
 
Viral Cell Culture Technique
 
Virus
Isolation
 
Identification
 
Serology/Immunology
FTA-ABS
 
ANA
 
TORCH Studies
 
Febrile Agglutinins
 
Blood Bank
Warm autoimmune Ab work-up (DAT, Elution,
Adsorption (Autologous or Allogeneic)
 
Blood irradiation
 
Wash RBCs
 
Freeze/Deglycerolize RBCs
 
Plasmapheresis
 
Plateletpheresis
 
Work place injury drug screening processes
 
Other Skills
Regulatory reporting (GC; Pertussis; Influenza A;
RSV; etc.)
 
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