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Blood Banking, Specialist in
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| Related Jobs |  | Biologist, Microbiologist, Technologist, Medical and Clinical Laboratory, Technician, Biological, Biologist |
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| Job Outlook | | According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, job opportunities for medical and clinical laboratory technologist are expected to be excellent, because the number of job openings is expected to continue to exceed the number of job seekers. 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 continues to increase with both population growth and the development of new types of tests.
Technological advances will continue to have two opposing effects on employment. 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 hospitals are expected to continue to be the major employer of clinical laboratory workers, employment is expected to grow faster in medical and diagnostic laboratories, offices of physicians, and all other ambulatory health care services. |
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| More Information | | American Society for Clinical Pathology, American Medical Association - Health Care Careers, AABB |
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| References | | O*NET OnLine, Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologist on the Internet at http://online.onetcenter.org/link/details/29-2011.00#menu
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos096.htm
American Society of Clinical Pathologist, on the Internet at
http://www.ascp.org/Certification/pdf/booklet.pdf
AABB on the internet at
http://www.aabb.org/Content/Professional_Development/Specialist_in_Blood_Bank_Technology/directsbb.htm
American Medical Association's Health Professions Career and Education Directory (2008-2009) at http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/16024.html
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs on the Internet at http://www.caahep.org/Find_An_Accredited_Program.aspx |
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