A
medical laboratory scientist (Bsc Honors)(MLS) (also referred to as a
clinical laboratory scientist,
Former known as medical laboratory technologist(2year Bsc degree holder),
Doctor of clinical laboratory medicine ) is a
healthcare professional who performs
chemical,
hematological,
immunologic,histopathological, cytopathological,
microscopic, and
bacteriological diagnostic analyses on
body fluids such as
blood,
urine,
sputum,
stool,
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), peritoneal fluid,
pericardial fluid, and
synovial fluid, as well as other specimens. Medical laboratory scientists work in
clinical laboratories at
hospitals,
physician's offices, reference labs,
biotechnology labs and non-clinical industrial labs.