I am starting an overnight position and was wondering if anyone had tips for being on overnight. What kind of things you like to bring with you on overnight and what helps you sleep when you get home?

Has anyone successfully moved to Europe and got a biomedical scientist job? I would really love to move there and I have an AIMS certified degree from Australia, so including histo.

I was looking at England as I may be eligible for an ancestry visa, but I’ve seen the pay is not great. Other than that Belgium and Germany interest me specifically as I enjoyed my time there but I’m guessing you’d have to be fluent in the national languages to be accepted.

I’m really just looking for any success story’s anyway, hopefully something to give me some hope.

Hello, ill be taking my ASCP MLS exam in 10 days and Idk how i feel about it. Ive finished Chem, UA, and BB and Im barely studying immuno. Ive been doing ok with my Labce and BOC questions for the most part But i feel like i dont have enough time to finish everything. Based on everyone’s experience for the test, Should I just briefly study Immuno, Coag and lab ops or does it need in depth studying? In fear I wont finish studying if I have to do in depth studying for the low percentages topic. My plan right now is just reviewing the Hepatitis, and Ana patterns for immuno and review the calculation part for the lab ops. Will this do? Or im screwed and really have to cram to finish everything?

we should be getting our joint commission inspection soon. im a baby tech. been graduated for a bit over a year. im so scared!! what do i need to know!!

Hi everyone! I just passed my mb ASCP test! First time poster here! I was just wondering where would you guys recommend for me to apply? I do have clinical experience (also some experience in microbiology/hematology and chemistry. I really don’t wanna work for a hospital as I heard they’re are overworked and underpaid. Thank you for your help!

Scrolling through this thread and lots of people are listing their haplotypes. Do you all actually know what it is or are you listing the most probable given your phenotype and race? Sometimes there's only one possibility, but often there's multiple. Like R1R1 is way more common than R1r' but of course it's not impossible.

I'm D+ C- c+ E+ e+ and I'm most likely R2r rather than R2R0 or R0r" given I'm whiter than white and r" is rare, but we all know to never say never in blood bank.

My research area is in health services. I work with large administrative health datasets, so pretty “dry lab” work. I was wondering how I could learn to do medical laboratory skills that med lab techs do, other than going back to school to do med lab tech. It feels like even after I get this master’s degree, the job market is pretty terrible. I have been applying to jobs but have not heard back from anything, and it is hard to compete against those who are available ASAP and/or have PhDs. Sometimes I think about just going back to school for trades or that med lab tech program. So, if anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate it. Thank you!

I was enjoying my Sunday when in the last hour I had a synovial and csf from ED!

What can I use or buy to help me spike samples to max out my linearity on coagulation tests like D-Dimer, fibrinogen, pt and PTT. I’m doing LIS verification and need samples like that plus on the low end. I don’t have any real patient samples for that. Advice.

I recently got hired at an urgent care as a lab assistant and x-ray tech. I have worked at American Red Cross for the last 10 years as a phlebotomist. I'm super excited about my new job. Any tips or suggestions?

Is there always a group of techs you keep thinking back in as in you were the closest to? I work in a lab with 100 employees techs and phlebs but feel closer to my per diem where it is just a less than 30 total.

Hello I’m a new grad CLS and I’m having a hard time finding a job even for evening shift. I think it might because I graduated in 2020 and just now looking for a job. Anyway, there’s an MLT opening nearby. Would it be stupid if I take that? My main concern is the shift vs the pay. But idk if I’ll have the same difficulty to find a CLS position later on

Last Monday I went to quest diagnostics for an expanded panel both urine and blood samples were taken. Is it fair to say since I’m almost a week out from my test that I would have been notified of positive results by now? Any insight would be appreciated.

Edit: For clarification I have been checking for the results online and they still say they are pending.

Just kind of venting. We’re chronically understaffed, the workload is a constant torrent and the CFO is hounding us about being over on FTEs (he counts lab assistants and phlebotomists when determining our staffing).

And now the chemistry supervisor is leaving and they’re searching for someone to dump all of her workload onto.

I’m just done. There’s a well-run lab less than two miles away that has openings and it’s either I jump ship now or go down sinking.

I’m struggling with abandoning my coworkers. But at this point, the only thing that seems like it could spark any meaningful change is a patient dying due to our lab’s failure and I really don’t want to be here when that happens.

Is the exam really hard and what’s on it? Currently have an associates of science in business admin and work as a specimen processor thinking about trying to get a mlt or mls degree fully online and can get my clinical hours for the degree via my job which I’ve read should suffice as a specimen processor. What’s also the best education path for me, can I transfer to a 4 year mls degree with my current two year or will I have to start from another / year degree from scratc.

Anyone here have worked for Natera in San Carlos, CA as a clinical laboratory scientist? How is the pay? Do they really send people to school for a CLS degree? And if so, do you need to be state licensed and board certified?

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So like recent grad here currently settling in to my core positions at major hospitals that turn out to be tad bit more stress than I even thought but anyways so my friend who live in a different part of the state got a job at Quest first shift micro, and well she love her job, coworkers and get paid more than me so I just dont get it because I tought that Quest and Labcorp were supposed to be there god awfully factors

Anyone transition from being a medical laboratory scientist to an accountant CPA? I have my MLS ASCP and 10 years experience and am stuck.

I've read there's 10% growth in accounting (vs 5% for lab) over the next decade. I'd love to work normal business hours and have some career progression.

From what I can see, CPAs need 8 accounting courses and 150 credits (which I have due to BS Chemistry + postbac MLS). Average CPA salary is 150k-250k depending on the position after a decade which is more livable than my MLS salary.

I’m fresh out of high school and am interested in the medical laboratory field and was wondering about getting a job as a Pharmacy Technician during my gap year.

My local Walgreens has a program for pharmacy apprenticeship and I was wondering if this would be helpful as a small gap year job before college?