Laboratory technician

A laboratory technician is a person who works in a laboratory performing procedures, maintaining equipment, assisting lead scientists with their work.

An Iranian laboratory technician at work

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first use of the term laboratory technician was in 1896[1]:

It [sc. a therapeutic property] is now totally abandoned by the advanced laboratory technicians.

The term is now well accepted usage.Laboratory technicians are found in various laboratories viz:forensic,pathological,chemical,biomedical,chemical,etc.In order to be a qualified and internationally recognised laboratory technician you have to obtain an Undergraduate Degree in the field you wish to specialise in e.g a BSC(Microbiology or Biochemistry or Genetics,etc)

References
  1. St Louis Clinique. 9: 395. 1896. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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