[mlt and high complex bb testing]

#1 dont think I was being "uppity" just dont agree that a MLT cant be taught the same things a MT does. It all comes down to the clinical training not some college degree. Bookwork is NOT real world, especially with all the new technology these days. Times change and from what I see much of the learning experience is done after school. Second, dont know where you did your degree but the program I am currently in only requires 18 weeks of clinical rotations and much of that time is not actually doing any hands on testing but merely observation. To say that military trained MLT's are among the worst says a lot about you. It is the same coursework and the clinical portions are done by civilian MT's many with 20+ years experiance. I bet hour for hour the military school spends more time but it is compressed into longer days. The military labs I worked in are much more organized than civilian labs I have seen. Yes I do have to prove myself everywhere I go but doesnt everyone? I hope you would not assume soneone is a good tech without seeing their work just because they have a piece of paper.

[mlt and high complex bb testing]

I did fail to mention that I am currently in a MLT to MT program and am VERY frusterated because so far I have not learned much that I didnt get from my MLT training in the military. I only did this since many people wont give me a second look because I dont have the paper stating what I know. I am in my last semester of the program and had I known then how poor it actually is I never would have taken it. Somehow with my "lack" of knowledge I happen to be the one everyone goes to for the answers. Some people can learn just as much from others as from a book that doesnt have much real world applications.

I fill a MT position due to my MLT and my BS in Biology. Last time I checked the biology degree doesnt really prepare you for the lab.

[mlt and high complex bb testing]

Would you be ok with a MLT but also has a BS in Biology, just hasnt sat for the MT exam? What is the difference if trained properly? What gets taught in a MT program has changed over the years and like others were saying much of what they learned was during the MLT portion.

[gel card shipping issues]

We seem to have many gel cards that do not read on the provue. We can have up to 40% of what we use a day. What is the best way to keep this number down? Makes a big difference when it takes 20 min to start a load because we keep having to change different cards out. I thought this new packaging was supposed to help this problem

[gel card shipping issues]

We seem to have many gel cards that do not read on the provue. We can have up to 40% of what we use a day. What is the best way to keep this number down? Makes a big difference when it takes 20 min to start a load because we keep having to change different cards out. I thought this new packaging was supposed to help this problem

[Gel card with 1+ reactions showing negative after spinning a second time]

We have had this problem too- we know that they are almost always really negative because we are still in our test phase of doing antibody ID's in house and must send all positives to another lab. We send our results but they seem to always re-dun the screen and over 90% were negative to begin with, causing us much more work. Also noticed that one month was worse than another- different screen cells. We only have 1 tech to run so adding 20 ID's a night is significant for us. Does spinning the cards upon receipt really help??

[D Pos then D Neg]

Work at a reference lab, use the provue. We had two separate maternity patients D pos, then 6 months later they are D neg. The doctors are mad since now the rhogam was not given. One was found because the mom was pregnant again. We dont have access to any other history for these patients.

Thanks!!!

[What would cause the ID to be negative]

I work in a reference lab and had a patient that had a positive antibody screen (1+) so it was sent for an antibody ID. This came back as anti-D too weak to titer. The doctor waited 4 weeks and did another antibody Id but this time it was negative. We dont have any patient info except age and sex. What would cause the ID to be negative???

Thanks