Medical laboratory technologists
About medical laboratory technologists
Medical laboratory technologists (MLTs) are health care professionals who work in 3 different disciplines:
- General medical laboratory technology
- Diagnostic cytology
- Clinical genetics
MLTs perform laboratory analyses and investigations and interpret laboratory results to assist clinicians with the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and prevention of disease.
CIHI collects high-level, standardized information on more than 30 groups of health care professionals in Canada. This includes information on their supply, distribution, demographics and regulatory environment. To find out more about CIHI’s health workforce data, visit the Health Workforce Database metadata page.
Learn more about medical laboratory technologists in our recent release on Health workforce in Canada: Overview.
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