Laboratory technician
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A laboratory technician is a person who works in a laboratory performing procedures, maintaining equipment, assisting lead scientists with their 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 recognized laboratory technician you have to obtain an Undergraduate Degree in the field you wish to specialize in e.g a BSc Biochemistry.
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- ^ St Louis Clinique. 9: 395. 1896.
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