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What are the roles of medical laboratory scientist in the diagnosis of infectious patient disease?
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Medical Laboratory scientists play a vital role in the diagnosis of Infectious Diseases,before a doctor can give their medication,they will have to wait for the results of the laboratory tests so they'll know how to manage the disease. Medical laboratory scientists performs simple and some complex tests on biological fluids such as urine,saliva,blood or sweat to determine any abnormalities following acceptable methodologies and using some equipments.Infectious diseases can be determine by performing serologic or microbiologic tests on samples as requested by the attending physician.
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