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日常工作
化驗師要接收同處理病人樣本,核對資料、編號同儲存條件,然後用儀器分析,得出結果後覆核有無異常。實驗室要定期做品質控制同校正,確保數據準確。遇到危急或離群結果,化驗師須即時通知臨床人員,並保留紀錄。疾病爆發時,微生物化驗師要協助鑑定病原體,工作時間可能要輪班同隨時待命。
法定註冊要求
《專職醫療業條例》(第359章)訂明,所有執業醫務化驗師均須註冊,並列出獲豁免嘅特定情況。醫務化驗師管理委員會負責備存註冊名冊、促進專業水平同操守,同執行條例指派嘅職能。註冊申請由委員會審批;以非訂明資格申請者,由專職醫療業管理局決定是否具備註冊資格,並決定列入名冊邊一部分,過程可按個別情況諮詢委員會。
註冊部分同途徑
名冊分部分:第II部分毋須經驗,適合剛畢業嘅認可學歷持有人;第I部分屬正式註冊,除認可資格外須有至少三年取得資格後經驗,其中最少兩年喺香港。喺一九九零年十月一日條例適用當日已執業但無正式資格嘅人,可根據第12(1)(c)條按教育、訓練、經驗同技能申請。除註冊外,執業化驗師亦要符合強制性持續專業發展要求。
English
Day-to-day work
Technologists receive and process patient samples, checking details, identifiers and storage conditions, then run them on analysers and review the results for anything abnormal. Laboratories run regular quality control and calibration to keep data accurate. When a critical or outlying result appears, the technologist must alert clinical staff promptly and keep a record. During outbreaks, microbiology technologists help identify pathogens, and hours may involve shifts and on-call duty. Results and quality records are documented so that each test can be traced back through the process, supporting accreditation and external quality assurance.
Statutory registration
The Allied Health Professions Ordinance (Cap. 359) provides that all practising medical laboratory technologists must be registered and sets out the specific exemptions. The Medical Laboratory Technologists Board maintains the register, promotes standards of practice and conduct, and carries out functions assigned by the Ordinance. The Board approves registration applications; for applicants with non-prescribed qualifications, the Allied Health Professions Council decides whether they are qualified and which part of the register they enter, and may consult the Board on individual cases.
Parts of the register and routes
The register has parts: Part II requires no experience and suits new holders of recognised qualifications, while Part I is full registration and requires at least three years of post-qualification experience, of which at least two years are in Hong Kong. A person who was already practising on 1 October 1990, when the Ordinance began to apply, but holds no formal qualification may apply under section 12(1)(c) on the basis of education, training, experience and skill. Beyond registration, practising technologists must also meet mandatory continuing professional development requirements.