Detectives of the medical world: ICE grant funds health care training for Medical Lab Technicians

Even though they are intimately involved in patient care, you may have never seen one on the patient care floors of a hospital. That’s because the work of medical lab technicians takes place behind the scenes to provide physicians with the information they need to treat patients. In fact, around 70 percent of all medical decisions are based on information provided by medical lab technicians — not doctors or nurses.