The CareerMedical technologists, also known as clinical laboratory scientists, carry out diagnostic laboratory tests in a clinical environment. They are in charge of running tests that physicians order, analyzing and interpreting the results, and reporting back to the original physician. Medical technologists analyze everything from blood, to stool, to cells, to urine, to fungi, to everything in between. A general medical technologist could be investigating bacteria one day and typing blood cells for transfusions the next day. However, medical technologists do have the ability to specialize. A clinical laboratory scientist may work only in chemistry, for instance, or only with microbiology.Much of the work involves the use of microscopes, computers, and sterile equipment. Medical technolog