Medical laboratory facts for kids
A medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where tests are usually done on laboratory specimens. This is to get information about the health of a patient. Labs perform tests on tissue, blood and other body fluids. Medical labs analyze data in five major categories. These are chemistry, immunology, hematology, microbiology and transfusion medicine.
Images for kids
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Clinical laboratory in a hospital setting showing several automated analysers.
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Laboratory equipment for hematology (black analyser) and urinalysis (left of the open centrifuge).
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Clinical laboratory in a Hospital setting with two technologists shown.
See also
In Spanish: Laboratorio clínico para niños
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