Re: AIM CANNOT prevent an "outbreak"
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:56 pm
A qualified medic would be useful when treating a condition.
HIV and other STD type conditions can be diagnosed by a qualified lab manager. Go to Charing X diagnostic lab. You will find that all the work done in the diagnostic lab are undertaken by non-medically qualified individuals.
In fact, you will find that a scientist/lab technician would be better suited to a diagnostic lab than a medic.
I am a scientist that is giving some serious thought into starting my own diagnostic lab. Potentially, I know the scope of my work will not entail treating, as I am not qualified to treat. But I do know that my PhD in genetics from a top tier UK university puts me in a better position when working an ELISA/PCR and interpretting the results.
Monkey.
HIV and other STD type conditions can be diagnosed by a qualified lab manager. Go to Charing X diagnostic lab. You will find that all the work done in the diagnostic lab are undertaken by non-medically qualified individuals.
In fact, you will find that a scientist/lab technician would be better suited to a diagnostic lab than a medic.
I am a scientist that is giving some serious thought into starting my own diagnostic lab. Potentially, I know the scope of my work will not entail treating, as I am not qualified to treat. But I do know that my PhD in genetics from a top tier UK university puts me in a better position when working an ELISA/PCR and interpretting the results.
Monkey.