Monday, March 4, 1974
TRAINING FOR MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIANS
Improving Standards Of Service In Private Sector
The Government is at present giving consideration to the introduction of legislation to improve the standards of service in medical laboratories belonging to private companies.
One of the objects of this legislation would be to lay down minimum standards for all medical laboratory technicians and to set higher standards for those carrying full responsibilities in medical laboratories.
It is recognised that many workers in laboratories have received little or no training beyond that given on the job by their employers, and it is felt that more than this is required in the public interest.
Those people without formal training or qualifications at present working in medical laboratories who are unable to enter existing part-time course conducted in English at the University of Hong Kong Extra-Mural Studies Department will have the opportunity of achieving the minimum required standards by taking a part-time extra-mural course, scheduled to start in April at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where the instruction will be given in the Chinese language.
The cost of the whole course, lasting one year, will be $1,200. It is intended that those who pass the course should be eligible to apply for registration as nedical laboratory technicians.
The course is not intended for those in charge of medical laboratories who will be expected already to have reached a higher standard of attainment. Only one such course is scheduled, and it is in the interest of all eligible
persons to undertake this course.
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