title: ["What an ideal clinical microbiological laboratory should be"--from the position of medical technologist].
abstract: The evolution of the microbiology laboratory is necessary for correspondence to the transfiguration of infection and contribution to clinical applications. Especially, the correspondence of emergency tests such as smear strain and antigen detection, the report added value and the infection surveillance in team medical treatment are indispensable. Also, medical technologists need to be knowledge able about techniques related to infection overall, and participation in infection diagnosis and social responsibility are indispensable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Defence Medical Colledge Hospital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
mesh_terms: D007564:Japan; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000592:standards*; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000592:standards*