Process and prepare surgical and autopsy tissue specimens for embedding, cutting, staining, and coverslipping, including specialized tissue and minute biopsies. Perform quality checks, maintain instruments, support histology workflow, and help evaluate procedures and resolve issues affecting test results. A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university, including 30 semester hours in biology and chemistry, is required. Applicants without graduation from an accredited training program need one year of post-training clinical histology laboratory experience, and HTL (ASCP) certification is required within 12 months of hire.
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