The Alphabet Soup of Clinical Laboratory Science

CLS, MLS, MT? What do these acronyms have in common? They are all codes representing a certified medical laboratory scientist. If you are a Clinical Laboratory Science major, the name of your major is changing to Medical Laboratory Science.

These professionals typically work in hospital laboratories, helping other medical professionals save lives, but working unseen and providing physicians with up to 70% of the data they use to make decisions regarding patient care. You can kind of think of these techs as medical detectives. The student that usually selects this major enjoys the laboratory