Who analyzes blood cultures, human tissues and liquids?

I'm trying to pin-point the name on a person who analyses blood cultures in a lab.

Eg, Doctor takes a blood sample from a patient, blood sample is sent on to a lab.

What is the job title of the person who analyses the blood or other tissues?

It's bugging me ._.

Reply 1

Jophesxi

A Biomedical scientist is someone who analysis tissue samples/bodily fluids to diagnose and treat disease.

If they specialize in blood samples then they'd be a hematologist which is a branch of Biomedical science.

Reply 2

Juaninalbion

It could be a Microbiologist. A specialist in Microbiology studies cultures as well as blood samples in order to find signs of microscopic life causing diseases (bacteria, viruses, parasites).

Or it could be an Clinical Biochemist or something related to analitical medicine.

Or it could be a Pathologist, who studies through the microscope the lesions of the tissues. Not only blood but every type of biopsed material (liver for hepatitis or cirrosis, kidney for glomerulonefritis, brain for neurodegenerative pathology).

Or it could be a Hematologist who sifts through blood frotis so as to examine the blood cells directly.

I guess you can get a job in something like that by studying pharmacy, medicine, biology, biochemistry or medical sciences.

Good luck whatever you decide!

(edited 9 years ago)