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CIP 2010

Detail for CIP Code 51.1008

Title: Histologic Technician.

Definition: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of histotechnologists and other clinical laboratory scientists, to prepare and process tissue samples and perform routine histologic procedures and tests. Includes instruction in fixation, dehydration, embedding, sectioning, decalcification, microincineration, mounting, routine and special steaming, laboratory mathematics, laboratory procedures and safety, instrumentation and microscopy, computer applications, preparation of museum specimens, and recording and administrative procedures.

Action: No Substantive Changes

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51.1008 Histologic Technician. No substantive changes 51.1008 Histologic Technician.
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