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(1) A person with specialized training in a narrow field of expertise whose occupation
requires training and is skilled in specific technical processes and procedures. (2)
An individual having special skill or practical knowledge in an area, such as operation
and maintenance of equipment or performance of laboratory procedures involving biochemical
analyses. Special technical qualifications are normally required, though an increasing
number or technicians also possess university degrees in science, and occasionally
doctorate degrees. The distinction between technician and
technologist in the health care field is not always clear. Sources: (1) Rhea, Ott,
and Shafritz, The Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, New York: Facts
on File Publications, 1988; Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 26th Edition,
Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1981 and Webster's II New Riverside University
Dictionary, Boston: Riverside Publishing Company, 1984. (2) Lexikon: Dictionary of
Health Care Terms, Organizations and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, The Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace,
Illinois: 1994, p. 776.
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