THE ROLE OF MEDICAL LABORATORIES AND NURSING IN DISEASE DIAGNOSIS

Abstract

Disease diagnosis is important for disease treatment. The disease diagnoses can be conducted in medical laboratories, hospitals, and health care centers. The common role of a medical laboratory is to collect, receive, diagnose, and analyze specimens. An accurate diagnosis is the prerequisite for good medical treatment. Since there are different symptoms among patients, the disease diagnoses depend on many different parameters, including DNA, protein, and human biology. Currently, molecular biology has become the most important technology, and its relevance covers the study of DNA, RNA, and proteins, which enable laboratory scientists to perform their specialized functions and help clinicians utilize molecular diagnostics in their daily practice. Nurses play a key role in this process, including not only the collection of necessary specimens and their timing but also the proper management of the specimens and accurate transmission of the required information together with the samples.