Description
Anatomical pathology technicians assist specialised doctors in pathology in conducting post-mortem examinations, keeping records of the samples, specimens, organs and the respective findings and taking care of their appropriate disposal under supervision, following the orders of the doctor of medicine.
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Theoretical Knowledge
human anatomyhealth care occupation-specific ethicshygiene in a health care settingmicrobiology-bacteriologylegal requirements related to mortuary servicespathological anatomypathologyinfection controlsterilization techniquesmedical informaticshuman physiologyosteologymedical terminologytoxicologyfirst aidforensic pathology
Practical Skills
communicate in healthcarework in multidisciplinary health teamscarry out an autopsyaccept own accountabilityfollow procedures to control substances hazardous to healthassist with reconstructing the body after autopsycope with unusual stimuli in the mortuary facilityfollow clinical guidelinesselect hazard controlmanage infection control in the facilityadhere to organisational guidelinesprovide information on mortuary servicesconduct visits to the postmortem roomperform pathology consultationsapply context specific clinical competenceswork with authorities related to mortuary servicescomply with legislation related to health careperform mortuary facility administrationobserve confidentialitytake samples during autopsycomply with quality standards related to healthcare practicetrain employeesconduct routine blood testingperform forensic examinationsperform virological testuse foreign languages in patient careperform PCR covid testcommunicate in foreign languages with health service providerswork in a multicultural environment in health caredispose medical wasteuse foreign languages for health-related research