A person who, under the supervision of a physician or other qualified scientist, carries out one or more of the functions necessary in a blood bank. The blood bank technologist typically is a medical technologist with special training and experience in the specific tasks involved with collecting, processing, storing, and distributing blood.
A technologist trained in blood banking and transfusion services. Areas of expertise include the collection of blood; the analysis of blood types with blood group antigen testing; the typing of tissues for organ transplantation; and the use of blood components in patients with coagulation disorders.