Medical technologists for functional diagnostics in the sleep laboratory
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Overview
Medical technologists for functional diagnostics are among the assistant professions working in sleep laboratories. There they organise, prepare and perform polysomnographies and other sleep laboratory examinations. Depending on the facility they also handle scoring and documentation of the recordings. They instruct and look after patients and train new staff for day and night shifts. Examinations are carried out on a physician's order, and monitoring patients with epilepsy in the sleep laboratory is also named as one of their tasks.
Profession by country
Fields of use and typical tasks
Specializations
Sleep laboratory: field of use of the target group Medical technologists for functional diagnostics in the sleep laboratory, 6 evidence records from DE, AT, CH, US.
Devices and systems they use
Who they work with
- Physicians who order and evaluate examinations
- Registered nurses working in the sleep laboratory
Frequently asked questions
Who performs polysomnography in the sleep laboratory?
Medical-technical and nursing staff organise, prepare and perform polysomnographies and other sleep laboratory examinations on a physician's order.
Do these professionals also score the recordings?
Depending on the facility, scoring and documentation of the recordings are part of their remit.
Do they also work at night?
Yes, the described remit covers day and night shifts, including training staff for both.
Which patient groups do they deal with in the sleep laboratory?
Besides people with sleep disorders, monitoring patients with epilepsy in the sleep laboratory is mentioned.
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Sources
- Präambel Qualifikationsnachweis Somnologie für medizinisch-technische und pflegerische Mitarbeitende, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin (DGSM) (DE)
- Ausbildung zur/zum Medizinischen Technolog:in für Funktionsdiagnostik (MTF), Zentralklinik Bad Berka (DE)
- Tagesklinik für Schlafmedizin, Schlaflabor: Patienteninformation, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Abteilung für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde (DE)
- PatientInneninformation Schlaflabor, Wiener Gesundheitsverbund, Schlafatemzentrum Standort Penzing (AT)
- Das machen Biomedizinische Analytiker in der Funktionsdiagnostik, Tips Zeitungs GmbH & Co KG (AT)
- Innere Medizin 4, Pneumologie: Schwerpunkte und Leistungen, Kepler Universitätsklinikum (AT)
- Schlaf messen im Schlaflabor oder im Alltag, Inselspital Bern, Universitäres Schlaf-Wach-Epilepsie-Zentrum (SWEZ) (CH)
- Schlaflabor: was geschieht da?, Spitäler fmi AG, Zentrum für Schlafmedizin, Schlaflabor Spital Interlaken (CH)
- Stellenausschreibung Fachfrau/Fachmann für neurophysiologische Diagnostik (FND), Spitäler fmi AG (über jobs.ch) (CH)
- UF Health Sleep Center: Planning your visit, UF Health, University of Florida Health (US)
- Sleep (Polysomnographic) Technologist, sample job description, American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) (US)
- Sleep Disorders Lab, Arkansas Children's (US)
- Sleep Center, Marshalltown Hospital, UnityPoint Health (US)
- Sleep Center: What to Expect, The University of Vermont Health Network, UVM Medical Center (US)