Last-Minute Prep Tips for the Med Tech Board Exam
The Med Tech board exam is what your college education has been building up to and it’s literally days from now. You’re pretty sure you’ve already studied as hard as humanly possible. This means that you’ve done everything you could to pass, right? Not quite. These last remaining days are not just for some ill-advised […]
The 7 Types of Med Techs You’ll Meet at the Lab
There’s always gonna be that one person in the lab that just ~gets you~. These types find your weird humor funny and they let you rant about that one time you-know-who did you-know-what. You have no idea how you’ll survive without them. I mean, who’s gonna tell the most perfect alibi for your coming in […]
The Rise of Millennial Med Techs
We’ve all heard the stereotypes. Millennials are lazy, entitled, and self-obsessed. And with the baby boomers retiring from the lab, millennial med techs are now filling up job openings. As a lab manager, this may be a reason for anxiety. Given what we’ve heard about the millennials’ work attitude, how can these incoming hires fit […]
Blood Test to Detect 8 Cancers Before Symptoms Appear
In what can be only described as one of medical history’s most ambitious researches, the scientists from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are now on the trial stage of developing the world’s first blood test for cancer. Named as CancerSEEK, this blood test will detect 8 types of cancers: ovarian, liver, stomach, pancreatic, oesophageal, bowel, lung and […]
Once-a-Week HIV Pill Now in Development
This average-looking pill could revolutionize HIV treatment worldwide. Biotechnology company Lyndra Inc. has began the developments for a once-a-week HIV pill. The technology allows for the pill’s coating to dissolve within the stomach and for the special structure inside to unfold. With a span of 1.5 inches, this star-shaped structure is large enough to remain […]
A Very Merry JARC Group Christmas
The JARC Group of Companies has a long and joyous history of Christmas celebrations. With a workforce that spans across the islands of the Philippines, we take every chance we could have to get together and bond. 2017 also proved to be a very successful year for JARC Group, giving us more reasons to enjoy […]
7 Weird Truths About Laboratory Fashion
Make sure to use it every 3 minutes for full coolness effect. Does a clean lab coat actually even exist? And changing to a new lab coat always makes you feel weird, maybe even a little bit guilty. Then you try to own it by saying “You can never be too safe.” One look is […]
Dengvaxia in the Philippines: A Timeline
Before becoming the center of a nationwide health scandal, Dengvaxia was a groundbreaking vaccine that aimed to eradicate dengue, a disease Filipinos know all too well. Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccine division of pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, commercially released the vaccine to 11 countries, including the Philippines, in 2016. For this article, we are taking a closer […]
7 Weird Things to Expect When You Date a Med Tech
It’s pretty much part of the package of what a med tech sees as boyfriend/girlfriend material. And they’ll tell you about it all through dinner. The kitchen is basically their lab at home. After months of binge-watching with them, you may find yourself spotting some on your own. There’s a bottle in their car, their […]
MEDTEK Heads to Isabela for a Medical Mission
In the spirit of giving and charity, MEDTEK made its way up North to Tumauini, Isabela for a medical mission. On the early morning of December 9, 2017, MEDTEK and our partners from Tumauini Lodge 251 opened the doors of Paragu Elementary School. Not only were the people of Paragu greeted with free blood and […]