Depending on the regulations in your state, a medical assistant might draw blood or perform other lab duties. (work.chron.com)
Many registered dental assistants also process dental x-rays, expose radiography, and perform lab duties such as making teeth casts and temporary crowns. (payscale.com)
Having no one to share lab duties with, I was spending more time in making buffers, cutting brain sections, keeping records for the EPA, IACUC, etc. than reading, think, and designing the experiments to take the projects forward. (nextscientist.com)