Manager Quality Assurance

Diane Lynn Gardenhire, CLS

**** *. ************* ***. ******, CA 93619 559-***-****

*****.**********@*****.***

JOB OBJECTIVE: Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Full-time as a Manager

and/or Technical Position

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

More than 30 years of experience in hospitals, reference and private

laboratories showing success and capability to:

. Manage and perform technical testing in the medical laboratories.

. Utilize a broad range of skills and knowledge in all departments:

chemistry, hematology, transfusion services, urinalysis,

coagulation, immunology, parasitology and microbiology.

. Perform phlebotomy, patients' procedures and specimen collections,

processing and use of LIS.

. Execute and report proficiency testing using CAP, API, and AAB as

required.

. Provide skillful troubleshooting and maintenance and of

instrumentation and tracking needed supplies.

. Apply critical thinking skills to quality control, validation,

quality assurance, TQM, and use root cause analysis for incident

management reports.

. Be creative, resourceful, and flexible in adapting to changing

priorities and keeping a positive attitude.

. Obtain licensure, compliance for laboratories from COLA, CAP, and

State of California.

. Experience in writing job descriptions, policies and procedures,

evaluations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

March 2013-Present Technical Consultant Universal Biomedical

Research Laboratory, Dinuba, CA

Prepare a new laboratory for accreditation, reviewing

procedures and quality assurance program.

June 2008-Present Clinical Laboratory Scientist California

Oncology, Fresno, CA

Per Diem as a CLS and Technical Consultant for

California Oncology, Turlock

. Emphasis upon immediate analysis of all patients' CBCs and

differential results, performed chemistries.

. Prepared laboratory for COLA inspections to obtain accreditation.

February 7, 2011-July 25, 2011 CLS, Temporary, Saint Agnes Medical

Center, Fresno CA

Operated a medical group laboratory functioning with

one CLS to order, draw blood, process

all specimens and perform basic testing, QC, maintenance, PT,

prepare for CAP inspection.

August 2008-April 2009 Supervisor, CLS

Westcliff Medical Laboratories, Fresno, CA

. Organized and obtained licensure for a new satellite laboratory.

. Trained for required instrumentation at Siemens, Beckman-Coulter,

and Horiba at engineering sites.

. Wrote procedures and compiled manuals for maintenance, problems,

supplies and inventory.

. Effectively communicated with main laboratory so all QC values &

lot #s would correspond to instrumentation.

. Learned a more perfected method for semen analysis using QC and a

Makler Chamber.

July 2006-April 2008 Manager, CLS Laboratory Manager,

Internal Medicine Associates, Fresno, CA

. Directed all testing done for a large medical practice.

. Selected new testing, procedures and instruments appropriate to

their clientele's health care.

. Performed all required microbiology identification and

susceptibility testing.

. Excelled in passing COLA inspections for high complexity

laboratory.

. Communicated with all healthcare providers, venders, and held lab

development meetings with staff.

May 2004-March 2006 Manager, CLS Primary Care Consultants,

Clovis CA

. Worked alone to provide all testing, QC, QA, PT, writing

procedures and providing documentation.

. Conducted a successful State of California inspection to obtain

licensure.

July 2002-May 2004 Clinical Laboratory Scientist Sierra-

Kings District Hospital, Reedley, CA

. Generalist on 12 hour shifts, drawing and running emergency

department lab requests as STATs.

. Special techniques drawing arterial blood gases and legal drug and

alcohol specimens.

. Performed required maintenance, calibrations, QC to prepare for

daily lab testing.

October 2000-May 2005 and July 1990-October 1991 CLS Madera

Community Hospital, Madera, CA

. Three years as a fulltime microbiology technologist using

Microscan and Bac-T-Alert instruments; TB and fungal cultures,

blood and anaerobic cultures, immunology, and parasitology.

. Part-time performing generalist duties: Beckman-Coulter

instrumentation for chemistry and hematology, Meditech for LIS,

Sysmex for coagulation, manual blood bank methods.

. Former dates worked nightshift alone to draw patients, perform

testing, EKGs for entire hospital & ER and perform all routine

maintenance.

July 1999-October 2000 and March 1981-April 1989 CLS

St. Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, CA

. Fulltime and flex part-time as a generalist covering all shifts

and departments as needed.

. Expertise increased in testing of body fluids.

. Increased types of coagulation tests performed, i.e. platelet

aggregation, manual DIC panels.

. Blood banking requiring antibody and antigen identification,

washed units, and pooling platelets.

August 1998-June 1999 CLS (Clinical Partner) Community Health Systems

at University of California, Fresno

. Adopted the Ortho ID Micro-typing System Gel Test use for a very

active blood bank department.

. Rotated into all departments of the general laboratory, working

varied shifts and hospital locations.

December 1994-July 1998 Clinical Laboratory

Scientist Sanger General Hospital, Sanger, CA

. Designed extensive flow charts for microbiology identifications &

amended procedures as the microbiologist.

. Responsible for on-call testing, ordering supplies, CAP testing,

maintenance and quality control.

. Designed charts and created manuals for QC, maintenance, and

supply inventory and problem documentation.

. Part-time Manager with authority to hire personnel for

laboratory.

EDUCATION

. B.A. in Zoology, minor in Chemistry, California State

University, Fresno

. Graduate courses in physiology and animal science.

. Earned a Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential and Life Science

Single Subject Teaching Credential.

. Medical Technologist Internship at Fresno Community Hospital to

qualify for licensing as CLS.

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