Health Technician

Johntae T. Mitchell

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202-***-**** Derwood, MD

***** abiz4h@r.postjobfree.com

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Professional Summary

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Senior Laboratory Animal Technician

My objective is to work for a Biomedical Research and or Services Group,

where my skills and Qualifications will be utilized in my employers' agenda

for success and profitability. That will contribute to the employer's

success and my career.

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Professional Experience

[pic] National Institute of Health (NIH) NHLBI

April/2010 to July/2010

1) Description of Duties:

Maintain the sentinel animal program.

Maintain accurate and detailed records.

Maintain animal health records.

Perform prescribed treatments on animals.

Read and understand technical requirements stated in Animal Study

Protocols and discern discrepancies between technical requests and

ASP's.

Perform or assist investigators to perform technical procedures,

these include but are not limited to bleeding of experimental

animals, harvesting tissues or organs using aseptic techniques, or

liquid consumption studies.

Restrain, handle, and manipulate various animal species.

Perform daily animal health surveillance checks and report any

abnormal conditions of either the animals or the animal room

environment to the appropriate person.

Prepare and submit required written records, charts, logs, and

inventories in a timely manner.

Maintain surgical equipment.

2) Perform procedures requiring various levels of biohazard

containment.

Perform routine animal care as needed.

I reported any abnormal conditions of the animal facility or

immediate vicinity to supervisory staff.

Perform other duties as assigned

(Sep, 22, 09 to March, 22, 10) Georgetown University Department of

Comparative Medicine

I help assist in all aspects of cage wash operations; including sweeping

and using high-pressure chemical hoses to sanitize floors and walls. I

repair and routinely do maintenance of all assigned cages. I prepare and

dispense food and water to animals. I procure, transport, unload, and store

food supplies, and disinfect animal care equipment. I routinely inspect

animals in their cages to monitor food consumption, behavior, symptoms of

disease, and condition of confined animals for health and safety purposes.

I assist with and perform animal medications, routine vaccinations,

euthanasia, transport trash, bio hazard garbage, and dead animals for

disposal. I also assist with quarantine's of incoming animals. I do

husbandry work for (NON HUMAN PRIMATES) NHP"S and work with the

veterinarian on call to dispense medication as needed and specified by said

labs.

July 2008 to August of 2009 BMS CAT: Disaster Restoration

1. I was a supervisor for this company,' and I coordinated teams in Mold

remediation which instilled.

a. Inspection & Assessment

b. Written Scope of Work & Technical Reports

c. Health & Safety

d. Containment to Prevent Contamination to Unaffected Areas

e. Microbial Remediation & Removal

f. Structure & Content Cleaning

g. HVAC System Decontamination

h. Documents, Vital Records, Archives & Information (Micro) Media

Recovery

i. Dehumidification & Moisture Removal

j. In Accordance with EPA and State Protocols

Dec -19-2006 to May -3-2007 Bioqual Inc.

I Received, examined, transferred, Identified, and properly housed Incoming

animal's shipments according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). I

Provided food and water to animals following the (SOP) or approved

protocol. I Sanitized and decontaminated all areas of the facility. I

Understood and followed (SOP) safety procedures, and implemented quality

assurance guidelines to insure animal care at all levels of biohazard

containments. I Performed daily animal health surveillance checks and

reported any abnormal conditions of either the animals or the animals room

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Education and Certifications

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My skills

1. Tail clipping, learned necropsy techniques

2. Anesthesia monitoring, oral gavages

3. Euthanasia, blood collection (tail vein, retro-orbital,

lateral saphenous, facial vein (mice)

4. Intracardiac and caudal vena cava

5. Anesthesia (parenteral and gas).

6. Injections (SQ, ID, IP, IM)

7. Daily census sheets

8. Restraint methods, sexing, ear tagging, ear notching and

tattooing.

9. Following GLP's, SOP's

10. Cage washes Operations

11. Diploma, Received from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of

Education 3/11/2002

My Certificates of training and completion are but not limited to

1. Common Compliance Issues

2. Working with the IACUC: VA version

3. Euthanasia of Research Animals: AVMA Guidelines

4. Working Safely with Nonhuman Primates

5. Mouse Breeding Colony Management

6. Working with the Laboratory Mouse

7. Introduction to Nonhuman Primates

8. Introduction to Swine

9. Aseptic Technique for Rodent Survival Surgery

10. Post-Procedure Care of Mice and Rats in Research

11. Minimizing Pain and Distress

12. Pain Recognition and Alleviation in Laboratory Animals

13. Blood borne Pathogens

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