Medical Technician

Kathleen Ferruzzi

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Wimuama, Fl 33598

Home Phone 813-***-****

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Professional Experience

Medical Lab Tech Axiom Laboratories Tampa,FL

Jan 2009- Present

Running of all controls for third shift

Running of all chemistry, hematology, urine and coag sample

Setting up of all microbiology sample

Reading of manual differentials

Running of all manual serology test

Running a pending log at the end of shift

Running of all stat tests

Running shut down procedures on all machines

Laboratory Assistant Physician Right Path Tampa, FL

July 2007- Jan 2009

Grossing of all pathology specimens including inking of specimens and

cutting

Cover slipping of slides

Embedding specimens

Running and maintaining of the microwave processor

Staining of H and E slides

Block checking slides

Changing and maintaining stainers

Pulling of QA for Pathologist

Filing slides and blocks

Medical Technician Sunrise Medical Laboratory Commack, NY

March 2002-December 2006

Chemistry and Hematology

Start up and maintenance of Hematology instruments including Advias,

Futuras, Iris, Sediplast, and Variants

Running CBC and retics on the Advias

Running PT, APTT, Fibrinogen and D-dimers on the Futurua

Running of urines on the Iris

Running of sedrates on the sediplast

Running of hemoglobin A1c on the Variant

Running of RPR and doing the titers

Running of Monos and doing titers

Start up and maintence of Chemistry instruments including Modulars,

Centaurs, Immulites, and Intergra

Running glucose tolerances, drug monitoring tests, chemistry test on 24

hour urines, routine chemistry tests, and reporting of all stats

Medical Technician Enzo Clinical Laboratory Farmingdale, NY

February 1999- December 2001 Chemistry and Microbiology

Routine chemistry testing

-Use of both the Hitachi 747 and the Beckmen CX7

-Performing Aldose and Lipase

-Performing chemistries on 24 hour urine

-Performing start-up and calibration of both the 747 and CX7

Routine Hepatitis testing

-Use of the Commander and the IMX

-Performing HIV tests

-Performing CMV IGM and Homocystine

-Performing IGE using the Beckmen Access

Routine Microbiology testing

-Set up of all specimens

-Set up all fungal and yeast cultures

-Use of the vitek

-Identifying bacteria that grow on the plates

-Performing gram stains and reading them

-Performing C. Diffcile toxin testing

-Setting up ova and parasite from fresh stool and stool in Para-pak

Laboratory Assistant Antech

Farmingdale, NY March 1998- March 1999

Microbiology Department

Set up of specimens

Finding missing specimens

Entering results into computer system

Reading urine cultures and sensitivities

Setting up crystals and AFPs

Clinical Rotation Mid-Island

Hospital January-February 1999

Microbiology

Set up and ran Mircoscan

Set up and reading of culture plates

Plated any positive blood cultures

Chemistry

Ran chemistry machine

Ran special chemistry test

Ran drug testing on axsym

Blood bank

Did type and screen on blood samples

Did panels with one and multiple antibodies

Did testing on cord blood

Hematology

Ran the coulter

Ran pt and ptt

Ran urines and did the microscopic

Set up ESR

EDUCATION

Associate of Arts and Sciences, Medical Laboratory Technology

January 1998 State University of New York at Farmingdale

CERTIFICATIONS

Medical Lab Technician, NYS Licensed

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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