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Medical Technologist Quality Control

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United States
Posted:
April 21, 2014

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SONIA PATEL

** ********* ***

Parkville, Maryland 21234

Cell: 443-***-****

Home: 410-***-****

acdr5w@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective:

Seeking a career growth position within a progressive organization in

which a strong clinical background and highly developed communication

skills will make an immediate and valuable impact.

Summary of Qualifications:

* Proficient in hospital database technology, quality assurance and

quality control procedures, and instrument operation and maintenance.

* Knowledgeable in the clinical laboratory processes and equipment used

in POCT, Hematology, General Chemistry, Toxicology, Flow Cytometry,

Biochemistry, Blood Gas Analysis, Some Microbiology Set-up,

Processing, and Accessioning.

* Articulate, confident, and outgoing, with excellent presentational

skills combined with the ability to project a professional image.

Professional Experience:

St Agnes Hospital

Medical Technologist, March 2008-Current

Performing as a Point of Care Testing Technologist

Selected Accomplishments:

. Train physicians, nurses, and qualified healthcare personnel

throughout the hospital on the proper use and maintenance of

POCT analyzers, including SureStep Flex(Glucose) Biosite Triage

Meters(Cardiac Markers), Hemachron (ACT), Coaguchex(PT/INR) and

Hemocue(Hemoglobin), as well as manual tests such as Occult

Blood, Urinalysis etc.

. Provide troubleshooting support to the end users of POCT

analyzers and test kits

. Pull and review daily, weekly and monthly QC reports

. Conduct proficiency testing throughout the hospital for all POCT

tests per Joint Commission standards

. Maintain and update records of qualified operators of POCT tests

throughout the hospital

. Perform routine maintenance and quality control testing on POCT

analyzers throughout the hospital. Analyzers include, Glucose

SureStep Flex, Hemocue 201 DM, Biosite Triage Meters(Cardiac

Markers),Hemachron ACT analyzer, CoaguChex Coagulation analyzers

. Conduct implementation studies on newly acquired instruments

. Maintain inventory and conduct lot check in procedures when

necessary

. Establish a good working relationship between the POCT

department and the end users of POCT analyzers

. Investigate any unusual results or testing patterns through the

use of POCT software-Telcor, Biosite, and LifeScan

St Agnes Hospital

Medical Technologist, October 2007-March 2008

Performed as a Microbiology Technologist-Blood Cultures Bench,

Immunology, Probetec

Transferred to Point of Care testing in order to obtain more work

hours.

Upper Chesapeake Medical Center

Medical Technologist, February 2006-August 2007

Performed in a generalist capacity in Hematology and Chemistry.

Assisted with processing and accessioning.

Performed some basic preliminary setting-up of specimen for

microbiology testing.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Worked on all of the benches in the Hematology department of the

lab, including, but not limited to Coagulation (Sysmex 1500),

CBC's (Advia), Urinalysis (Urisys), Sedimentation Rates, FDP's,

Rapid Strep, Mono Screens, Stool Occult Blood, Gastric Occult

Blood, Clinitest, and Ictotest (Various Manual Testing Kits),

Urine Microscopics, Manual Differentials, Manual Retic Counts,

Platelet Estimates, Fluid Counts, (Microscope)

. Worked on all of the benches in the Chemistry department of the

lab, including but not limited to Chemistry Panels, Cardiac

Markers, Pro-BNP, Thyroid Assays, Therapeutic Drug Levels, Drugs

of Abuse Screens, Urine Chemistries, Serum Iron, Ferritin and

TIBC levels, Quantitative Serum HCG levels, and various

miscellaneous assays (Dimension RXL). Some thyroid levels,

cortisol levels and therapeutic drug levels (Axsym), Fetal

Fibronectin Levels, Ionized Calcium (Ilyte), Fetal Lung Maturity

(TDX), Qualitative TCA levels and Qualitative Urine and Serum

HCG (Manual Kits).

. Worked in processing and accessioning. Set up and loaded blood

cultures (BACTEC), Aliquoted and properly stored Send-Out test

specimens, Plated and Gram Stained Positive Blood Cultures and

CSF samples for send-out testing, ordered tests, centrifuged

samples, answered the phones.

Medstar Health-Good Samaritan Hospital

Medical Technologist, September 2002-May 2004

Performed in a generalist capacity in Hematology and Chemistry

Selected Accomplishments:

. Worked on all of the benches in the chemistry and hematology

departments of the lab, including, but not limited to,

Coagulation

( STAGO), Manual Differentials (Microscope), CBC's (Coulter GenS

and MaxM), Blood Gases (Chiron), Routine and Stat Chemistries

(950), Free PTN's, Cyclosporins (FLX), Urine and Serum

Osmolalities (Osmometer), TSH, T3, T4(VITROS).

. Assisted in the collection and preparation of bone marrow

aspirates and biopsies.

. Collected correlation data on three different instruments to

assist Q.C. and Q.A. technologists in setting up blood gas

instruments to assist the Q.C. and Q.A.

On Assignment Inc.

Certified Staffing Consultant, January 2001-July 2002

Recruited, screened, interviewed, and placed laboratory and healthcare

professionals for healthcare facilities.

Directed and followed employee development with performance

counseling.

Maintained excellent rapport with current clients, while bringing new

clients on board.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Generated over five hundred thousand dollars in revenue in my

first year as a staffing consultant.

. Opened up the Baltimore Market for On Assignment's Clinical Lab

Staff division.

. Generated enough revenue in 2002 to qualify to bring on a

partner in order to further grow the business.

. Brought major hospitals and laboratories on board as clients

including, Quest, LabCorp, Good Samaritan Hospital, LabCare, St

Agnes Hospital, etc.

. Made Baltimore one of the biggest and most active markets in the

country for Clinical Lab Staff.

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Medical Technologist, June 1996- November 2000

Performed a variety of general and specialized tests on numerous

different instruments in several different departments including:

Critical Care Lab-Blood Gas Analysis and Ionized Calcium Levels

(Chiron)

Toxicology Lab- Drugs of Abuse (Hitachi, Toxilab, GCHS) Therapeutic

Drugs (TDX, FLX)

Hematology Lab-(MLA), FDP, Thrombin Time, D-dimer (Manual Test Kit),

Manual Differentials (Microscope)

Biochemistry Lab-Hemoglobin Electrophoresis (Manual Procedure),

Hemoglobin A1C's (Variant Analyzer), G6PD's(COBAS Analyzer), Whole

Blood and PlasmaViscosities (Manual Procedures)

Chemistry Lab-CSF protein, lipase, ammonia, and lactate (ACA analyzer)

Flow Cytometry Lab-T-cell quantification and qualification (Beckton

Dickinson Flow Cytometry Instrument.)

Other duties included performing daily, monthly, and weekly

maintenance of instruments, maintenance of Levey-Jennings charts, and

notifying doctors and nurses of abnormal or unusual patient results.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Met stringent turn-around deadlines in extremely high pressure,

multi-tasking environments

. Trained in a wide variety of laboratory departments

. Lasted for four and one half years in an environment with high

employee turnover

HealthServ Inc., Leesburg, Virginia

CPT Technologist/Sales Representative, January -June 1996

Performed Current Perception Threshold testing of sensory functions on

patients

Promoted this new testing technique and HealthServ services to

physicians throughout the Baltimore-Washington-Northern Virginia

region.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Grew the client line around the designated areas enabling the

company to grow

. Maintained a good rapport with the patients and eased their

anxiety while conducting the CPT tests

Laboratory Corporation of America-Herndon, Virginia

Medical Technologist, August-December 1995

Processed urine specimens, loaded them onto the Monarch instruments,

and put patients' results in the computer

Selected Accomplishments:

. Processed, tested, and resulted over 2000 specimens per night

Education:

Medical Technology Prerequisites-

Goucher College 1989-1990

Towson State University 1990-1994

Medical Technology Program-

Morgan State University 1994-1995

Bachelor of Science Degree in Medical Technology 1995



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