Quality Control Medical Technologist
Resume:
Cynthia Ann Berlanga B.A.T., MT (AMT), MLT (ASCP)
Brighton Colorado
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Work Experience
**/****-******* ****** ****** Medical Center
Lab/Chemistry Supervisor
• Under the direction of the Laboratory Director working as a 2nd/3rd shift supervisor and Chemistry Supervisor
• Initiate, develop, and recommend changes to policies. Communicate approved policies and procedures to staff and ensure compliance.
• Supervise staff in the performance of their routine duties and evaluate adherence to technical standards.
• Train section staff in the use or application of equipment or techniques.
• Respond to 2nd & 3rd shift laboratory-related problems.
• Monitor the quality of work performed and ensure compliance with applicable regulations. Ensure that quality control guidelines are followed and oversee chemistry QC. Ensure that quality control guidelines are followed and that all testing is performed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Manage chemistry operations, oversee the evening and night shift staff. Interview, train, mentor, and evaluates employees.
• Under the direction of the Laboratory Director working as a 2nd/3rd shift supervisor and Chemistry Supervisor
2/2013 - 11/2013 Brownsville Independent School District
Health Science Technology Teacher
• Teach Medical Terminology, Pathophysiology and Principles of Health Science.
• Plan, develop and implement lesson plans that fulfill the requirements of the district's instructional program and show written evidence of preparations as required; prepare lessons that reflect accommodations for differences in student abilities and learning styles; coordinate with special education teachers to modify curricula as needed for special education students according to guidelines established in Individual Education Plans (IEP)
• Help students analyze and improve study methods and habits; help achieve the improvement of all students; conduct ongoing assessment of student achievement through formal and informal testing; assume responsibility and sponsor extracurricular activities as appropriate
• Create a classroom environment conducive to active and successful student learning and appropriate e for the physical, social, and emotional development of students; manage student behavior
• Establish and maintain effective open communication with students, parents, teachers, and administrators; participate in staff professional development activities. Perform other duties as assigned.
8/2012 - 10/2012 Clinical Labs of Hawaii, Maui Memorial Medical Center
Medical Technologist (Generalist)
• Trained in a 200 bed hospital
• Chemistry - Olympus 600 and 400
• Ran daily quality control and maintenance
• Responsible for morning run and several stat tests including mono, influenza, and HCG
• Immunoassay-Access II
• Ran daily quality control and maintenance
• Hematology-LH 750
• Ran daily quality control and maintenance
• Responsible for morning run
• Ran QC for body fluids
• Responsible for calling, documenting, and faxing all critical results to appropriate departments or doctor’s offices
2/2012 - 8/2012 VA Valley Coastal Bend Health Care Services - Harlingen, TX
Medical Technologist (Generalist)
• Trained in a clinic setting
• Chemistry-DXC 600
• Hematology-LH 500
• Immunoassay-Access II
• Coagulation-ACL Top 500
• Urinalysis-Clinitek
• Blood Gas Analysis-Cobas B221
• Shift was considered the “closing tech” from 10am to 6:30pm
• Responsible for closing procedures on most of the instruments, pending logs, rotating racks for all departments, putting specimens away, and ensuring that all patient information was put away under lock and key
• Key Operator for Hematology
• Responsible for IQAP on a monthly basis for LH500, two DXH, and two blood gas Cobas B221 instruments
• Responsible for all calibrations of hematology instruments and CAP surveys
• Revised several Lab check off maintenance forms
• Responsible for calling, documenting, and faxing all critical results to appropriate departments or doctor’s offices. Specimen workload consisted of 50 +/- specimens daily.
2010 - 2012 Valley Regional Medical Center - Brownsville, Texas
Night Shift Supervisor - Medical Technologist (Generalist)
• Trained in a 200 bed hospital
• Generalist-rotating departments grave yard shift
• Supervise a total of 4 Phlebotomists with 2 on a nightly basis
• A total of 2-3 techs working at night
• Alternate with other night supervisor. Hospital census is full 70% of time. Responsible for all QC and maintenance in Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis and Blood Bank
Departments include but not limited to:
• Hematology: 2 DXH, Chemistry: 2 Vistas, Coagulation: 2 sysmex, Blood Bank: Gel cards-XM, CRYO, FFP and Baby aliquots, etc..Micro: STAT kits-FLU, RSV, CDIFF, CHLAMYDIA, STREP, help out with ova/parasites, wet preps, gram stains, positive blood cultures and loading of blood culture bottles setup cultures (wound, urine, resp., etc..)
• Serology, Send outs, Call critical results, fax and place orders for send outs when floors have trouble
• Make sure schedule does not have conflicting/short staffed errors. Utilize Disciplinary reports, verbal warnings on a needed basis.
8/2007 - 5/2010 Valley Baptist Medical Center - Harlingen, TX
Medical Technologist (Generalist/Microbiology)
Microbiology Technologist (2007 - 2010)
o Perform preventive maintenance on microscan
o Utilize PC to enter and retrieve patient data
o Answer multi-line phone, operate fax and copy machine
o Use of the Microscan and Bactec 50-100 cultures per bench per day
o Setup daily, weekly, or monthly QC
o Read cultures for rotating benches: Urines/Stools/QC, Bloods/Resp/Anaerobes, Misc./Inco, flu, rsv, rota, PBP2, Cdiff, meningitis latex, etc.
Generalist (2007 - 2008)
o Blood Bank: use of gel cards, setup QC, x-matchs, platelets, pool cryo, plasma, antibody ID,etc.. About 50-90 spec. daily.
o Chemistry: use of Dimensions 2 instruments, streamlab, sysmex, 200-300 specimens daily, QC and maintenance.
o Coagulation: sysmex about 100-200 specimens daily, platelet agg., run QC, maintenance.
o Urinalysis: Iris about 50-100 daily, run QC, maintenance.
o Hematology: Sysmex 3 instruments on a belt, about 200- 300 specimens daily, run QC, maintenance.
o Responsible for calling, documenting, and faxing all critical results to appropriate departments or doctor’s offices
10/2005 - 8/2007 San Juan Regional Medical Center - Farmington, NM
Medical Technologist (Generalist/Microbiology)
Microbiology Technologist (4/2007 - 2007)
Microbiology training (10/2006 - 4/2007)
o Read plates in AM, do QC as needed/required, run all workup on Vitek and maintenance
o Rota, giardia/crypto, Cdiff, genprobes, flu/rsv
o Responsible for mycology once a week
o Store and make fresh QC
Generalist (2005 - 2006)
o Blood Bank automated and tube method.
o Hematology: Sysmex 50-100 specimens daily, run QC
o Chemistry: 2 Dimensions 100-200 specimens daily, QC
o Urinalysis: 20-30 specimens daily, run QC
o Coagulation: 50-100 specimens daily, run QC
o Rotating finger sticks for evenings
o Responsible for calling, documenting, and faxing all critical results to appropriate departments or doctor’s offices
5/2004 - 10/2005 Brownsville Doctor’s Hospital - Brownsville, TX
Medical Laboratory Technician (Generalist)
• Chemistry-Vitros, Hemoglobin A1C, Hematology- Max-m.
• Microscopic differentials, stainer, retic s, sed-rates, etc.
• Urinalysis- few daily, microscopic exams, ur . HCG tests
• Coagulation-PT,PTT, FIB ONLY
• Blood Bank - Type, cross match- about 5-10 daily, send-out antibody IDs
• Register patients, verify insurance, draw required specimens and run specimens
• On call starts Monday 8pm-Monday 6AM two weeks a month or more if requested
• Take specimens to other hospitals when required
• Fax all critical results over weekend
• Assist pathologist with frozen sections, prepare specimens for pathologist, help stain (on rare occasion) a frozen section, file pathology slips, clean instrument for frozen sections, much more
Education
Regis University(current student-graduate fall 2015)
Master of Science-Organizational Leadership
University Of Texas at Brownsville
Bachelor Degree Health Service Technology
University Of Texas at Brownsville
Associate Degree Medical Lab Technologist
University Of Texas at Brownsville
Associate Degree General Study of Arts
Certifications
American Medical Technologist - Medical Technologist
American Society of Clinical Pathology - Medical Laboratory Technician
License
State of Hawaii - Clinical Laboratory License - Medical Technologist
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