Amber Harris
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Objectives
To obtain a rewarding positions as a Medical Technologist
Education
September 2005 Medical Technology
• Completed Army Medical Laboratory Technician Course through George Washington University
• Certified by AMT as a Medical Laboratory Technician since 2005
August 2008 JBAIDS
Completed training course for Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System, JBAIDS.
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Qualified on biological warfare testing since August 2008
June 2011 Bachelor is Health Science
Dean’s List
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Experience
April 2012 September 2014 Medical Technologist (Night Shift)
Frederick Memorial Hospital – Trivergent Health Alliance 400 E. 11 th St, Frederick, MD 21701
Daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance, calibration, and quality control of Chemistry, Hematology,
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Blood Bank and Coagulation machines.
Troubleshoot machine problems.
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Running of Blood Bank specimens using the tube and the Immucor Echoes.
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Emergency releasing of blood product.
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Shipping and receiving of Blood Bank products
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Running of Iris Urinalysis machine and reading of microscopic samples.
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Plating of Microbiology specimens, reading of gram stains and running of stat testing.
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Processing of specimens to run in the laboratory or sent to reference laboratories.
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January 2011 April 2012 Medical Laboratory Technician (Night Shift)
Regional Hospital of Scranton 736 Jefferson Ave, Scranton, PA
Troubleshoot machine problems.
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Running of Blood Bank specimens using the tube and gel methods as well as the Phlebotomy of
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emergency, ICU and ward patients.
Processing of specimens to run in the laboratory or sent to reference laboratories.
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Daily maintenance, calibration, and quality control of Chemistry, Hematology, and Coagulation
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machines, as well as troubleshooting of Ortho Provue .
Emergency releasing of blood product and pooling of cryo units.
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Shipping and receiving of Blood Bank products
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Running of Iris Urinalysis machine and reading of microscopic samples.
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January 2010 November 2010 Lead Medical Technologist
Hudson Valley Health Group 3141 Rt. 9W New Windsor, NY
Accurately performed routine and complex patient and quality control samples for patient testing on
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Beckman Coulter AcT 5, Biomeriuex Vidas and Horiba Pentra 400.
Supervised all laboratory functions.
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Performed daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly quality control and maintenance for all equipment in
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the Laboratory.
Sent out samples to necessary laboratories
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Performed aseptic venipuncture collection
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Performed Proficiency testing as they were received
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Responsible for supply order and maintaining of spending of funds.
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June 2007 July 2009 Medical Laboratory Technician/ Donor Phlebotomist
Lackland Blood Donor Center Ladd St., Lackland AFB, TX
Accurately performed routine and complex donor and quality control samples for infectious disease
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testing of donor blood and components; testing includes Antibody to Human immunodeficiency virus
type I and II and Nucleic Acid Testing for HIV and West Nile Virus.
Performed blood type testing as well as syphilis, CMV, and antibody screening using the Galileo
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analyzer and manual methods.
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Supervised component processing and handling from collection through shipment
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Performed daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly quality control and maintenance for all equipment in
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the Donor Center Testing
Performed donor screening to include private interviews and vital signs
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Performed aseptic venipuncture collection
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Performed CAP surveys as they were received
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Responsible for training of incoming personnel
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February 2007 June 2007 Research Coordinator
Reed Clinic/ QuantiFERON Gold Project Treumper St., Lackland AFB, TX
Trial coordinator on the Air Force/ CDC QuantiFERON- TB automation research project.
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Acquiring research subjects’ consent forms and history forms
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Sorting specimens for incubation and centrifuging
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Data entry of all history forms collected and specimen information
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Scheduling of employees on project
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Inventory maintenance
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Performs urinalysis tests using the Clinitek
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Performs basic venipuncture and stat testing.
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March 2006 February 2007 Medical Laboratory Technician
Center for Disease Detection 3303 Nacogdoches, San Antonio, TX
Performed basic sample preparation and shipments
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Performed testing of infectious diseases in GenProbe and BD Amplified CT/GC
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Performed routine patient sample analysis in hematology, Toxicology, and urinalysis
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Performed daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly quality control and maintenance for most testing
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