Phlebotomist

Katherine Haynes

Email: *********@*****.***

336-***-****

Skills Summary

Ability to prioritize, remain focused on the immediate task and detail oriented

Ability to contribute to team effort and work well with or without supervision

Skilled at learning new tasks quickly and working efficiently under pressure

Professional Experience

Fresenius Dialysis Clinic-Burlington, NC

5/15-10/15

Patient Care Technician

Machine prep(prior to rx): set up machine with correct lines/tubing, dialyser and bicarb/acid concentrate, perform alarm testing and enter patient info into machine

Greet patients, obtain pre & post-rx weights, take temperature and blood pressure checks

Cannulate patient, connect arterial and venous lines to patient, ensure fluid take off goal and rx time are correctly entered, begin rx, perform blood pressure checks every 30min

Stop rx, disconnect patient from machine, check vitals, remove patient needles and ensure bleeding has stopped.

Quest Diagnostics -Durham VAMC, NC

3/13-5/15

Specimen Technician II/Courier

Data entry, matching specimens with paperwork and verifying test requirements

Working closely with hospital staff to determine which tests are needed while effectively communicating with Client Services to troubleshoot for any specialty tests

Centrifuging, aliquotting, pouring off urines, labeling test tubes, packaging and ordering lab supplies

Expediting late accessioned specimens to Cary lab to ensure work arrives on time in Chantilly, VA

Spectraforce Contract-LabCorp-RTP, NC

6/12-3/13

Drug Confirmations Department-Lab Assistant

Locating and pulling urine specimens from temporary storage (cooler) or pulling older specimens from freezer

Quantitatively aliquoting specified urine amounts into appropriate testing tubes

Labeling, ensuring matching client information and checking for name discrepancies

Completing Chain of Custody paperwork, checking for accuracy and recording all items processed before forwarding to designated departments

North Carolina Central University

01/11-12/11

Biology Graduate Research Assistant-Cancer Research

Prepared culture media using measured amounts of reagents

Maintained a sterile, uncontaminated environment for various cell lines of Rat Basophilic Leukemia

cells and properly froze down unused cells for later experiments

Ordered needed antibodies and reagents for experiments

Tested cell lines using RNA extraction, Real Time PCR, and western blot techniques

Worked on team to complete experiments in timely manner and presented findings

in PowerPoint format

Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp)-Burlington, NC

6/09-01/11

Specimen Accessioner/Courier

Minimized errors by ensuring client information correctly keyed into system while maintaining client confidentiality

Maintained productivity standards and requirements

Utilized centrifuge to separate and aliquot serum, processing of 24 hour urine samples

Documented problem samples

Prepared and packaged specimens by type to be shipped to main testing center

Shipped specimens in timely manner to testing center on weeknights and weekends

Efficiently closed down system on weeknights and weekends

EDUCATION

June 2015 American Heart Association CPR Certification Greensboro, NC

Aug-Sept. 2013 Triple A Phlebotomy CPT/NHA Certification (exp. 2017) Durham, NC

Dec. 2004 North Carolina A&T State University Bachelor of Science-Animal Science Greensboro, NC

REFERENCES:

Rene Walker Real Estate Agent Keller Williams Realty, Inc. Washington, DC 202-***-****

Michelle Williams Phlebotomist Quest Diagnostics Durham, NC 919-***-****

Angela Peace-Coard Phlebotomist Lab Corp Durham, NC 919-***-****

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