Lab Assistant Phlebotomist

Profile Highlights

Dynamic certified phlebotomist backed by extensive experience within hospital and laboratory settings, possessing excellent patient-relations skills and ability to precisely handle and process collected samples.

Biohazards, Infection Control, Safety, Site Selection, Disposal, Patient & Site Prep, Corrective Actions, Universal Precautions, specimen collection, Basic Lab Test, Phlebotomy & CPR /First Aid Cert.

Outstanding customer communication skills and excellent leadership skills.

Experience

PST- Patients Service Technician

Laboratory Corporation of America- Fremont Hospital June 2022 to Present

Psychiatric Patient Blood Collections for all age groups in Behavioral Healthcare Facility.

Date entry, patient information in an accurate and timely manner.

Prepare all collected specimens for testing and analysis.

Centrifuge and Aliquots.

Lab Assistant (Specimen Handler)

Spectra Laboratories, Fresenius Medical Care-North America, Milpitas Feb 2001-Oct 2021

Successful contribution to transiting of LIMS from CRT to HLAB

Perform debugging procedure, provide insightful analysis & feedback to improve efficacy

Handle daily sample accessioning for clinical & environmental specimen

Operate & troubleshoot tube auto-sorter MK-2 & OLA, Pull tubes with add-on requests for further testing

Manually process problematic specimens, storage and archiving the samples

General maintenance of lab equipment & facilities and assist CLS in the laboratory as required.

Separation of plasma from blood & filtration of fibrin, process send outs and set up colony counts.

Lab Assistant-Phlebotomy

Sutter health - Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Fremont April 2021-Oct 2021

Clinical Laboratory Assistant Performs Laboratory Procedures in Phlebotomy central specimen processing and reception.

Reception/Registration, releasing appropriate orders in EPIC to Sunquest.

Drawing Blood Patients accurately in a timely manner.

Perform venipuncture & micro collection technique on patients, hill stick puncture.

Central processing Receive, process track and send specimens.

Distribute patient results and handle inquiries, add-ons and trouble shooting.

Inventory stocking all pre-analytical work area supplies.

Process sample and prepares transport specimen.

Drawing blood from patients and receive and Centrifuge, Archiving and Storage blood, urine.

Process Microbiology Specimen, Send out process, STAT specimen process.

Check patient information accurately, Manage and distribute patient results and handle external inquiries. Add-ons and troubleshooting accurately.

Lab Assistant-ll

Sutter Health- Livermore, CA Oct 2020-Oct 2020

Working in General laboratory and operate automated lab equipment.

Maintain daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance and calibration of lab equipment and instrumentation according to the standard operating protocols.

Daily startup, maintenance, Reagents, calibrate and setup/quality controls and run according to the assay.

Stocking supplies for the technical area of lab and troubleshooting on analyzers.

Proper handling storage and labeling of specimens.

Pull pending test pull sample and run sample for all test types.

Specimen processing for all type of quality patient care on adult, pediatric, and neonatal populations.

Receive phone calls and patient inquiry in discussion with CLS while performing other clerical duties.

Phlebotomist

Intel, Santa Clara, CA Aug 2010-Aug 2010

Skillfully and safely drawing out patient blood, venipuncture, and perform vital signs

Prepared, processed, and stored patient specimens and samples according to departmental procedures using standard techniques and equipment

Transported specimens to the laboratory for testing

Utilized standard procedures for the maintenance of the samples.

Comprehensive understanding of compliance and safety

Phlebotomist Feb 2007-Mar 2007

Washington Hospital – Fremont, CA

Performed venipuncture and skin punctures to obtain a blood sample for laboratory testing

Prepared and organized patient specimens for testing

Delivered blood samples to various departments as required

Urinalysis, patient vein puncture of different ages, health conditions and degrees of difficulty, new born baby skin puncture.

In-patient and outpatient, ER support, STAT, joint replacement patient drawing blood.

Education

Certified Phlebotomy technician, Medical terminology Ohlone College, Fremont, California

B.S Commerce Sardar University, Gujarat India

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