Phlebotomy Technician Phlebotomist

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

SKILLS

WORK HISTORY

JOSHUA GIBSON

Greenville, NC 27834

916-***-**** - ***********@*****.***

Competent Phlebotomy Technician with 16 years of experience working in high-volume, fast-paced hospital settings. Highly knowledgeable in routine blood drawing procedures and using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles and straight needles. Committed to maintaining highest quality standards when collecting, labeling and processing samples and specimens. Drawing Blood

Laboratory Testing

Heel Sticks

Hazardous Waste and Disposal

Safe Needle Disposal

HIPAA

Proper Storage Procedures

Sanitation and Sterilization

Patient Health Information Access

Time Management

Quality Patient Care

Tracking Specimens

Workplace Safety

Specimen Collection and Storage

03/2007 to Current Phlebotomist

Kaiser Permanente – Roseville, CA

Completed proper sanitation and cleaning of equipment and work areas between patients.

Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.

Used personal protective equipment correctly to protect coworkers and patients. Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies. Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating and noting times of collection. Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols. Reviewed patient records for accuracy and completeness. Conducted venipuncture and other CT procedures.

Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily. Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.

Drew blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe or butterfly venipuncture methods.

Obtained blood specimens by performing venipunctures and finger sticks many times per day.

EDUCATION

Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.

Assembled tourniquets, needles and blood collection devices to prepare work trays.

08/2006 Phlebotomy Certification

National Career Education - Rancho Cordova, CA

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