Quality Control Medical Technologist

Ma. Annielyn Carter, A.A.B. MLS

**************@*****.*** 650-***-****

Objective:

With over a decade of experience as a Medical Technologist, I am eager to leverage my extensive skills and expertise in a dynamic laboratory setting in the Greater Austin area, contributing to high-quality patient care and innovative diagnostic solutions.

Education: Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology License: California Clinical Lab Scientist Generalist MTA-00043530 American Association of Bioanalysts Certified Medical Technologist ID# 20101010 Experience:

Natera Austin, TX October 2024 to Present

• Dedicated and skilled healthcare professional performing Panorama™ non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT).

• Conducted NIPT procedures, analyzing fetal DNA samples to detect common chromosomal abnormalities (e.g., trisomies 21, 18, and 13) with accuracy. Ensured compliance with regulatory standards and best practices, maintaining HIPAA and confidentiality

• Strong background in laboratory processes, quality control, committed to delivering accurate, timely results while adhering to high standards of care and ethical guidelines.

• Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)

• Laboratory Techniques & Quality Control

• Compliance with HIPAA & Regulatory Standards

• Team Collaboration & Communication

• Precision & Attention to Detail

Austin Regional Clinic Austin, Texas May 2023-Present

• Chemistry performed daily, weekly, monthly maintenance of the instruments.

• We are currently using Roche Cobas c503, c801, CCM, Pre analytical (P512, BLIM) Post analytical P701.

• Hematology performed manual differential count, maintenance of the Sysmex analyzer

• Urinalysis. Adventus urinalysis instrument, microscopic

• Coagulation ACL top

• ESR machine Diesse Cube

• LIS ( Copia, Epic)

Monogram Bioscience Oyster Point, CA March 2021 to December 2021

• Performed routine and complex technical procedures according to standard operating procedures.

• Utilized a wide array of instrumentation; dispensers, cell platers, automated sample handling systems and perform quality control and calibrations as required.

• Completed troubleshooting steps to evaluate testing failures and identify other problems.

• Analyzed specimen data and reported accurate and timely test results to deliver quality patient care.

• Provided oversight and mentorship to new laboratory staff and clinical laboratory scientists in training

• Assisting in the development of new assays and technology transfer from R&D Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA May 2013 to August 2021

• Ensuring proper maintenance of chemistry analyzers is carried out and in a timely manner.

• Validating that analyzers are functioning per standards before running samples.

• Checking that instruments have needed consumables (expirations, quantity).

• Troubleshooting Out of Range QC by identifying and correcting the problem using laboratory standards.

• Configuring and calibrating instrumentation to insure results are within an acceptable range.

• Running Quality Control periodically during testing to confirm that patients results are accurate and reliable.

• Educate newly hired team members and interns on laboratory procedures and the operation of laboratory testing equipment.

California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA Jan 2012 to June 2013

• Completed necessary checks to assure accurate and reliable test results for patients.

• Accurately identified and classified white blood cells and estimated the number and quality of platelets, identify normal and abnormal blood cell morphology on a Wright’s stained blood smear.

• Correlated and evaluated hematology and coagulation test results with other clinical findings when appropriate, with other laboratory data.

• Performed calibration as needed and ran QC as part of daily maintenance of analytical equipment..

• Completed complex troubleshooting of QC failures that occurred.

• Used troubleshooting skills to resolve issue with analyzers having errors. Lab Instrumentation:

1. Roche Cobas 8100 Automated workflow, 8000 Modular Analyzer, P701 Post Analytical Unit 2. ABL 800 Flex Blood Gas Analyzer, DPC Immulite 1000, SQA-V sperm quality analyzer 3. Siemens RxL Dimension, Streamlab, ExL, RxL Chemistry Analyzers 4. Abbott Architect ci4100, Architect i2000, Covid ID Now 5. Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-Cov2, GeneXpert System Laboratory Information System:

1. Sunquest

2. Epic Beaker

3. Cerner

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