Experience

Alverno Laboratories

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Medical Technologist

  • Jan 2021 - Present



St. Mary Medical Center

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Point-of-Care Coordinator / Medical Technologist

  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2021

  Oversees the daily operations of Point of Care testing for the non-laboratory areas of St. Mary Medical Center and St. Catherine Hospital including the Emergency Department, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Electrophysiology Lab, Surgery, and other Nursing Units.• Works with physicians, nurses, and other Healthcare workers who utilize Waived and non-Waived Point-of-Care methodologies that include glucometers; i-STAT, ACT, and urinalysis instrumentation, plus other manual Point-of-Care testing. • Documents that Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Proficiency Testing are acceptable and current and that patient results are valid and reported to appropriate records. • Ensures that employee competencies are current and documented. • Evaluates new methodologies; Performs validation studies on new tests and instruments; Ensures that testing equipment is properly maintained.• Purchases, maintains and validates testing supplies for Point-of-Care testing areas.• Budgets for both St. Mary Medical Center and St. Catherine Hospital Point-of-Care departments.• Ensures that all protocols, procedures and operations are acceptable to accrediting agencies such as Joint Commission for Accreditation of Hospitals, College of American Pathologists, CLIA and State Board of Health.

• Medical Technologist

  • Dec 2005 - Sep 2015

  •Performs testing in the Departments of Urinalysis, Microbiology, Hematology, Coagulation, Serology, Chemistry, Blood Bank, and Central Processing on both the afternoon and midnight shifts.•Ability to perform both automated and manual test procedures. •Performs Instrument Maintenance, Problem Solving, Proficiency Testing, Quality Control, and follows Quality Assurance protocols.•Ensures that physician laboratory orders are proper and correct; Evaluates test results for validity and accuracy.•Enters results into Laboratory Information System (LIS); Works with the Hospital Information System (HIS); Informs physicians and appropriate Nursing Units of Critical Value patient results.



Quest Diagnostics

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Microbiologist

  • Apr 2004 - Apr 2005

  • Responsible for setting up urine cultures.• Prepares, stains, and examines Gram Stains; Reports results; Correlates with culture results. • Evaluates culture plates for significant pathogenic bacterial growth; Performs automated and manual biochemical testing to identify pathogenic bacteria; Sets up appropriate antibiotic sensitivity testing.• Perform alternative testing when necessary to obtain bacterial identification and antimicrobial sensitivities.• Evaluates and works up positive blood cultures.• Enter results into computer system through vocal software program.



Porter Hospital

• Microbiology Department

  • Jan 1990 - Apr 2004

  • Sets up a variety of specimens for culture.• Prepares, stains, and examines bacterial Gram Stains, Fungal slide preparations, and Mycobacteriology Kinyoun/Auramine-Rhodamine stains. Correlates stain results with culture growth.• Evaluates culture plates for significant bacterial growth; Utilizes automated and manual biochemical testing methodologies to identify bacteria and determine pathogenicity; Sets up appropriate antibiotic sensitivity testing.• Perform alternative testing when necessary to obtain bacterial identification and antimicrobial sensitivities.• Evaluates and works up positive blood cultures.Performs:• PCR testing for GC and Chlamydia.• Automated and manual Serology testing including instrumentation for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV.• Mycobacteriology and Mycology culture set-up and culture growth evaluation.• Parasitology testing plus other stool testing methodologies.• Chairman of Laboratory Quality Assurance Committee.• Additional responsibilities include performing testing in the Departments of Urinalysis, Hematology, Coagulation, Serology, Chemistry, Blood Bank, and Phlebotomy on the midnight shift.