PROFILE
Highly skilled Medical Technologist with expertise in Blood Transfusion Service. Technologist pays great attention to detail and works well in high pressure situations. Efficient, productive and has great organizational skills. Well respected by co-workers and has excellent interpersonal relationships. Motivated and seeking new opportunities in a scientific field
EXPERIENCE
Medical Technologist/Blood Transfusion Service, CompuNet Clinical Laboratories, Dayton, Ohio-Assigned to Miami Valley Hospital
(level I Trauma Center) 2000-present
Assist Doctors and other medical personnel with patient care including by not limited to:
Identify ABO/Rh blood types
Conduct testing (antibody screen) prior to crossmatching red cells for transfusion,
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Preform bi-annual Method Comparability Testing.
Complete competency programs.
Inventory Control Officer.
Completes schedule for staff, monthly work schedule, daily tasks and weekend/holiday schedule.
Train/teach new employees and students.
Preform maintenance on instrumentation and monitor quality control on instrumentation and reagents.
Medical Technologist/Generalist, Compunet Clinical Laboratories, Dayton, Ohio-Assigned to Miami valley hospital (level i trauma center)
1993-2000
Assist Doctors and other medical personnel with patient care including but not limited to:
Hematology: Preformed Complete Blood Counts with manual differentials, manually analyzed blood, body fluids and assisted physicians with bone marrow aspirations.
Conducted coagulation studies.
Chemistry: Preformed urinalysis, drew and measured adult arterial/neonatal capillary blood gases, monitored therapeutic drugs, tested for drugs of abuse and developed chemical profiles.
Blood Bank: Identified ABO/RH blood type, conducted tests prior to crossmatching blood for transfusion, identified antibodies and prepared blood components for adults and neonates.
Microbiology: Preformed culturing/plating of specimens to specific media and preformed the reading of gram
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my check off sheet with the hematology supervisor. One of the first things I learned was