ANGELA JACKSON

• Adhered to laboratory guidelines for handling biological specimens, ensuring integrity and safety of samples.
• Maintained strict adherence to laboratory quality control and assurance measures, reducing error rates significantly.
• Performed high-complexity testing in areas such as Microbiology, Hematology, Chemistry, and Immunohematology.
• Ensured compliance with applicable regulatory standards such as CLIA.
• Conducted microscopic examinations of body fluids such as urine or blood samples.

• Resolved laboratory issues by effectively communicating via phone and computer, ensuring adherence to directives from doctors and nursing staff.
• Resolved laboratory-related issues by communicating via phone and computer, ensuring compliance with directives from doctors and nursing staff.
• Analyzed, acquired, and arranged biological samples while troubleshooting analyzers to maintain quality assurance.
• Facilitated ordering and inventory management of blood platelets, cryoprecipitate, and plasma from Shepard Blood Center, ensuring vitality of blood products by verifying temperatures upon receipt.
• prepare, irradiate, and distribute lifesaving products to adults and neonates using forward and reverse typing of patient samples and implementing antigen and antibody identification.
• Oversaw emergency release and mass transfusion protocols to ensure patient safety.
• Maintained exemplary record-keeping by finalizing and accurately reporting test results.

• Led blood banker at night, transitioning between blood bank and various laboratory departments to ensure seamless operations.
• Conducted training sessions for new employees on mass transfusion protocols and laboratory operations.
  Executed mass transfusion protocol in emergencies to safeguard patient well-being
• Acquired blood via venipuncture and arterial sticks, preparing samples for analysis
• Performed analysis and ensured certification of maintenance equipment regarding quality control of reagents and analyzers
• Ensured availability of blood and products for burn victims during medical emergencies.
• Facilitated emergency release protocols to expedite critical care.
  Maintained comprehensive records of adverse events related to blood products.
• Oversaw inventory management to ensure readiness for urgent situations and availability of critical blood products.

• Severe as night Lead Medical Tech,
  assumed operational responsibility for performance of manual and automated procedures
• Ensured adherence to established protocols, facilitating efficient workflow management.
• Administer venipuncture procedures on infants and senior patients leveraging vacutainer butterfly, finger, heel stick, and arterial techniques.
• Conduct preventive maintenance and execute minor troubleshooting on all analyzers in lab.
• Accessioned and prepared specimens for dispatch to appropriate laboratory sections or reference laboratories.

• Collected blood, urine, and other bodily fluid samples, ensuring accuracy for accurate diagnostic results.
• Conducted daily quality control processes in chemistry, coagulation, hematology, and microbiology.
• Inoculated urine, stool, sputum, and wound samples onto appropriate agar plates.
• Prepared and interpreted gram stains to assist in microbial identification.
• Distributed blood products with meticulous clerical checks of patient and donor information to guarantee safety and compliance.
• Executed cross-matching of blood units, ensuring patient safety during transfusions.
• Performed ABO/Rh typing and antibody screens to identify potential complications.
• Conducted fetal screens and cord blood studies to support effective neonatal assessments.
• Assisted in API testing to validate performance and reliability of testing methods.

• Aid hospital physicians in accessing clinical data critical for effective diagnosis, treatment, and disease prevention
• Execute lab testing in the areas of bone marrow collections, coagulation, hematology, immunology, and urinalysis
• Accelerated essential lab results while maintaining validity and quality standards of samples.
• Prepared chemical solutions, reagents, and specimens for precise microscopic examination.
• Verified quality controls and calibrators daily to ensure accuracy of lab results.
• Separated, labeled, and decanted specimens for external reference

Chief Executive Laboratory Technician coordinated laboratory supply inventory and ordering processes to ensure optimal availability of necessary materials.

• Trained students in proper phlebotomy techniques, enhancing skill proficiency.
• Initialized maintenance for hematology and chemistry analyzers, executed quality control, and performed calibrations.
• Collected blood and bodily fluids for in-house and send-out testing.
  Performed routine microscopic analysis on urinalysis samples.
  Conducted x-rays and pulmonary function tests on patients.
  Ensured accurate sample collection and handling procedures were followed.
• Assessed and authenticated test results, ensuring laboratory certification by completing required state surveys.

• Lead tech conducted evening technology sessions with strict compliance to lab protocols, sanitation standards, and testing procedures
• Ensured quality control and precise calibrations for lab inventory management.
• efficient coordination of sending out test setups for urine, wound, and additional culture conduct lab tests in hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, and serology

• Ensured accuracy of patient information upon request.
  Conducted blood counts and manual differential using a microscope.
  Performed manual ESR and reticulocyte counts efficiently.
• Executed serology testing for RPR, RSV, influenza A/B, and pregnancy evaluations.
  Counted and analyzed urine samples under a microscope to verify findings.
• Arranged and inoculated plates for culture, conducting chemical analyses of body fluids including blood, urine, and spinal fluid to evaluate normal and abnormal component presence.
• Executed comprehensive ABO and Rh blood typing alongside antibody screening and direct anti-globulin testing.
  Validated compatibility testing for safe transfusion practices.
  Thoroughly analyzed and recorded results within computerized databases.

• Applied universal hygiene practices, handled equipment (centrifuges), managed hazardous materials, and disposed of waste and sharps to ensure safe laboratory operations.
• Collected blood samples while implementing infection and contamination prevention measures, ensuring timely and accurate results.
• Performed urinalysis and waived tests (pregnancy) to support diagnostic processes and patient care.
• Labeled and procured blood and other specimens according to the specific requirements in a variety of settings such as EDTA for CBC, Fluoride for blood sugar glucose, and Citrate for coagulation tests

• Collected blood and urine samples to ensure accurate diagnostic testing
• Verified and recorded the identity of patient and donor
• Managed incoming calls and scheduled patient appointments to optimize workflow