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ABIGAIL RICO

ABIGAIL RICO

Phlebotomist
Bakersfield,CA

Summary

Newly Certified Phlebotomist with extensive training and hands-on experience in venipuncture, capillary puncture and special collection techniques. Quick to build rapport with patients and successful at reducing patients' anxiety or discomfort. Detail-oriented Phlebotomist with strong track record in painless venipuncture. Highly familiar with centrifugation and aliquoting procedures and medical terminology. Responsible and hardworking professional dedicated to using compassionate and caring approach to provide outstanding services to patients.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Phlebotomist

Biocorp Clinical Labatory
Bakersfield, CA
07.2023 - 08.2023
  • Work in the doctor's office independently check in patients drawing their blood
  • Fill out the requisitions form manually and look up the ICD-10 code test that the doctor request
  • After collecting the specimens, I processed, aliquoting and labeling them and packaged to be sent out to the main laboratory
  • Having the patient take collecting kit of H pylori, Occult blood and 24 hour collection of urine
  • Cleaning and organizing office Improved patient experience by explaining collection processes while demonstrating genuine care Maintained compliance with all safety regulations in labeling and storing specimens, resulting in a 30% reduction in unusable site samples

Laboratory Processing Specialist/ Phlebotomist

Valley Children's Hospital
Madera, CA
05.2023 - 06.2023
  • Process Newborn screen, process and sort incoming specimens
  • Fill out manual requisitions, Sort and File Requisition, Process MISC-type specimens
  • Filing Documents, scanning results into the patient's portal, and confirming with the doctor about the test orders Call and document critical results
  • Batch out specimens to be prepared to package them in curtain temperature to be sent out to variety a of different lab references
  • Answer phones, check and respond to phone messages
  • Venipuncture, label the tube, capillary puncture.

Phlebotomist

Ccare Cancer Center
Fresno, CA
11.2022 - 12.2022
  • Verifies patient identification and explains sampling procedures to patients
  • Take blood samples from patients and aliquoting and label them with their information
  • Increased single-stick success and maintained a draw rate of 7 patients per hour by using efficient and painless techniques
  • Prepare all collected specimens for testing and analysis
  • An improved patient experience by explaining collection processes while demonstrating genuine care
  • Performed all necessary handling and centrifugation of samples with less than 1% of samples lost to human error.

Education

Certificate - Certified Nurse Assistant

Cellan Central Valley College
11.2023

Certificate - Healthcare Support Occupation

Healthcare Support Occupation
05.2023

Lisence - Certified Phlebotomy Technician

National phlebotomy Training Specialist
12.2022

Diploma - General Education

Clovis East High School
06.2014

Skills

  • Medical industry
  • Infection Control
  • Medical Records
  • Patient Communication
  • Oral Care, perineal care
  • Venipuncture
  • Bilingual - English/Spanish
  • CPR, Vitals,
  • collaboration, DetailOriented
  • Diagnostic Testing
  • Patient Care
  • HIPAA
  • Health Education
  • Specimen Preparation
  • Blood Collection
  • Data Entry
  • Paperwork Processing

Certification

  • Certified Phlebotomy Technician
  • Certified Nurse Assistant
  • Basic Life Support (American Heart Association)

Timeline

Phlebotomist

Biocorp Clinical Labatory
07.2023 - 08.2023

Laboratory Processing Specialist/ Phlebotomist

Valley Children's Hospital
05.2023 - 06.2023

Phlebotomist

Ccare Cancer Center
11.2022 - 12.2022

Certificate - Certified Nurse Assistant

Cellan Central Valley College

Certificate - Healthcare Support Occupation

Healthcare Support Occupation

Lisence - Certified Phlebotomy Technician

National phlebotomy Training Specialist

Diploma - General Education

Clovis East High School

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