Alanna Orendorff

Preceptor: Daniel Cullinan, Pharm D

• Contribute to a positive work environment through effective and respectful collaboration with pharmacy staff members and other healthcare professionals.
• Use pharmacy software to fill new and pre-existing prescription orders from nursing staff, adjust dosing schedules and strengths, and help maintain accurate medication records.
• Display excellent multitasking skills while ensuring precision and timely completion of all assigned responsibilities.
• Compound and prepare intravenous products by correctly verifying the materials needed and their volumes in the solution.

• Assisted pathologists in accurate diagnoses by performing complex staining techniques on a variety of specimen types.
• Enhanced laboratory efficiency by maintaining and calibrating thin prep, centrifuges, and stainer machines regularly.
• Provided critical support during fine needle aspiration procedures by preparing slides on-site for immediate evaluation by pathologists and collecting specimen in formalin, CytoRich-Red, cytolyt, Afirma, or RPMI for further processing.
• Collaborated effectively with a surgical team during EBUS and EUS procedures.
• Properly donned PPE during specimen processing, specimen collecting, and wore KN95 mask, face shield, and gown during procedures with patients suspected of COVID-19 or tuberculosis.
• Promoted workplace safety through adherence to proper handling protocols for hazardous materials and chemicals through use of fume hoods, biohazard waste bags, and sharps containers.
• Mass produced cell blocks, thin preps, and Cyto-spin slides daily.

• Promptly and diligently answered incoming phone calls, addressing the needs of customers, healthcare providers, and insurance companies.
• Properly checked in and stocked non-control, C-V and C-IV controls, and refrigerator items to keep accurate records and storage of the pharmacy's inventory.
• Enhanced pharmacy workflow by assisting pharmacists with medication dispensing, labeling, and packaging.
• Inputted accurate prescription data including: medication name, strength, dosing frequency, number of allotted refills, do not fill before date, and doctor's NPI, DEA, and ICD-10 codes provided.
• Billed prescriptions using updated insurance info and the correct form of insurance depending on the type of medication, either private, state, or federal.
• Assisted customers in store with finding items on shelves.

• Successfully graded short-response assignments for a professor's two classes, roughly 80 students each.
• Upheld academic integrity standards by reviewing assignments for potential plagiarism.
• Identified common errors among student submissions, reaching out to the instructor to discuss possible solutions for fair grading.
• Kept up with fast-approaching deadlines along with midterm and final grade submissions.

• Worked efficiently as a site specialist by checking-in lines of patients, scribing for nurses during vaccinations, and administering PCR and antigen tests.
• Effectively wore proper PPE at all times.
• Performed duties at pop-up events, such as festivals, schools, and walk-in clinics.
• Did outreach for the community by traveling to various locations in mobile vans, including neighboring towns.
• As a unit, helped 1 million people get vaccinated against COVID-19.