Ariana Avalos
Oakland,CA
Summary
Adept Phlebotomist Technician with a proven track record at Quest Diagnostics, enhancing patient cooperation and reducing anxiety through compassionate communication. Mastered venipuncture and specimen handling, while ensuring HIPAA compliance and advancing skills through continuous professional development. Excelled in training peers, showcasing a blend of technical proficiency and interpersonal effectiveness.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Phlebotomist Technician
Quest Diagnostics
02.2024 - Current
- Reduced patient anxiety through compassionate communication and expert venipuncture techniques.
- Spoke with patient to gather information for lab records, reduce fear, or anxiety and optimize cooperation.
- Continuously updated phlebotomy knowledge through professional development courses, ensuring best practices were upheld.
- Upheld HIPAA compliance through careful management of confidential patient records and lab results.
- Minimized patient discomfort during blood draws by utilizing proper tourniquet application, needle selection, and insertion techniques.
- Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily.
- Assisted in training new phlebotomists, sharing expertise on proper technique and safety protocols.
- Reviewed and processed requisitions for laboratory tests.
- Verified patients' identification for proper sample collection.
- Assisted in training and onboarding new phlebotomists.
- Performed venipunctures, finger sticks and heel sticks for both adult and pediatric patients.
Education
Psychology
California State University, East Bay
Hayward, CA05-2026
Phlebotomy
Phlebotomy Training Specialists
El Cerrito, CA02-2023
Skills
- Venipuncture
- Proper tourniquet use
- Data entry
- Order of draw
- HIPAA
- Venipuncture technique
- Needle disposal
- Specimen labeling
- Geriatric phlebotomy
- Sample and specimen collection
- Pediatric phlebotomy
- Sample preparation
- Specimen labeling procedures
- Patient identification
- Specimen handling
- Paperwork processing
- Venipuncture expertise
- Sample labeling
- Butterfly venipuncture
- Glucose screening
- Blood culturing
Certification
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) - National Healthcareer Association (NHA).
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Phlebotomist Technician
Quest Diagnostics
02.2024 - Current
Psychology
California State University, East Bay
Phlebotomy
Phlebotomy Training Specialists