AUDREY CARDOSO
Los Angeles,USA
Summary
Clinical laboratory professional with 9+ years of experience in high-volume testing laboratories, transfusion medicine, specimen processing, LIS/HIS, and quality assurance. Experienced in specimen preparation, centrifugation, aliquoting, order entry, equipment maintenance, quality control, and independent workflow management in regulated healthcare environments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
HD Hospital Lab Tech II - Transfusion Medicine
UCI Medical Center
05.2022 - Current
- Perform clinical laboratory support from specimen receipt/procurement through specimen and blood/blood-component processing and handling according to established procedures, protocols, and turnaround-time expectations.
- Perform specimen receiving, accessioning, and order-entry workflows, centrifugation, aliquoting, specimen acceptability review, data entry, and follow-up using Sunquest LIMS, Epic, and MediaLab.
- Conduct equipment maintenance, quality control, instrument calibration, and troubleshooting; improved blood and blood-component workflows, contributing to approximately 45% faster turnaround and a 25% reduction in product wastage.
- Support quality assurance, proficiency testing, internal and regulatory audits, and documentation in alignment with FDA, CAP, and AABB standards.
- Streamlined compliance documentation and digital record workflows, contributing to approximately 40% less time spent on repetitive compliance-related documentation.
- Communicate with clinical and laboratory personnel, prioritize workload independently, respond to workflow issues, and assist coworkers to maintain timely patient-care operations.
Research Scientist II
Thermo Fisher Scientific
12.2021 - Current
- Support regulated diagnostic laboratory and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) product-development activities within Transplant Diagnostics, collaborating across functions to maintain quality, documentation, and laboratory standards.
- Perform instrument operation, routine maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration, and QC/maintenance protocols, contributing to an estimated 30% reduction in equipment downtime.
- Lead protein purification and antibody-detection activities supporting antigen purification, characterization, and process development for LAT, Flow PRA, LABType, LinkSeq, and LABScreen product families.
- Represent Research on cross-functional core teams, providing scientific input on technical approaches, applications, feasibility, and product-development considerations.
Clinical Laboratory Assistant
Laboratory Sciences of Arizona
02.2017 - 02.2022
- Supported high-volume clinical laboratory operations across chemistry, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, microbiology, and transfusion-related workflows while maintaining quality-control and regulatory standards.
- Entered, verified, and reviewed laboratory information in LIS workflows and operated Beckman Coulter, Roche Cobas, Sysmex, IRIS, Galileo Echo/Echo Lumena, and bioMérieux Previ instrumentation.
- Developed and implemented workflow improvements that reduced turnaround time and eliminated repetitive steps, saving more than 10 hours of technician time per week.
- Performed preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, calibrations, quality controls, proficiency testing, and documentation according to standard laboratory protocols.
- Conducted safety audits and trained laboratory staff on safety and operational procedures.
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Biological Sciences
Arizona State University
01-2020
Skills
- High-Volume Testing Laboratory
- Specimen Processing
- Specimen Receipt
- Centrifugation
- Aliquoting
- Computer Order Entry
- LIS/HIS
- Sunquest LIMS
- Epic
- MediaLab
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
- Equipment Maintenance
- Validation
- Microsoft Office Suite
Timeline
HD Hospital Lab Tech II - Transfusion Medicine
UCI Medical Center
05.2022 - Current
Research Scientist II
Thermo Fisher Scientific
12.2021 - Current
Clinical Laboratory Assistant
Laboratory Sciences of Arizona
02.2017 - 02.2022
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Biological Sciences
Arizona State University
Professional Training
- BD Biosciences - BD FACSAria Cell Sorter Training | San Jose, CA | 2024
- Week-long, hands-on manufacturer training on operation and application of the BD FACSAria cell sorting platform.