Brooke Hansen

Charles River Laboratories

Mattawan, MI

01.2018 - Current

Completed complex histological procedures to prepare slides for analysis.
Prepared solutions, stains, and reagents in accordance with standards.
Reviewed slides for quality control prior to sending to pathologists.
Troubleshot inconsistencies and identified errors to trace root causes and implement corrective actions.
Documented routine laboratory instrument maintenance and corrective actions.
Operated instrumentation for tissue dehydration and section clearing.
Used glass slides to mount tissues for tests.
Operated microtomes to section tissues for microscopic examination.
Sectioned and mounted an average of 25 slides/hour.
Readied specimens with use of embedded or infiltrated paraffin wax.
Embedded tissue specimens into paraffin wax blocks or infiltrated tissue specimens with wax.
Embedded an average of 45 blocks/hour.
Improved visibility of cells with use of dyes and other chemicals.
Sucrose infiltrated, OCT medium embedded, and cut frozen sections on cryostat.
Reviewed slides under bright field and confocal microscopes.
Observed safety and compliance guidelines by following departmental standards and practices.
Checked stained slides against paraffin blocks and gross dictation to determine completeness of sections.
Conducted routine and special staining procedures to process mounted sections.