Caden Zotter, MLS (ASCP)

Resourceful Medical Laboratory Scientist with a strong focus on clinical chemistry, hematology, and microbiology. Demonstrates high productivity and efficiency in delivering accurate laboratory results while maintaining rigorous quality control and safety standards. Adept at critical thinking and problem-solving, effectively communicates complex information to enhance collaboration within healthcare teams. Seeking to leverage skills in a challenging entry-level position to further develop professional expertise.

• Utilizes communication skills with patients, managers, nurses, and doctors via in person, phone, and email, on a daily basis. As a Medical Laboratory Scientist I talk to both patients and health care providers daily about a wide variety of issues ranging from directions to rooms to how our facility conducts certain tests and their confirmatory reflex tests to reporting time sensitive critical results that may change a patient's healthcare plan.
• Developed and refined general lab techniques including: micro pipetting, aseptic technique, staining, titrating, calibration of glassware and the use of an oil immersion light microscope, in various labs during my undergraduate degree. As well as research work with common BSL I & II organisms such as E. coli, S. epidermidis, B. megaterium, MRSA, P. aeruginosa, S. pyogenes, etc.
• Experienced with lab equipment such as, MicroScan, Incubator, Electrophoresis, Thin layer chromatography, Fume hood, Micropipette, Autoclave, Analytical Scale, Edijet, Light microscope, DxH 900 Hematology Analyzer, Chemistry Analyzer with ISE AU5800, Vitros 5600 (Flow cytometry), Access 2 (immunoassays), ACLTOP750 (coagulation), Micro film array, BioFire (Real Time PCR), MALDI-TOF (Mass Spectrometry), Lvl 2 Biosafety Cabinet, Nanodrop, Thermocycler, Vitek 2, GeneXpert Infinity Cepheid (Real Time PCR), Biomerieux (Blood Cultures), and Anoxomat (Anaerobe Jars).
• Use my highly developed critical thinking skills in both personal and professional settings to resolve problems. This includes resolving miscommunication and misorders from confused nurses and doctors, preparing critical blood products in high tension emergency situations, and interpreting problem patients and their results such as diluted and clotted samples.

• Medical Laboratory Scientist (ASCP)
• BLS Certification

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