Daisy Gonzalez

• Supervise and coordinate daily operations of the department
• Review and assess monthly departmental performance indicators
• Oversee staff schedule, training and annual competencies
• Monitored quality controls, peer group data reports, and proficiency testing to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Troubleshooting and monitoring technical issues with instruments, assays and workflow processes.
• Maintain and monitor inventory with prioritization on efficient test utilization
• Oversee and perform required annual and biannual instrumentation studies (linearity, instrument comparison, auto verification, calculation checks)
• Prepared for and participated in laboratory regulatory inspections (CAP, DNV) and audits to maintain accreditation standards.
• Led implementation of new tests, procedures, and technologies to enhance departmental capabilities and service offerings.
• Implemented various laboratory projects to enhance operational efficiency.
• High Sensitivity Troponin I on Beckman Coulter DXI Unicell 600 (completed)
• Biorad Unity Real Time software program for QC monitoring and corrective action (completed)
• Electronic documentation of maintenance function checks in Media Lab. (completed)
• Competency assessment documentation in Media Lab (completed)
• Streamline reagent lot to lot comparison studies (completed)
• Sebia Capillary 3 Octa Instrumentation (completed)
• BD Yellow round bottom & no additive tube for Urine toxicology and osmolality testing (completed).
• OsmoPRO MAX Instrumentation (in-progress)
• Instrumentations: Beckman Coulter: AU 5800, DxC 700, DXI, Power Processor; Abbott Architect i1000sr, BioRad Geenius, Advance Instruments Osmo1, Sebia Capillary3 Octa

• Perform routine and stat type and screen both on instrumentation and manual tube method.
• Antibody work ups and cross match testing for both inpatient and outpatient infusion center
• Specialized antibody workup testing such as DTT, retic harvesting, REST adsorption and DAT with elution.
• Sickle cell exchange preparation
• Plasma exchange preparation
• Blood product inventory management
• Ensure blood product reservation for transplant surgeries
• Perform proficiency testing

Lead tech duties included:

• Monitoring blood product irradiation, number of transfusion reaction and cooler return for OR.
• Merge reports for Epic and Safetrace TX system
• Instrumentation: Immucor Echo Galileo

• Perform routine and stat testing in Chemistry, Hematology, UA, Coag and Blood Bank.
• Performed and reviewed QC and maintenance on all analyzers.
• Identified and crossmatched blood products and antibodies.
• Perform proficiency testing
• Instrumentation: Sysmex XN 3000, Cellvision DM9600, Siemens Dimension Vista 1500, Beckman Coulter AU 5800, Dxc 700, DXI Unicell 600, Architect i1000SR, Advance Instrument Osmometer, Trinity HbA1c, Ortho ProVue, Ortho Vision, Beckman Coulter Iricell2000 and Diagnostica STA Compact CT

• Conducted preliminary microbiology work ups and performed instrumentation testing to ensure accurate diagnostic results.
• Performed culture and sensitivity testing on yeast cultures to guide effective treatment decisions.
• Perform microbiology culture set up for all outpatient pavilions.
• Executed maintenance on microbiology analyzer to uphold optimal performance and reliability.
• Instrumentation: Beckman Coulter Microscan Walkaway Plus System 96