Certified Phlebotomist detail-oriented and committed to maintaining highest quality control and patient care standards. Adept in variety of software applications for EMR maintenance. Nine years of experience working in hospital laboratory settings. Highly knowledgeable in routine blood drawing procedures and using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles and straight needles. Committed to maintaining highest quality standards when collecting, labeling and processing samples and specimens.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Phlebotomy Technician
UC Davis Health
03.2023 - Current
Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies.
Followed physician orders to correctly administer therapeutic phlebotomy.
Validated blood and specimen collection orders, alerting nurses, or physicians of discrepancies between order and nursing station logs.
Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
Reviewed and processed requisitions for laboratory tests.
Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily.
Certified Phlebotomy Technician
Dignity Health-Mercy San Juan
07.2022 - 03.2023
Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies.
Followed physician orders to correctly administer therapeutic phlebotomy.
Validated blood and specimen collection orders, alerting nurses, or physicians of discrepancies between order and nursing station logs.
Spoke with patient to gather information for lab records, reduce fear, or anxiety and optimize cooperation.
Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
Assembled tourniquets, needles, and blood collection devices to prepare work trays.
Drew blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.
Collected blood samples in accordance with laboratory protocols and regulations.
Contract Administration Supervisor 2 at UC Davis Health, Schools Of Health FinanceContract Administration Supervisor 2 at UC Davis Health, Schools Of Health Finance