Dawson Williams

• This was my first full time position, as a MLT
• On night shift I was responsible for all hospital diagnostic testing in every department (Microbiology, Blood Bank, Hematology, and chemistry).
• Below are various analyzers and manual testing I used at this site.

Chemistry:

• Cobas 8000 system (ISE, c 502, e 801 and e 601)
• Advanced instruments, Osmo1.
• Cobas e 411

Hematology:

• Sysmex XN2000
• Mini sed

Coagulation

• Stago Compact Max.

Urinalysis

• Beckman coulter Iq 200 Elite (microscopic)
• Beckman Coulter Aution Max (macroscopic)

Blood Bank

• Griffols Erytra
• Manual ab ID, cord blood, dat, kb stains and FMH screens

Microbiology and immunology.

• Biofire
• Genexpert
• Beckman coulter microscan walkaway
• Bactec blood culture system

• Location is a STAT only lab where we run all ED and inpatient samples and process and batch routine or referral labs to be sent out.

Chemistry

• Beckman Coulter DXC
• Istat (troponin, ABG and Ionized Ca)
• Stratus (Pro-BNP)

hematology

• sysmex XN2000

Coagulation

• Seimens CS2500

urinalysis

• clinitek advantus
• manual microscopic

Blood Bank

• Griffols Wadianna

Other

• Abbott ID Now(flu, RSV, Strep, Covid)
• Fecal Fibronectin
• ROM

• At this location, we process all stat cultures from surrounding Indianapolis hospitals.

At this location, I performed cultures on the following benches.

• Wounds
• Sterile body fluids.
• Blood
• Anaerobes
• Stools

The instrumentation used.

• BD phoenix MIC system with AP
• Vitek AST and ID
• Vitek MALDI
• Bruker BD MALDI (advanced user trained)
• Microscan Panels (manual read only)
• BD bactec blood culture system

• This is my current job. We act as a reference lab for all IU Hospitals and several outreach hospitals.

At this location, I perform the following "benches".

• Wounds
• Respiratory
• BioFire

Instrumentation and manual methods used as follows.

• biofire torch
• Genexpert Infinity
• Vitek AST
• Bruker Maldi-Tof
• sensititer(GN6F, STP6F, GNX3F)

• My job was to look at our invoices for orders, load the truck accordingly, and organize enough so we can get everything we need for each stop.

• I would help where needed on big commercial jobs.
• We have done everything from kitchen remodels to building and staining decks.

• This was my first job that I worked through high school and some college
• I worked as a cook or a server in the time I was employed.