Sandra A

- Perform venipuncture for inpatient units, serving diverse patient populations, including geriatric, pediatric, oncology, and long-term care patients.

- Ensure accurate patient identification, specimen labeling, and proper handling, following laboratory protocols and HIPAA regulations.

- Operate centrifuges, and maintain quality control, and infection control standards.

- Gained experience managing specimen-receiving tasks, such as logging specimens into Epic EHR, tracking times, sorting by department and priority, and preparing samples for processing.

- Collected blood samples via venipuncture and fingerstick for over 40 patients daily in a high-volume outpatient setting.

- Performed specialized procedures, including glucose tolerance tests (GTT), EKGs, and urine specimen collection for diagnostic testing.

- Coordinated specimen handling for multiple specialties, including internal medicine, transplant, oncology, and genetic testing.

- Verified lab orders and ensured 100% compliance with labeling, handling, and HIPAA regulations.

- Accurately took and recorded vital signs, including blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, and capillary blood glucose testing.

- Assisted patients with activities of daily living (ADLs), such as bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, and feeding.

- Collaborated with nursing staff to monitor patient conditions and report changes effectively.

- Supported daily living activities by serving meals, feeding, ambulating and turning over and positioning patients.

- Assisted with ambulation of patients utilizing appropriate equipment safely.

- Fostered relationships with patients, caregivers and healthcare teams to achieve individual care plan targets.