HOJUNG CHUNG
Houston,Texas
Summary
A highly motivated lab professional with 5 years of experience in clinical laboratory setting. Skilled in equipment maintenance and sample preparation, with a strong focus on safety standards and accurate documentation.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Chemistry and hematology
Methodist Hospital
- Perform all required quality control and maintain equipment calibration as per corresponding calibration schedules.
- Perform wide range of STAT and standard blood, urine, chemistry tests.
- Operate and maintained laboratory instruments including Siemen Centaur, Sysmex XT-2000, Clinitek, Stago, and blood gas analyzer, Osmolysis
Blood Bank Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
- Given samples of blood, determine the correct blood group and Rh.
- Given a patient specimen, select the most appropriate blood for transfusion and perform compatibility testing.
Microbiology Lab assistant
Quest Diagnostics
10.2020 - Current
- Responsible for processing and plating specimens in a high-volume setting including STAT specimens
- Uses laboratory computer systems for labeling, inquiry, and resulting as needed.
- Operate laboratory instruments such as Wasp and Vitek, while also ensuring the maintenance and repair of clinical laboratory equipment, which includes standard preventive maintenance, calibration, and safety evaluations.
- Performs QA/QC duties assigned and document all quality control activities, instrument procedure and maintenance performed
- Print department pending list, track and locating missing specimens, and resolves issues with the unverified pending list
- Ensure that all work is accurate, complete, and within defined time frames, meeting department standards for productivity and quality
Specimen Processing
Quest Diagnostics
04.2018 - 10.2020
- Data entry of test orders, centrifugation and aliquoting.
- Identifies problems and in some cases, may resolve issues with specimen types such as missing information etc.
- Understands the relationship between tests ordered and specimen received
Education
Bachelor of Science - Medical Laboratory Science
Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, AR05.2025
Bachelor of Science - Medical Laboratory Science
Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, AR05.2025
Bachelor of Science - Medical Laboratory Science
Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, AR05.2025
Associate of Science - Medical Laboratory Technology
San Jacinto College
Pasadena, TX05.2015
Skills
- Laboratory equipment operation
- Quality control procedures
- Lab information Systems
- MS Office
Timeline
Microbiology Lab assistant
Quest Diagnostics
10.2020 - Current
Specimen Processing
Quest Diagnostics
04.2018 - 10.2020
Chemistry and hematology
Methodist Hospital
Blood Bank Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Bachelor of Science - Medical Laboratory Science
Arkansas State University
Associate of Science - Medical Laboratory Technology
San Jacinto College
Bachelor of Science - Medical Laboratory Science
Arkansas State University
Bachelor of Science - Medical Laboratory Science
Arkansas State University
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