Katie MacDowell

Effectively and expediently utilize online patient registration system to accurately register patients in LIS. Actively participates in Quality Assurance monitors. Translate physician orders and diagnoses from requisition to LIS. Understands and adheres to HIPAA policies, procedures and regulations. Understands and adheres to Medicare rules regarding ABN's.

• Assisted physicians in diagnosing illnesses accurately by providing precise test results from a variety of complex laboratory analyses.
• Collaborated with fellow lab assistants to develop more efficient strategies for task completion, increasing overall productivity levels.
• Enhanced laboratory efficiency by streamlining specimen processing and organizing daily workflows.
• Optimized inventory management systems for necessary supplies, preventing shortages or delays in testing capabilities.

• Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily.
• Verified proper storage and transportation of specimens to laboratories.
• Performed venipunctures, finger sticks and heel sticks for both adult and pediatric patients.
• Validated blood and specimen collection orders, alerting nurses, or physicians of discrepancies between order and nursing station logs.