Overview
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KJ AQUINO

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Lab Inventory Management Lead

Simple HealthKit
02.2024 - Current
  • Monitor CLIA and R&D inventory weekly to maintain sufficient supply levels to meet demand.
  • Restock inventory to sustain rapid consumption with incoming sporadic influxes of specimens.
  • Communicate with vendors to resolve PO errors, backorders, and damaged items.
  • Implemented a new workflow to record cost and ordering tracking for internal and external purchases.
  • Perform data entry to track the specimens processed each month for each assay.
  • Developed job aids to assist lab staff with handling inventory management.

Research Lab Associate

Simple HealthKit
01.2022 - Current
  • Independently prepare and process specimens on ELISA and lateral flow experiments.
  • Prepare dilutions of specimens and reagents as requested by scientists.
  • Process specimens on high complexity quantitative and qualitative assays.
  • Assist scientists with recording and analyzing data.
  • Provide support and guidance to CLS's to produce intra/inter-precision data to validate new assays.

Clinical Lab Associate

Simple HealthKit
09.2021 - Current
  • Inspect and process approximately 150 patient specimens daily.
  • Troubleshoot machine errors and inefficient specimen processing workflow methods.
  • Daily state reporting of abnormal reported specimens in accordance with state regulations.
  • Ensure compliance with CLIA regulatory requirements by accurately recording data for QC and Calibration.
  • Maintain quality and safety standards through adherence to OSHA safety protocols and CLIA guidelines.

Clinical Coordinator

Simple HealthKit - Juvenile Justice Center
02.2024 - 07.2024
  • Worked independently, facilitating patient registration and requisitions.
  • Followed SOPs, clinical site workflows, and timelines as instructed.
  • Instructed patients on proper sample collection to ensure accuracy in the detection of the targeted specimen.


Education

Bachelor of Science - Microbiology And Biomedical Sciences

CSU East Bay
Hayward
08-2023

Skills

  • Infectious specimen acessioning, handling, preparation, and processing
  • LIMS ABC/LIS ABC, Pipetting, Centrifuge, Incubator, Varioskan LUX: Plate Reader, Specimen Dilution and Reagent Preparation
  • MS: Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Google: Sheets , Docs

  • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST), UCSC Genome Browser
  • Meticulous Organization, Adaptation to Fast Paced/Changing Environments, Strong Multitasker, Time-Management, Documentation, Literature Research
  • Abbott GS HIV Combo, Abbott HIV Determine ½ Ag/Ab, Afinion ACR/A1C, Orasure Tech Health Test Kit Syphilis, OraQuick HCV, Polymedco OC-Auto Sensor io, Roche Cobas 6800, Tosoh G8

Affiliations

  • Center for Student Research (CSR) - 2019 - 2022
  • UC Davis Graduate Admissions Pathways (UCDGAP) - Summer 2021

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working

Timeline

Lab Inventory Management Lead

Simple HealthKit
02.2024 - Current

Clinical Coordinator

Simple HealthKit - Juvenile Justice Center
02.2024 - 07.2024

Research Lab Associate

Simple HealthKit
01.2022 - Current

Clinical Lab Associate

Simple HealthKit
09.2021 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Microbiology And Biomedical Sciences

CSU East Bay
KJ AQUINO