Latonya Carter
Lynchburg,VA
Summary
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Surgical Technologist
Periodontal Health Associates
2013.10 - Current
- Worked with vendors for speedy procurement of services and equipment.
- Managed operating room setup by cleaning and sterilizing instruments and surfaces, maintaining supply inventories, and organizing surgical tools.
- Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecological, orthopedic, neurological, and plastic surgery procedures.
- Created and maintained unobstructed operative fields using diverse range of tools.
- Maintained specialty equipment, implant, and instrumentation inventories.
- Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies, and instruments.
- Sterilized instruments and disposed of medical supplies and waste following OSHA guidelines.
- Setup surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
- Decontaminated, cleaned, assembled, packaged, sterilized, stored, and distributed reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.
- Maintained high infection control standards.
- Introduced new staff members to training protocols regarding operating room procedures, infection control, safety standards, and overall facility policies.
- Sterilized instruments and equipment for specific procedures and arranged for surgeons.
- Maintained records to document patient medical history and surgical procedure notes.
- Educated patients on expected side effects and discomfort levels post-surgery.
- Gathered and set up equipment, tools, and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction.
- Passed instruments and supplies to surgical team members to provide surgeons with necessary tools to complete procedures.
- Cleaned and maintained operating equipment to keep resources in good working condition and ready for use.
Education
Health Science I,II
Central Virginia Community College
Lynchburg, VA05.2022
Associate of Science - Surgical Technology
Miller Motte Technical College
Lynchburg, VA10.2013
Skills
- Safe Sharps Disposal
- Surgical Assistance
- Pre-Surgical Preparation
- Setting up and Operating Equipment
- Biohazardous Waste Disposal
- Safety Protocols Expertise
- Patient Confidentiality
- Infection Control Protocols
- Workplace Safety
- Patient Preparation
Certification
- CST - Certified Surgical Technologist(Expired 2014)
Timeline
Surgical Technologist
Periodontal Health Associates
2013.10 - Current
Health Science I,II
Central Virginia Community College
Associate of Science - Surgical Technology
Miller Motte Technical College
- CST - Certified Surgical Technologist(Expired 2014)
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