MINDY ECKSTEIN
Omro,WI
Summary
Care-focused Phlebotomist bringing 11-year background in laboratory settings. Accomplished at easing patient anxieties and hitting veins on first attempts. Experienced in skin puncture draws utilizing varied needle gauges and collection techniques tailored to patient need. Hardworking and passionate with strong organizational skills. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
PHLEBOTOMIST
SOLARIS DX
03.2020 - Current
- Used personal protective equipment correctly to protect coworkers and patients.
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Participated in continuing education programs to stay up to date on new technologies and procedures.
- Conducted venipuncture and other CT procedures.
- Organized daily work based on collection priority.
- Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
- Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal, and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
- Adhered to HIPAA standards and maintained patient confidentiality in all interactions.
- Verified proper storage and transportation of specimens to laboratories.
- Reviewed and processed requisitions for laboratory tests.
- Drew blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.
- Completed proper sanitation and cleaning of equipment and work areas between patients.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Monitored patients for reactions and verified sample quality.
- Assisted in training and onboarding new phlebotomists.
- Performed venipunctures, finger sticks and heel sticks for both adult and pediatric patients.
- Collected blood samples in accordance with laboratory protocols and regulations.
- Reviewed patient records for accuracy and completeness.
- Verified patients' identification for proper sample collection.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
PHLEBOTOMIST
Aurora Medical Center
04.2019 - 03.2020
- Used personal protective equipment correctly to protect coworkers and patients.
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Participated in continuing education programs to stay up to date on new technologies and procedures.
- Organized daily work based on collection priority.
- Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
Education
No Degree - PHLEBOTOMY COURSES
MEDCERTS
REMOTE04.2022
High School Diploma -
OSHKOSH WEST HIGH SCHOOL
OSHKOSH, WI06.2001
Skills
- Staff Management
- Medical Records Maintenance
- Specimen Collection
- Health Education
- Proper Storage Procedures
- Specimen Labeling Procedures
- Drawing Blood
- Time Management
- Sanitation and Sterilization
- Diagnostic Testing
- Venipuncture and Capillary Puncture
- Heel Sticks
- Biohazard Waste Disposal
- Blood Sample Collection
- Phlebotomy Functions
- Specimen Collection and Storage
- Patient Confidentiality
- Data Recording
- On-Site Testing
- Specimen Transport
- Sharps Disposal
- Medical Office Administration
- Finger Stick Method
- Urinalysis Testing
- Collect Samples
- Goal Minded
- Package Specimens
- HIPAA
- Vacuum Tube and Syringe Use
Timeline
PHLEBOTOMIST
SOLARIS DX
03.2020 - Current
PHLEBOTOMIST
Aurora Medical Center
04.2019 - 03.2020
No Degree - PHLEBOTOMY COURSES
MEDCERTS
High School Diploma -
OSHKOSH WEST HIGH SCHOOL
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