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Sarah Passarelli

Ocala,FL

Summary

Experienced Phlebotomist with 6+ years in fast-paced hospital settings. Proficient in blood drawing procedures, maintaining high quality standards in sample collection, labeling, and processing. Recognized for exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail. Skilled in working with diverse patient populations, including critical care units like ICU and PCU. Experienced in various veinpuncture and capillary puncture techniques for quick and accurate specimen collection. Compassionate bedside manner to comfort patients and alleviate anxieties. Ready to contribute talent and enthusiasm to healthcare facility growth.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Laboratory Assistant II

HCA Ocala Florida Hospital
12.2023 - Current
  • Provide accurate and intensive care to patients in higher critical units such as ICU, CardiacICU and NeuroICU.
  • Organized daily work based on collection priority.
  • Handle difficult and hard stick patients; follow up with phlebotomists on location of chosen site.
  • Label transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.

Sr Phlebotomist II

Beth Israel Lahey Health
05.2022 - 11.2023
  • Set clear team goals and delegated tasks and set deadlines.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of development mission and goals and mentored employees in reaching objectives aligned with hospital core values.
  • Promoted mission, vision and values of organization and trained new clinical staff in phlebotomy procedures.
  • Provide intensive care to patients being treated with COVID-19 and use proper personal protective equipment to protect coworkers and patients.

Therapeutic Phlebotomist

Beth Israel Lahey Health
07.2022 - 11.2023
  • Completed proper sanitation and cleaning of equipment and work areas between 1 hour session patients.
  • Followed physician orders to correctly administer therapeutic phlebotomy results when patients have too much iron in blood.
  • Provide treatment for blood disorders to treat health issues which result in controlled removal of large volumes of red blood cells.
  • Commonly to reduce blood volume, red mass and iron stores.
  • Responsible to safely remove excess amount of iron per physicians order and help maintain low normal bloody iron being stored in patients with conditions of hemochromatosis.

Laboratory Assistant I

Ocala Regional Medical Center
08.2019 - 05.2022
  • Helped patients feel comfortable, safe and respected when collecting samples using veinpuncture, finger stick, heel stick, and arterial blood gas puncture methods.
  • Provide critical inpatient intensive care to patients receiving treatments in the 300+ COVID-19 unit(s) during both Pandemics.
  • Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal and biohazards waste disposal procedures.
  • Adaptation to strictly new protocols with CDC and hospital guidelines to support isolation and quarantine to ensure safety for coworkers and patients.

Phlebotomy Technician

Commonwealth Health
05.2018 - 01.2019
  • Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, syringes, butterflies and straight needles.
  • Accurately labeled vacutainer tubes with patient name, date and time of collection.
  • Drew labs from veins by vacuum hub with straight needles, syringes, or butterfly veinpuncture methods.
  • Logged patient information and recorded results into system.

Education

Licensed Practical Nursing, LPN

Galen College of Nursing
Gainesville, FL
06-2026

Phlebotomy Technician Certification

Bryant And Stratton College
Henrietta, NY
03-2019

Associate of Science - Laboratory Science of Technology, LST

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
08-2018

Skills

  • Maintaining patient safety standards
  • Contributing team player
  • Employee coaching and motivation
  • Patient confidentiality

Languages

American Sign Language, ASL
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Laboratory Assistant II

HCA Ocala Florida Hospital
12.2023 - Current

Therapeutic Phlebotomist

Beth Israel Lahey Health
07.2022 - 11.2023

Sr Phlebotomist II

Beth Israel Lahey Health
05.2022 - 11.2023

Laboratory Assistant I

Ocala Regional Medical Center
08.2019 - 05.2022

Phlebotomy Technician

Commonwealth Health
05.2018 - 01.2019

Licensed Practical Nursing, LPN

Galen College of Nursing

Phlebotomy Technician Certification

Bryant And Stratton College

Associate of Science - Laboratory Science of Technology, LST

Rochester Institute of Technology

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