Terri Rotzoll

Blood Bank

• immediate spin type/screen and cross match
• assign/dispense blood products to include packed cells, platelets and FFP
• daily day of use quality control
• maintenance of reagent logs

Blood Gas

• daily maintenance
• load reagents as needed
• run patient arterial and venous blood gas samples
• timely notify providers of/appropriately document critical results

Coag

• daily set up of quality control material
• routine interval review/approval of quality control runs
• reconstitution of reagents
• run patient samples
• timely notify providers of/appropriately document critical results

Chemitstry

• daily quality control
• daily maintenance/weekly maintenance followed by calibrations and quality control as needed
• review/approve quality control
• load/unload reagents
• run patient samples
• timely notify providers of/appropriately document critical results

Hematology

• daily maintenance
• run quality control
• load reagents as needed
• review/manual differential as needed (send to Pathology as needed)
• body fluid counts via hemocytometer
• run patient samples
• timely notify providers of/appropriately document critical results

Microbilogy

• run COVID/Flu, RSV and Strep via PCR
• load/result blood cultures
• set up plates for urine, wound, stool, body fluid and blood cultures
• gram stains
• wet mounts
• daily maintenance log
• timely notify providers of/appropriately document critical results (positive blood cultures, gram stains)

Serology

• occult blood
• mono spot
• urine hCG
• HIV (rapid)
• BHB (beta ketone)
• timely notify providers of/appropriately document critical (positive) results

Urinalysis

• weekly maintenance /quality control
• run patient samples
• microscopic review/report of spun samples

Miscellaneous

• work closely with the ER staff as patients arrive to ensure quick turnaround time on labs
• report to codes and draw blood as ordered by provider
• phlebotomy (morning run on the weekends and I am called for hardsticks when I'm on shift)
• phlebotomy draws for outpatient labs
• STAT phlebotomy draws for floor and ER labs as needed
• answer phones / fax patient results to providers as requested

• Medical Laboratory generalist
• Perform moderate complexity laboratory tests with minimal supervision
• Perform QC and maintenance on multiple instruments
• Perform troubleshooting procedures to identify problems and appropriate solutions
• Perform all duties with attention to detail in a clean work area
• Order weekly supplies and receive invoices for purchasing department
• Maintain appropriate inventory, adjusting for shifts in volume
• Effectively communicated with providers, clients and patients using honed interpersonal skills to improve relationships and rapport.

• Point of Care Technologist
• Supervisor Patient Care Center
• Outreach Support Specialist
• Account Executive
• Enhanced Point of Care and UNMH offsite clinic relationships serving as a liaison with effective communication, training and monthly site visits
• Validated the DCA HgbA1c Advantage system and multiple instruments for use in offsite clinics
• Wrote the procedure, training material, online PowerPoint and quiz for the DCA HgbA1c Advantage instrument
• Trained all UNMH clinic staff using the DCA HgbA1c Advantage
• Developed a lab result sheet with the required normal reference ranges as per CLIA regulations for use in the offsite clinics
• Trained new hospital employees, RN interns and medical residents on the use of Point of Care testing and instruments
• Prepared and presented a PowerPoint presentation of Point of Care testing to the Medical Laboratory Science class at UNM and the Medical Laboratory Technologist class at CNM
• Developed training material and trained hospital/clinic unit-based educators on Point of Care testing with documentation in Learning Central
• Assisted in the set up and preparation of skills fairs for offsite clinics
• Operated and performed routine/periodic maintenance and validation on Point of Care instruments
• Reviewed all QC/QA paper logs for forty offsite clinics.

• Medical Laboratory Technologist generalist
• Performed moderate/high complexity laboratory tests with minimal supervision
• Performed QC and maintenance on Olympus Chemistry analyzers
• Performed troubleshooting procedures to identify problems and appropriate solutions
• Performed all duties with attention to detail in a clean work area.

• Lead Technical Laboratory Assistant
• Training of new hires
• Preparation of all staff for high volume morning draws
• Inpatient and ED phlebotomy
• ABG collection
• Specimen receiving and processing
• QC and maintenance on the clinitek and ESR instruments
• Performed all moderate complex rapid tests ie
• Rapid strep, and qualitative HCG
• Manual slide preparation
• 24-hour temperature check on refrigerators, freezers and incubators
• DI water checks
• Check and resolve the pending list for shift
• Answered phones and aided nursing stations with ordering questions
• Support for techs as needed.

• Performed moderate/high complexity laboratory tests with minimal supervision
• Performed QC and maintenance on multiple instruments
• Performed troubleshooting procedures to identify problems and appropriate solutions
• Performed all duties with attention to detail in a clean work area.