Phlebotomist
Brookline College
Glendale, AZ
01.2022 - Current
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Followed physician orders to correctly administer therapeutic phlebotomy.
- Completed proper sanitation and cleaning of equipment and work areas between patients.
- Performed bedside tests like bleeding time tests and entered results into patient charts.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating and noting times of collection.
- Reviewed patient records for accuracy and completeness.
- Promoted mission, vision and values of organization and trained new clinical staff in phlebotomy procedures.
- Conducted venipuncture and other CT procedures.
- Organized daily work based on collection priority.
- Stocked phlebotomy cart or carrier with appropriate supplies.
- Followed established guidelines for reporting significant medical errors or unanticipated outcome in patient care.
- Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily.
- Used personal protective equipment correctly to protect coworkers and patients.
- Monitored patients for reactions and verified sample quality.
- Assisted with office procedures by monitoring patient flow, performing telephone screening and maintaining sample drug lists.
- Protected patients by following infection control, sharps disposal and biohazardous waste disposal procedures.
- Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
- Maintained exam rooms by ordering supplies, transporting specimens, washing and packing instruments and changing solutions.
- Validated blood and specimen collection orders, alerting nurses or physicians of discrepancies between order and nursing station logs.
- Spoke with patient to gather information for lab records, reduce fear or anxiety and optimize cooperation.
- Determined donor eligibility by conducting screenings, interviewing prospective donors, and obtaining medical histories.
- Drew blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe or butterfly venipuncture methods.
- Assembled tourniquets, needles and blood collection devices to prepare work trays.