Vy Nguyen
Summary
Medical Technologist (ASCP) with 11 years of experience looking for generalist job, preferred shift day or evening. Range of experiences include working in a rapid response lab, a freestanding ER lab, large labs within the Texas Medical Center, and many years in microbiology.
Professional with strong expertise in clinical laboratory procedures and diagnostic testing. Recognized for precision, adaptability, and effective teamwork. Skilled in operating complex medical equipment, analyzing samples, and ensuring compliance with stringent protocols. Reliable and results-driven, consistently delivering high-quality outcomes in dynamic environments.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Traveling Medical Technologist-Microbiology
Sentara Norfolk Hospital
07.2024 - 02.2025
- -Microbiology duties include blood bench and Virtuo bench
- -Instrumentation used: Vitek 2, MALDI Biomereaux, Biofire, CEPHEID, and BACT/ALERT VIRTUO
- -LIS used: EPIC beaker
Traveling Medical Technologist-Microbiology
St. John’s Hospital
11.2023 - 05.2024
- -Microbiology duties includes reading urines and bloods benches
- -Instrumentation used: Vitek 2, Biofire, API strips
- -LIS used: Sunquest
Traveling Medical Technologist-Microbiology
Emory University Hospital
11.2022 - 10.2023
- -Microbiology duties include reading plates on urine, respiratory, blood benches
- Performed daily, weekly QC, receiving and QC of new media and kits, performing weekly maintenance on VITEK 2
- -Instrumentation used: Vitek 2, MALDI Biomereaux
- -LIS used: EPIC beaker
Traveling Medical Technologist- Core lab
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Jamaica Plain
06.2022 - 11.2022
- -Chemistry lab responsibilities include: daily and weekly maintenance, QC and calibrations, instrument troubleshooting, analyzing patient samples and calling critical results
- -Chemistry analyzer: Roche Hitachi Cobas Pro, ISE,c503,e801
- -Blood gas analyzer used: Siemens RAPIDPoint 5000
- -QC software: Unity
- -LIS: Sunquest and EPIC
- -Coagulation and Urinalysis responsibilities include: daily QC, running patient samples and calling criticals
- Instrumentation used include: Roche Cobas u411, Advanced Instruments Osmo 1, and Stago Compact
Medical Technologist-Microbiology lab
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest
10.2018 - 06.2022
- Experience in the Microbiology lab include:
- -Old and new urine bench
- -Working up wounds, tissues, body fluids, respiratory, csf, blood, strep A, stool, MRSA, VRE, and other miscellaneous cultures
- -setting up vitek,E-tests,Kirby Bauers, and performing routine maintenance
- -Setting up panels and maintenance on Microscan
- -Proficient in Cerner and Meditech LIS
- -Ordering tests and resulting on multiple LIS
- -Answering phone calls, calling critical and significant values
- Manual and automatic gram strains on PREVI, as well as daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance on PREVI
- -Performing maintenance testing on CEPHEID INFINITY instrument
- Tests ran on CEPHEID INFINITY include MRSA, C DIFF, GC/CHLAMYDIA, AND MTB PCR
- -Processing AFB and Fungal cultures
- -AFB staining including flourescent stain and kinyoun stain
- -Fungal stain includes KOH and Calcofluor white
- -Rapid tests such as: INFLUENZA, RSV, STREP A, C DIFF, ROTAVIRUS, CRYPTO/GIARDIA, FECAL LEUKOCYTE, STREP PNEUMO, LEGIONELLA, PBP2a,EHEC,CAMPYLOBACTER AG, OCCULT BLOOD, GASTRIC OCCULT, SARS, COVID
- -Various other latex testing kits
- -QUICKFISH fixation test on blood cultures as well as CEPHEID test for MRSA
- -Receiving in new supply and QC of media
- -30 day QC, new shipment QC, and lot to lot QC
- -BACT ALERT 3D Blood Culture Monitoring System
- -FX blood culture monitoring system
- -Performing rapid covid testing on Abott ID now and Sofia
- -LIS: Meditech
Medical Technologist-Microbiology Lab
Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
02.2014 - 03.2018
- Worked in Microbiology department, performed rapid tests, read and reported gram stains, processed blood, tissue, wound, and urine cultures.:
- -LIS: Cerner
Medical Technologist PRN-Chemistry
Houston Methodist Texas Medical Center
08.2015 - 02.2016
- Worked in the Chemistry department, experience operating the Roche Hitachi fully automated analyzer and the Siemens Advia Centaur, performed daily maintenance and QC, performed and analyzed patient tests, verified results and called criticals
- -LIS: Soft
Medical Technologist-Generalist
Memorial Hermann Rapid Response Lab
06.2012 - 02.2014
- Worked as a Generalist, and rotated weekly through the departments of Blood Banking, Chemistry, Coagulation, Hematology, Microbiology, Urinalysis, and reference lab send outs
- Occasionally worked at the linked freestanding ER lab
- Daily maintenance, quality control, and sample testing on a variety of analyzers, including Beckman Coulter, Advia Centaur, Siemens Vista, Stago, IRIS, Provue, iSTAT
- -LIS-Cerner
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Medical Laboratory Technician
Coleman College of Health And Sciences
Houston, TX01.2012
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Baylor University
Waco, TX01.2007
Skills
- Has worked in multiple environments including large 1000 bed hospitals to freestanding ERs
- Has experience with multiple LIS including Cerner, EPIC,Sunquest, SOFT, and Meditech
- Over 10 years of total lab experience, 3 years of travel medical technologist experience, fast learner, high adaptability
Certification
- MLS(ASCP)
Timeline
Traveling Medical Technologist-Microbiology
Sentara Norfolk Hospital
07.2024 - 02.2025
Traveling Medical Technologist-Microbiology
St. John’s Hospital
11.2023 - 05.2024
Traveling Medical Technologist-Microbiology
Emory University Hospital
11.2022 - 10.2023
Traveling Medical Technologist- Core lab
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Jamaica Plain
06.2022 - 11.2022
Medical Technologist-Microbiology lab
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest
10.2018 - 06.2022
Medical Technologist PRN-Chemistry
Houston Methodist Texas Medical Center
08.2015 - 02.2016
Medical Technologist-Microbiology Lab
Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
02.2014 - 03.2018
Medical Technologist-Generalist
Memorial Hermann Rapid Response Lab
06.2012 - 02.2014
Associate of Applied Science - Medical Laboratory Technician
Coleman College of Health And Sciences
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Baylor University
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