WASSILATOU GUIRO
Great Meadows,USA
Summary
Medical Laboratory Scientist specializing in moderate and high-complexity testing in a CLIA-regulated environment. Demonstrated expertise in operating Roche cobas 8000 analyzers, ensuring quality control, and troubleshooting equipment to deliver accurate patient results. Committed to organized workflows and effective communication to enhance patient care.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical Laboratory Technologist - Core Lab
Labcorp
Raritan, USA
07.2025 - Current
- Process and accession specimens, verifying patient identifiers and orders; accept/reject specimens per SOP.
- Perform moderate/high-complexity testing on Roche cobas 8000 (c701, c801) following CLIA and lab procedures.
- Correlate patient results with history and previous values; recognize and escalate critical or discrepant results.
- Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot analyzers and middleware (SIS, LCLS, PROC, Data Innovations DI); document maintenance and calibrations.
- Perform, review, and document QC (daily controls, lot changes, calibration verification), initiating corrective action when QC is out of range.
- Monitor and manage bench inventory, rotating stock and checking expiration dates.
- Initially hired through Actalent as a contract technologist; converted to direct Labcorp employee in 01/2026 based on performance.
Nursing Assistant
Atlantic Health System - Hackettstown Medical Center
Hackettstown, USA
10.2024 - 07.2025
- Collected/handled specimens and documented vital signs to support accurate, timely diagnostics.
- Communicated patient status to nurses/providers and followed safety and infection-control procedures.
Project Assistant (Remote)
2nd Spark
Fayetteville, USA
03.2024 - 07.2024
- Validated and reconciled datasets against source documentation and reported discrepancies to stakeholders.
Bi-Lingual French Customer Service Representative (Remote)
PVH
Hackettstown, USA
06.2022 - 12.2023
- Managed customer cases and documented outcomes in English and French in a remote setting.
Education
Master of Science - Health Informatics - Health Services Analytics
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA12-2026
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
Bradford, PA04-2023
Skills
- Clinical chemistry
- Specimen processing/accessioning
- Moderate/high-complexity testing
- QC and calibrations
- Troubleshooting
- CLIA standards
- Inventory management
- Roche cobas 8000
- Core-lab automated chemistry/immunoassay analyzers
- LIS
- Middleware
- SIS
- LCLS
- PROC
- Data Innovations DI
- Microsoft Office
- Teams
- SQL
- Python
- Pandas
- Excel
- Tableau
- Power BI
- Detail-oriented
- Organized
- Effective communicator
- Adaptable to night shifts
Languages
- English, Fluent
- French, Native
Timeline
Medical Laboratory Technologist - Core Lab
Labcorp
07.2025 - Current
Nursing Assistant
Atlantic Health System - Hackettstown Medical Center
10.2024 - 07.2025
Project Assistant (Remote)
2nd Spark
03.2024 - 07.2024
Bi-Lingual French Customer Service Representative (Remote)
PVH
06.2022 - 12.2023
Master of Science - Health Informatics - Health Services Analytics
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford