Pre-Analytics - Laboratory Technician - Technologist - Senior

Key Responsibilities And Duties

• Verifies patient by following the policy for patient identification at least two identifiers name and medical record number.
• Verifies test requisitions by comparing tests requisition receipt and requisition in the system bringing attention for any discrepancies.
• Verifies the patient preparations and patient requirements for each laboratory tests.
• Explains the procedure to the patient before drawing the blood.
• Obtains blood specimens by performing venipunctures, finger sticks and heel stick.
• Maintains specimen integrity by using aseptic technique, following best practice disinfection.
• Collects therapeutic drug-monitoring assays by collaborating with nursing personnel or with the patient to ensure appropriate drug dose to collection time.
• Tracks collected specimens by properly putting barcodes with information of date, times of collection and maintaining daily tallies of collections performed in logbook.
• Performs bleeding-times tests and clotting time tests by properly doing the procedures and entering results to the computer; notifying nurses of physicians of results falling outside normal ranges.
• Can sort all the biological samples such as blood, urine, stool, sputum, tissues and body fluids to which sections it could be deliver and accepted.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.
• Resolves unusual test orders by contacting the physician, pathologist, nursing station, or reference laboratory; referring unresolved orders back to the originator for further clarification; notifying supervisor of unresolved orders and oriented to do OVR.
• Improve knowledge and awareness of risk associated with phlebotomy by attending CME units, workshop , passing media lab courses and other educational activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned within the scope of responsibility of the job such as proficiency testing, and requirements for national and international accreditation standards.
• Communicates with patients effectively and can handle any misconduct, demanding and aggressive patients or staff as a part of customer service skills.
• Activates codes RRT, code brown and other codes when needed.
• Maintains cleanliness and orderliness in his area. Requests for any materials or supply to his/her area and participate in the evaluations of new items if needed.
• Knowledgeable of departmental and interdepartmental policies and procedure regarding his/her area of work.
• Participates in any action plans regarding patient satisfaction and in any improvement project related to his working area.
• Educates patients and their families about health conditions, treatments and preventative measures if applicable.