Kinlin Watts

Lab assistant hematology - Labcorp - Birmingham, AL

(2024-05)

Specimen Handling: Receiving, sorting, scanning, data entry, centrifuging, aliquoting, and preparing specimen for testing.
Administrative Tasks: Completing logs, filing records, managing data entry, and handling phone/email inquiries.
Support: Assisting technologists and pathologists, troubleshooting specimen issues, and archiving samples.
Safety & Compliance: Following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and maintaining a clean, safe workspace.

Lab assistant - Sonic healthcare - Birmingham, AL

(2022-06 - 2024-05)

Prepare instruments for daily operations
Follow HIPPA regulations and Standard Precautions
Perform testing on patient samples
Evaluate sample integrity to ensure accurate results
Review and interpret results
Communicate critical values in a timely manner
Troubleshoot instruments with the assistance of the Lab Manager and Technical Services
Assist in monitoring inventory of supplies and reagents
Communicate issues to management in a timely manner
Assist in performing CLIA waived tests
Assist in ordering and preparing samples for outsourced testing

Endoscopy technician - Surgery partners - Homewood, AL

(2021-05 - 2022-06)

Sterilizes and prepares rooms and equipment, such as scopes, before and after procedures as directed.
Supports and assists physicians and registered nurses with procedures as directed.
Verifies proper equipment functioning and performs safety checks.
Maintains and/or repairs endoscopic equipment.
Collects and delivers specimens collected during procedures, ensuring the field remains sterile.
Assists in patient intake, transport, paperwork, and record keeping of physician observations, as directed.
Places devices to monitor vital signs on patients, including blood pressure cuffs, surgical cautery pads, cardiac monitoring electrodes, pulse oximeter sensors, and nasal cannulas.
Distributes information regarding equipment or instruments at in-service training sessions.
Validates and refreshes basic professional skills through active participation at in-service trainings.

Lab assistant - Bio life plasma - Hoover, AL

(2019-09 - 2021-05)

Perform sample receiving/accessioning/processing according to SOP.
Perform sample centrifugation according to SOP as applicable to assigned area.
Responsible for discarding samples.
Request and receive back-up samples if applicable to assigned area.
Perform equipment maintenance and sample management functions to ensure accuracy and appropriate sample processing is performed and completed so testing is performed in a timely manner.

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