Skyleen-Rose Lucas

An international Medical Laboratory Scientist, with a ten-year experience, currently working in one of the top-ranked hospital in the St. Louis metro area as a generalist night shift tech.

Medical Laboratory Scientist II - MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER - St. Louis metro area

(2025-07)

Department: Core Laboratory including Blood Bank and Microbiology. Performs the following tests:

• Automated routine chemistry tests, special chemistry tests, and drug screening
• Routine CBC with automated or manual differential count, coagulation studies, and ESR
• Blood typing, screen, antibody identification, antibody titer, compatibility testing, Rhogam evaluation, fetal screen, cord evaluation, and elution test
• Examines and analyzes contents of urine and other body fluids: macroscopic and microscopic (total cell count, differential count, cell morphology)
• Setting up cultures, plating, gram staining, and doing molecular testing
• Analyzers: Ortho Vision Swift, Sysmex XN-9000, Cobas 8000, ACL Top Family, GEM 500, Auxion Max AX4030, iQ 200 Analyzer, BactAlert/Virtuo, GeneXpert Instrument Systems, Biofire FilmArray Torch Systems, BD Kiestra InoqulA+, BD Veritor Plus, Cobas 8100, Adeza, Osmometer 3320, VerifyNow, ESR STAT
• Computer System: Cerner, EPIC

Medical Laboratory Scientist 1 - SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital-St. Charles - MedPro International - St. Charles

(2022-11 - 2025-07)

Department: Microbiology. Performs specimen processing and microscopy procedures, to include the inoculation of solid and liquid media, and the preparation and examination of stained smears and wet preparations. Performs tests for the detection and/or identification of infectious agents. Performs tests for the determination of organism antimicrobial susceptibility.

• Analyzers: BD Kiestra, Biomerieux (BacT/ALERT Virtuo), Biomerieux Vitek MS (MALDI-TOF), Biomerieux Vitek 2 (for AST), Cepheid (GeneXpert), Biofire, Liaison MDx (Diasorin)
• Computer System: Epic, Synapsys

Staff Medical Technologist - The Medical City – Pampanga - Pampanga, Philippines

(2017-05 - 2022-08)

Operates and maintains sophisticated instruments and equipment used in the laboratory. Performs phlebotomy efficiently in adults, pediatrics and geriatrics. Daily monitoring and interpretation of accepted Quality Control limits with the aid of LJ chart. Performs the following tests:

• Automated routine and special chemistry tests
• Routine CBC and coagulation studies
• Screening tests for HIV I/II, Hepatitis, and Syphilis and malaria, thyroid function tests and cancer markers
• Blood donor extraction, blood component separation and issuance of blood units
• Blood typing (ABO and RH), blood donor and recipient compatibility testing
• Preparation of culture media, Isolation and identification of bacteriologic culture and fungal identification and performs Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST)
• Preparing of Direct Sputum Smear, Staining and reading specimens for gram stain
• Examines and analyzes content urine and other body fluids: macroscopic and microscopic (total cell count, differential count, cell morphology)
• Performs Manual routine stool analysis
• Tissue processing and cell block preparation
• Analyzers: Accuvein AV400, Cobasb12, Vitro, EasyLite, Siemens DCA Vantage Analyzer, Pentra C400, Getein Biotechnology, Exdia TRF Plus, I-STAT Analyzer, Siemens Dimension EXL 200, BC 5300 Mindray Autohematology, Mindray BC-6000, Yumizen H500, Beckman Coulter Unicel DxH 800, Stago Compact Max, Mackler Counting Chamber, Architect i1000sr, Trima Accel, Biomerieux mini vidas, Biomerieux Vidas 3, Hettich Zentrifugen Roto Silenta 630 RS, VITEK 2 Compact, BacT/ALERT 3D, Siemens ClinitekAdvantus, Across

Bachelor - Medical Laboratory Science - Saint Louis University (2011 - 2016)