DIPAL PATEL
Toronto,ON
Summary
A driven and motivated medical laboratory Assistant/Technician seeking for a position in an environment where my skills are valued and can benefit the establishment.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Chemistry Department at Trillium Health Partners CVH Site
Trillium Health Partners
05.2022 - Current
- Maintain competence in receiving, Aliquot samples (Urine, Body Fluid, Serum), Centrifuge samples, Specimen loading/unloading, processing for testing and apply laboratory standard procedures to stats
- Efficiently managing inventory, conducting physical counts, and facilitating seamless communication with vendors and effectively with various members of the healthcare team
- Skilled in quality control setup, daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance equipment, troubleshooting, record all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and to ensure optimal performance of instrument and regulatory requirements
- Load reagents/calibrators, discard the instrument waste and support for Intra/Inter sample comparison, instrument validation
- Discard completed old samples, Record the temperature and humidity, restock bench supplies ensuring compliance with Laboratory Quality Management Systems
- Maintenance and cleaning support equipment -fridges, freezers, centrifuges, pipettes, water baths, safety cabinets and automation and/or analyzers and BSC maintenance
- Recognize unsafe work practices, potential hazards, and unusual occurrences in the work area to uphold the highest standards
- Proficient in a wide range of procedures including Urinalysis dipstick, urine drug screen, Alcohol, osmolality, blood gas processing, ionized calcium processing and body fluid pH processing, and inventory management
- Work in compliance with the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Actively participate in quality assurance and quality improvement activities to meet laboratory objective and participates in external quality assurance.
Rapid Response Core Laboratory at Sick Kids
Sick Kids
12.2021 - 01.2023
- Perform data entry and review requisition to determine accuracy of information entered in accordance with laboratory procedures when entering data in fields such as: patient name, HIN, patient demographics, tests requested, ordering practitioner, and other clinical information in the Laboratory Information System
- Communicate with clients by phone and/or fax to confirm information required for accurate data entry
- Record and document problems that are done during and/or after blood collection such as: mislabelled specimens, no sample or no requisition, wrong collection, or mismatch test and information
- Labeled the samples with their specific test require by matching patient identification and requisition, centrifuge and aliquot if needed and arrange according to different departments for laboratory testing process.
Microbiology department at Med Health Laboratory
Med Health Laboratory
02.2019 - 12.2021
- Samples are check into the LIS as per check-in micro samples
- Labelled plates/slides are prepared with the barcode for planting and smear under Biology Safety Cabinet
- Under biology safety cabinet with aseptic environment streak and culture urine samples into appropriate agar by using disposable loop
- Smears and stains sputum samples
- Process vaginal swab, wound swab, and miscellaneous swab
- Checking the right temperature and incubator used for specific agar.and stains smears with previ color gram (automated gram Stainer)
- Preparing Anaerobic jar for throat swab, Ova and Parasite (saf fixative) slide and blood cultures with all aseptic techniques in a class 2 type B Laminar flow hood to support validation
- Ensure samples turn around time goals as well as other key performance indicators are met and setting positive controls for bacteria and pathogens
- Operation of all laboratory equipment including spectrophotometry, incubators, loop incinerator, colorimeter, densicheck plus, microcentrifuge, PH meter, Previ color and mixing device
- Proper disposal of biological specimens into biohazard bags and slides/sharp objects into sharp container
- Changing chemical stains for gram staining and Kinyoun staining.
Specimen Handling Department (Med Health Laboratory)
Med Health Laboratory
- Receiving, handling, processing, identification, recording, labelling, dispatch of specimen for testing, and apply laboratory standard procedures to STATS
- Record and document problems that are done during and/or after blood collection
- Perform chemical urine analysis, urine pregnancy test, and enters urine microscopy result into the Laboratory Information System (LIS).
Specimen Collection Centres` (Med Health Laboratory)
Med Health Laboratory
- Responsible for obtaining quality blood samples and other specimens from patients
- Perform data entry, EGC testing, centrifugation, and aliquot samples
- Prepare specimens for transportation and testing.
Cytology Department (Med Health Laboratory)
Med Health Laboratory
- Perform simple laboratory tasks of operating equipment, printing extra label, scanning samples, recording data, and specimen storage and other clerical duties as assigned
- Prepare reagents and removing brush on the sample for laboratory procedures as directed in the procedure manual under the direct supervision of a technologist.
Referred out department (Med Health Laboratory)
Med Health Laboratory
- As the duties permit, check requisition including patient's info, DR
- Name, physician number and correct referred out test ordered as per the requirement of test
- With the Verification the OHIP requisition with the sample to ensure identity of patient organize blood, urine and 24 hours urine specimen in the box provided by referral lab
- Arrange frozen sample in plastic biohazard bag with the ice pack according to the TDG guidelines act
- Monitor and maintain the temperature for packaging bags using dry ice.
Education
Advanced diploma -
Centennial College, Toronto
08.2018
Bachelor of science -
Gujarat arts and science college, Ahmedabad
04.2016
Skills
- Experience in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Rapid Response Core and Specimen Handling Department
- Experience in Data Entry/ Laboratory Information System and Epic
- Experience in Referred Out Department with Transport Dangerous Goods Certificate
- MLA/T certification with MLPAO
- College of American Pathologists' course (as assigned)
- Certified WHIMS trainee
- Computer Proficiency: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Internet Applications and Knowledge of Paradigm, GLS and Basic Computer programs
- Served at Med Health Laboratory for more than 25 years, Sick Kids for 15 year and Mount Sinai for 8 months
- Started working at Trillium Health Partners CVH site since May 2022 till present
References
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Timeline
Chemistry Department at Trillium Health Partners CVH Site
Trillium Health Partners
05.2022 - Current
Rapid Response Core Laboratory at Sick Kids
Sick Kids
12.2021 - 01.2023
Microbiology department at Med Health Laboratory
Med Health Laboratory
02.2019 - 12.2021
Specimen Handling Department (Med Health Laboratory)
Med Health Laboratory
Specimen Collection Centres` (Med Health Laboratory)
Med Health Laboratory
Cytology Department (Med Health Laboratory)
Med Health Laboratory
Referred out department (Med Health Laboratory)
Med Health Laboratory
Advanced diploma -
Centennial College, Toronto
Bachelor of science -
Gujarat arts and science college, Ahmedabad
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