Phlebotomist/Lab Technician-Part Time
Fetter Health Care Network · US
Description ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Included but not limited to the following); - Responsible for the collection, labeling and preparation of...
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Description ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Included but not limited to the following); - Responsible for the collection, labeling and preparation of blood specimens for patient testing. - Responsible for the maintenance of all applicable logs, the filing of reports and assembling of the appropriate chart with appropriate lab report. - Assists lab or nursing staff in the care of patients within limits and under clinic nurse supervision. - Verifies test requisitions by comparing information with nursing station log; bringing discrepancies to the attention of unit personnel. - Verifies patient by reading patient identification. - Maintains specimen integrity by using aseptic technique, following department procedures; observing isolation procedures. - Collects therapeutic drug-monitoring assays by collaborating with nursing personnel to ensure appropriate drug dose to collection time. - Tracks collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection; maintaining daily tallies of collections performed. - Monitors glucose levels by performing glucose tests; recording results; reporting results to provider. - Performs bleeding-times tests by entering results to t...