Med Tech and MLT

Med Tech and MLT

Requirements

• Clinical Lab Generalist licensed by Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners as CLG or CLS

Responsibilities

• Ensures specimens received by the laboratory are acceptable for testing by applying the appropriate criteria.
• Changes or prepares reagents, controls as necessary and records such in log.
• Labels, accessions and distributes specimens so that integrity of patient identification is maintained throughout processing.
• Inoculates specimens from all areas of the body on appropriate media.
• Initiates orders for blood and/or blood components from the appropriate blood supplier.
• Follows hospital/laboratory safety and infection control policies and reports variances to section supervisors as they occur.
• Operates both primary and secondary instrumentation proficiently.
• Determines appropriateness of manual methods, micro-methods, back-up procedures and initiates such procedures.
• Through use of the computer system, compares patient results to previous results during the same encounter and investigates discrepancies.
• Reports test results within established departmental turn-around times after verifying documentation is complete and accurate.
• Prepares and interprets gram stains and other wet and dry preparations for bacteriology and parasitology.
• Performs all routine procedures including, but not limited to, ABORH typing and retesting, antibody detection and identification, compatibility testing and serology procedures.
• Prepares blood components while maintaining aseptic technique and proper storage.
• Evaluates serological reactivity to assist with antibody identification and crossmatch incompatibilities.
• Follows universal precautions at all times when dealing with blood or body fluids.
• Disinfects counter tops at the end of the shift with appropriate cleaner.
• Operates, calibrates, conducts performance checks and maintains any clinical laboratory instrument or equipment after orientation.
• Troubleshoots basic instrument malfunctions and documents in the appropriate action log.
• Determines when an instrument’s service representative should be contacted for assistance.
• Analyzes quality control material for each procedure, records values according to section policy and reports to technical Supervisor when results are outside established limits.
• Performs comparison studies of precision, accuracy and linearity on new or existing procedures and reports results by established deadlines.
• Performs and accurately records proficiency surveys, properly routes form and copies within the specified time frame.
• Performs all aspects of reagent quality control as specified in the quality control manuals.
• Assists in the clinical orientation of new or less skilled laboratory personnel as requested by the section Supervisor.
• Assures proper packaging and disposal of waste chemicals.
• Maintains proper documentation (log) of generated waste.
• Performs order or result entry (manual or computerized) and reviews information for accuracy before verification.
• Documents Critical Call Value notification, duplicate checking, date and time of performance, technologist initials and expected age related ‘normal’ values on all down-time reports as appropriate.
• Checks instruments and benches assigned for appropriate reagent and supply levels and replenishes when necessary.
• Notifies appropriate person of low inventory items or of any out-of-date reagents contaminated or otherwise unacceptable.
• Records receipt of supplies and reagents, properly initialing and dating the inventory items at receipt, time put into use and expiration.
• Ensures adequate inventory levels are available for incoming shifts.
• Receives tissue specimens from surgery, autopsy and the nursing floors.
• Performs proper processing and preservation of tissue specimens.
• Complies with proper specimen storage and preservation of all other non-tissue specimens for non-core laboratory.
• Prepares necessary reagents and collection supplies for assisting with bone marrow aspirations according to physician orders.
• Assists physicians in the procurement of bone marrow specimens in accordance with departmental and Hospital policies.
• Performs special stains and follows protocols as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.