Wilmington Pathology Laboratory Work Values

Daily Duties at Wilmington Pathology Laboratory:

Employee Management:  Job Descriptions: Developed and updated job descriptions on a yearly basis for employees supervised.  Employee Performance: Performed yearly evaluations, annual assessments, documented disciplinary action.  Employee Training: Primary trainer for new hires within departments supervised; including cytotechnologists, Lab Prep staff, Molecular technicians, and Andrology technicians.  Safety Meetings: Designed and performed monthly safety meetings for department staff.  Monthly Staff Meetings: Monthly staff focused on current issues with in the laboratory. Additionally, meetings were used to help foster communication among employees and continually focused on team building skills within the department, in order to achieve a higher level of efficiency / proficiency. Administrative Duties:  Procedure Manuals: Developed procedure manuals for departments supervised. Created and standardized format used by company for SOPs. Maintained master SOPs for all departments within the company.  Quality Management: Developed QM programs for departments supervised; generated monthly & yearly departmental statistics; designed laboratory documents (logs for equipment maintenance, QA logs, specimen requisitions, etc); ensured departments remained in compliance with CLIA, CAP, and OSHA guidelines.  New Technology: Assessed potential new technologies for use in the laboratory; reviewing feasibility, potential productivity and efficiency gains, and specificity / sensitivity data.  Proficiency Testing: Ordered, distributed, and resulted PT for departments supervised. Also, was secondary proctor for yearly GYN Cytology proficiency testing since it’s inception. Cytology Departmental Duties:  Primary Slide Review: Performed primary screening of GYN and Non-GYN specimens.  Slide QA: Review of daily cytotechnolgist QA. QA review included a minimum of 10% negative Pap Tests, review of abnormal cytology (RCC, ASCUS, LISL, & HSIL), unsatisfactory specimens, and the presence of endocervical components for selected clients for.  New Testing: Performed pre-implementation, implementation, and validation of the Cytyc Imaging System / Review Scopes. Wilmington Pathology was the third site in the United States to go “live” with this system. Implementation involved the validation of new stains, training procedures for cytotechnologists, development of new quality management logs for equipment maintenance and Imager functionality.  Telepathology: Implemented telepathology system for off-site FNAs. Enabled pathologist to review photographs from FNAs to determine specimen adequacy during procedure. Minimized the need for repeat FNAs and patient calls backs due to inadequate specimen collection Molecular Departmental Duties:  Primary Molecular Technician: Primary technician for all molecular test from 2002 to 2006.  New Testing: Organized pre-implementation, in-house validation, & final implementation of following Molecular Tests: 1. Quiagen Hybrid Capture II for HPV Detection 2. Access Genetics HPV Detection and Viral Type Identification from the ThinPrep vial (PCR based system) 3. Access Genetic gonnorhea & Chlamydia from the ThinPrep vial, M4 Media, and fresh urine. 4. Cervista High Risk HPV detection from the ThinPrep vial. 5. Cervista Cystic Fibrosis testing from “whole blood.”

What they like about Wilmington Pathology Laboratory:

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