Karron Swinn

• Testing on and maintenance of various instrumentation systems in branch laboratories.
• Participation in a shift roster running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Procurement of stock and consumables using various software systems.
• Workplace health and safety representative since February 2020.
• Analysis of quality control, both internal and external, and initiating action based on results.
• Communication of critical results to clinicians

• Process water samples for microbiological analysis.
• Analyse prepared agar plates for bacterial contamination of water.
• Microscopically analyse water samples for amoebic and nematode contamination.
• Prepare scientific reports of water samples for customers.

• Performed pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical processing procedures.
• Performed testing on and maintenance of various instrumentation systems in the fields of haematology, biochemistry, microbiology, coagulation and transfusion medicine.
• Reported results of analysis and communicated critical results to the relevant clinicians.
• Monitored quality controls and initiated corrective action as required.

Assisting in routine specimen processing.

Tasks included

• Specimen reception
• Assisting pathologists during biopsy sampling
• Maintaining processing machinery
• Embedding samples
• Microtomy and staining.