Hemodialysis technician vs lead laboratory technician

Differences between hemodialysis technician and lead laboratory technician duties and responsibilities

Hemodialysis technician example responsibilities.

• Maintain national certification as CCHT and attain CE's as required.
• Monitor patients receiving hemodialysis, analyze individual patient response to treatment, and change plan of care accordingly.
• Provide all facets of direct care to patients receiving dialysis treatments including bandaging and administering normal saline and heparin.
• Start dialysis by inserting needles into patient's site or catheter and connecting to machines.
• Water check, setting up machines, monitoring blood pressures, performing CPR, making bicarb/acid.
• Prepare and administer heparin medications.
Show more

Lead laboratory technician example responsibilities.

• Manage patient, and corporate information with compassion and confidentiality.
• Set up, adjust, calibrate, clean, maintain, and troubleshoot laboratory instruments.
• Assist with FDA and OSHA audits, coordinate the center for all audits and inspections.
• Accession patient information, doctor information, and testing information accurately and promptly into the NovoPath LIS system.
• Develop and execute IQ/OQ/PQ at manufacturing site.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, verify and calibrate laboratory equipment.
Show more