Reuse technician vs laboratory assistant

Differences between reuse technician and laboratory assistant duties and responsibilities

Reuse technician example responsibilities.

• Maintain national certification as CCHT and attain CE's as required.
• Initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the event of a cardiac arrest.
• Gather and document accurate health-relate information of patients.
• Provide assistance to RN on evaluating and documenting overall dialysis of patients.
• Explain dialysis procedures and operation of the hemodialysis machine to address patient concerns.
• Explain dialysis procedure and operation of hemodialysis machine to patient before treatment to allay anxieties.
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Laboratory assistant example responsibilities.

• Comfort frighten patients and maintain an exceptionally bright professional demeanor to accomplish a procedure that makes most people very uncomfortable.
• Maintain and QC check laboratory equipment.
• Preform laboratory duties using microscopes, centrifuges and a host of other laboratory equipment.
• Provide excellent customer service to patients while accurately updating patient demographics, insurance and billing information in LabCorp LCM program.
• Provide continuing education in the form of periodic in-services relating the phlebotomy procedures, tests and proper specimen collection requirements.
• Process eyewear to meet national ANSII and OSHA standards.
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