Laboratory assistant

Key Performance Areas. KPA 1 Laboratory Operational Objectives. 1.1. Collect routine specimens from the receiving department by loading specimen trays and transporting them to the Donation Testing laboratory. 1.2. Respond to blood grouping senior requests by collecting more specimens when required. 1.3. Decap Donation Testing specimens according to IPA timeframes before loading these into the relevant machine/s. 1.4. Wash and dry micro titre plates within 1 hour of completion on Olympus either by use of automated plate washers/incubator or manually. 1.5. Operate decapping instrumentation and/or scan specimen barcodes into the relevant database so as to facilitate specimen traceability and tracking. 1.6. Load and operate the automated segment sampler according to SOP. 1.7. Receive labelled segments from the Inventory department. 1.8. Load the automated segment sampler with consumables. 1.9. Load the segments for sampling. 1.10. Provide the Donation Testing technicians with prepared cell...