TOLULOPE OMODAYO
LAGOS
Summary
Seasoned Laboratory Scientist ready to take ownership of labs' diagnostic performance and safety records. Dedicated to providing rapid turnaround times without sacrificing personnel safety or diagnostic accuracy. Keen adopter of emerging lab techniques and advanced diagnostic technologies.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Laboratory Scientist
Center For Integrated Health Program
10.2019 - Current
- Developing and implementing safety protocols
- Conduct safety trainings for laboratory personnel
- Performs regular safety inspections (safety audit), identify potential hazards (risk management)
- Ensures safety protocols adherence of personnel in th laboratory.
- Daily Internal Quality control run and review on analyzer to ensure compliance to WestGard Quality Control rules when applicable
- Running patient samples to generate quality results within specified Turn Around Time.
- Monitoring and reporting of outstanding patient results.
- Troubleshooting of failed Quality control(QC) and prompt reporting to senior scientist/ Quality manager for continued action using a CAPA form
- Management of patient results after QC failure.
- Weekly review of LJ graphs, printed from LIS, with Laboratory Quality Manager.
- Performing weekly interface verification and manual result entry verification exercises.
- Running of internal quality control/Inter-laboratory samples, external quality control and submission of result before deadline.
- Selection, development, modification, validation, and verification of laboratory test methods
- Use of laboratory information systems, in particular: accessing patient data and information, entering patient data and examination results
- Monthly EQA troubleshooting with Laboratory Quality manager.
- Daily Incident reporting of instrument non-conformances.
- Laboratory equipment/Instrument breakdown troubleshooting
Laboratory Scientist
AIDS PREVENTION INITIATIVE IN NIGERIA
08.2016 - 09.2019
- Analyzing Pediatrics DBS samples for DNA PCR (PMTCT program) using the COBAS AMPLIPREP/TAQMAN
- Preformed clinical chemistry using the COBAS c311equipment
- Prompt reporting of health and safety incident and issues to the QM manager/ Safety officer
- Daily documentation of departmental quality indicator markers.
- Ensuring strict adherence to health and safety procedure in the department.
- Weekly pooling of turnaround time statistics
Education
Master of Science - Medical Microbiology
University Of Lagos
Lagos,Nigeria02.2021
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
Lagos State University
Ojo,Lagos Nigeria02.2014
Skills
- Data Analytics
- Results Analysis
- Research Management
- Research and Experiments
- Safety Processes and Procedures
- Analytical Thinking
- Data Entry
- Effective Multitasking
- Self-Driven and Motivated
- Equipment Maintenance
- Laboratory Management
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of four in the development of Freezer mapping for the laboratory.
- Achieved through effectively analyzing samples of patients with SCD (sickle cell disease) using the LORRCA Maxsis, improved changes in their RBC deformability.
Certification
- Quality Management System (ISO 15189:2022) Training - June 2023-December 2023
- Cobas Ampliprep/Taqman Training -2017
- Laboratory Commodity Management Training- 2017
REFEREES
Available on request
Timeline
Assistant Laboratory Scientist
Center For Integrated Health Program
10.2019 - Current
Laboratory Scientist
AIDS PREVENTION INITIATIVE IN NIGERIA
08.2016 - 09.2019
Master of Science - Medical Microbiology
University Of Lagos
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
Lagos State University
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