Medical Technician (Blood Banking)
7 months ago
Processes human volunteer blood donors, and autologous and therape.....
- Processes human volunteer blood donors, and autologous and therapeutic patients to include taking donor history, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and collection of whole blood from donors by phlebotomy.
- Aid in the collection of single donor plasma and single donor platelets from volunteer donors using apheresis equipment and standard procedures.
- Test red blood cells for ABO blood group and subgroup, RH type and phenotype, and other typing tests as required.
- Perform specialized procedures in blood banking such as detection of antibodies, enzyme testing, absorptions, and rejuvenation of red blood cells.
- Perform serological tests, some of which are critical in limiting transmission of disease to a blood recipient.
- Maintain an inventory of frozen red blood cells in such a manner as to ensure rapid identification and retrieval of entire inventory.
- Maintain a library of frozen serum/plasma specimens for all units frozen.
Starting at $46,736 Per Year (GS 6)
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