Maricar Tabigue

MARICAR A. TABIGUE

Email Address : [email protected]

DPH-Ministry of Public Health (MOPH)-State of Qatar Prometric Result: PASSER

Verified DATAFLOW Result  –  May 5,2023

Position applied for: Laboratory Technologist

Qualifications:

• Nineteen (19) years of experience in General and Special Laboratory Procedures

• Assigned in different sections like Hematology, Clinical Microscopy, Chemistry, Blood Bank,

Serology and doing early, late and night shifts

• Highly competent in work management and supervision being a Senior Laboratory Staff and

Hematology in Charge

• Active participant for the JCI Accreditation and Re-Accreditation Preparation and Survey

Activities in Almana General Hospital, Al Khobar, K.S.A. from 2007-2010

• Attended regular weekly lectures of Continuing Medical Education and Interdepartmental

Meetings in Almana General Hospital, Al Khobar from January 2008-December 2010

• Licensed in Professional Regulation Commission, Philippines 2000

• Licensed in Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2008

• Licensed in Malaria –Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2010

• Proficient and trained in HIV testing, DOH-Philippines, July 2019- July 2022

• Basic Life Support Provider 2014

• Willing to work overtime

• Able to cope up with work pressures

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Date of Birth : March 05,1979

Place of Birth : Manila, Philippines

Citizenship : Filipino

Civil Status : Married

Religion : Roman Catholic

Height : 157.48 cm.

Weight : 53.6 kgs.

Name of Father : Panfilo Angeles Aquino

Occupation : Agronomist (Retired)

Name of Mother : Adoracion Velasco Caballero

Occupation : Public High School Principal (deceased )

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

College : Notre Dame of Marbel University

South Cotabato, Philippines

Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology

1996-2000

University Graduate

Secondary : Notre Dame of Marbel for Girls

South Cotabato, Philippines

1992-1996

Highschool Graduate

Elementary : San Miguel Elementary School

South Cotabato, Philippines

1986-1992

Elementary Graduate

EXAMINATIONS TAKEN/ELIGIBILITY

• Licensure Examination for Medical Technologists

Date Taken: 2000

Place of Examination: Manila

Passed

• Ministry of Health Licensure Examination

Date Taken: 2008

Place of Examination: Dammam, K.S.A.

Passed

MEDICAL CAREER HISTORY:

Employment

Position : Senior Medical Technologist/Hematology In Charge (March 02,2015

Oct.5,2020)

Hospital : St. Elizabeth Hospital, Inc.

General Santos City, Philippines

ISO 9001 : 2015 Accredited Institution

Position : Hematology in Charge (August 2010 up to December 27,2014)

Hospital : Almana General Hospital, AL Khobar, K.S.A.

JCI Accredited Institution

Position : Junior/ Senior Laboratory Technologist (December 2007-August 2010)

Hospital : Almana General Hospital, Al Khobar, K.S.A.

Position : Chief Medical Technologist (January 2004-November 2007)

Hospital : Mindanao Medical Center Cannery Rd. City Heights General Santos

City, Philippines

Position : Medical Technologist (April 2001-December 2003)

Hospital : Mindanao Medical Center Cannery Rd. City Heights General Santos

City, Philippines

RECENT SEMINARS & TRAININGS ATTENDED:

• November 09,2014

“Certificate of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation “

Almana General Hospital K.S.A.

• September 28- October 02,2014

“Ministry of Health Educational and Hands –on Training for Managing Patients with Middle

Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus Infection (MERS- COV)”

Almana General Hospital K.S.A.

• April 16,2014

“Environment of Care Annual Refresher”

Almana General Hospital K.S.A.

• February 2,2014

“Infection Prevention and Control and Update”

Almana General Hospital K.S.A.

• May 29, 2013

“Environment of Care Annual Refresher”

Almana General Hospital K.S.A.

• April 13, 2013

“Hemochrone Signature Elite for Point of Care Testing”

Almana General Hospital K.S.A

• November 06, 2012

“Certificate of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation”

Almana General Hospital K.S.A.

• May 27,2012

“Management of Hemostatic Disorders”

King Fahad Hospital and the University, Al Khobar, SA

• December 2010

Malaria Training in Ministry of Health, Dammam

• December 01,2010

“Certificate of Attendance, Basic Life Support Provider”

Almana General Hospital, AL Khobar, K.S.A.

• October 30,2010 –November 03,2010

“JCI Re-Accreditation Preparation and Survey Activities”

Almana General Hospital, AL Khobar, SA

• April 8,2010

“Update in Laboratory Quality & Accreditation Course”

King Fahad Specialist Hospital

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

• January 24,2010

“EOC Annual Refresher Training”

Almana General Hospital, AL Khobar, K.S.A.

• December 17,2008

“Certificate of Attendance, Basic Life Support Provider “

Almana General Hospital, AL Khobar, K.S.A.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

College Degree : Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology

Notre Dame Marbel University

Alunan Avenue Koronadal City, Philippines

March 2000

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND/WORK EXPERIENCE

Foreign Employment

A. Hematology In-Charge/Senior Laboratory Technician/Technologist

Almana General Hospital

Laboratory Department

Al Khobar, K.S.A.

August 2010 –December 27,2014

Status: Contractual

Detailed Duties and Responsibilities:

• Adheres strictly not only to laboratory policy and procedure but in all hospitals as well

• Follows up laboratory and hospital policy and procedure for infection control and safety

• Has overall supervision of the sections

• Performs daily quality control, external professional testing in addition to all procedures

as listed in his section

• Maintains a daily record of temperature and other maintenance procedure of all the

equipments in the section

• Performs the more difficult or rarely ordered procedures requiring familiarity with

instruments and procedures to ensure reliable results

• Handles properly of POCT work, follows up quality control reagent, external quality

control, machine maintenance and keeps record for all related documents

• Conducts patient, donor and family education which includes patient care, safe blood

extraction and donation, guide for sample collection and proper use of laboratory tools

• Performs initial evaluation for new reagent and machine and prepares related new

policy and procedure as guided by lab consultant

• Assures adequate supply of the reagent and other things needed

• Maintains and files lab records in his section according to departmental policy

• Responsible for the monthly statistics in his section

• Does incident report (OVR) to be brought to immediate attention of supervisor and

pathologist as when it happened

• Does the everyday morning cross checking of all the investigations done in 24 hours and

refers to the supervisor if there are any questionable results

• Implements the policy and procedure for STAT and Critical in a section

• Enlightens the newly joined laboratory staff for the laboratory policy and procedure,

rules, regulations and proper orientation

• Participates in laboratory staff education, training and competency assessment

• Actively participates in continuing laboratory educational program

• Follows up and maintains the different laboratory quality programs in coordination with

the departmental QI officer and head of department

• Participates in all lab quality activity and accreditation preparation

• Accepts any extra responsibility and work in any section or location according to the

need of work as assigned by lab supervisor and lab director

B. Junior Laboratory Technician/Technologist

Almana General Hospital

Laboratory Department

Al Khobar, K.S.A.

December 2007 –August 2010

Status: Contractual

Detailed Duties and Responsibilities

• Adheres strictly not only to laboratory policy but in all hospital policies

as well

• Follows laboratory and hospital policy and procedure for infection

control and safety

• Performs all tests with utmost accuracy in the assigned section

• Assists the Senior Technologist/Technician in the day to day operation

of the laboratory

• Adheres strictly to the manual procedure provided with each test

• Refers incident report to section in –charge as when it happened and

gives a reliable explanation or justification if it is requested to do so

• Refers all normal and abnormal results to the In-charge, supervisor or

pathologist for finalization

• Attends or participates in CME activities that are held in the department

• Participates in quality activity and accreditation preparation

• Accepts work in any section or location according to assignment by lab

supervisor or lab director

• Shares the preparation of monthly statistics and QI reports

• Does the processing of sample

• Ensures the proper preparation, storage and dispensing of all reagents

and chemicals

• Checks the patient’s result by comparing it with previous related results

• Follows the policy and procedure for STAT and CRITICAL tests

• Refers the patient’s results to the senior staff and section in-charge

• Releases the results according to the TURN AROUND TIME policy

• Does the technical works like answering the phone, recording, relaying

and filing of patient’s results

• Processes the Point of Care Test (POCT) and refers troubleshooting to

senior or lab section in-charge

• Performs phlebotomy according to phlebotomy guideline policy and

procedure

• Follows properly the way of collection according to the laboratory policy

and procedure and infection control to reduce the risk of

contamination

• Respects patient’s confidentiality, privacy and all patient’s rights

according to hospital policy

• Properly screens the donors including body weight, hemoglobin, sickle

cell, malaria, viral examination and overall appearance

• Handles the donor professionally in case of patients’ refusal or fainting

Local Employment

A. Senior Medical Technologist/Hematology In Charge

St. Elizabeth Hospital, Inc.

General Santos, Philippines

March 02, 2015- October 05,2020

Detailed Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the monthly statistics in his section

• Does incident report (OVR) to be brought to immediate attention of supervisor and

pathologist as when it happened

• Implements the policy and procedure for STAT and Critical in a section• Follow strictly not only to laboratory policy and procedure but in hospital as well

• Has overall supervision of the sections

• Performs daily quality control, external professional testing in addition to all procedures

as listed in his section

• Maintains a daily record of temperature and other maintenance procedure of all the

equipment in the section

• Performs the more difficult or rarely ordered procedures requiring familiarity with

instruments and procedures to ensure reliable results

• Follows up quality control reagent, external quality control, machine maintenance and

keeps record for all related documents

• Assures adequate supply of the reagent and other things needed

• Maintains and files lab records in his section according to departmental policy

• Participates in laboratory staff education.

• training and competency assessment

• Actively participates in continuing laboratory educational program

• Participates in all lab quality activity and accreditation preparation

• Participates in all hospital continuing educational program such as infection control,

breast feeding, etc.

• Accepts any extra responsibility and work in any section or location according to the

need of work as assigned by Chief Medical Technologist and Pathologist

B. Chief Medical Technologist

Mindanao Medical Center

General Santos City, Philippines

January 2004 –November 2007

Detailed Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages the flow of work in each section

• Supervises methods/personnel in the performance of test

and procedure on specimen received in the laboratory

according to the protocol contained in the procedural

manual.

• Does the routine schedule of each staff

• Discusses with the pathologists some problems happened in

the laboratory

• Checks the daily temperature chart

• Maintains the adequate supply of the reagent for each test

• Does the calibration of the machine periodically

• Runs the daily control for each test both normal and

abnormal

• Plots the graph

• Assays the test like CBC, Platelet Count, malaria,

reticulocyte count and coagulation profile

• Analyzes blood chemistry such as lipid profile, renal

function test, liver function test, cardiac enzymes and

electrolytes

• Performs the urine analysis, stool analysis and other body

fluids

• Screens the blood for Hepatitis and HIV

• Identifies the disease-causing microorganism like AFB

• Counterchecks the release of lab results

C. Medical Technologist

Mindanao Medical Center

General Santos City, Philippines

April 2001-December 2003

Status: Contractual

Detailed Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs the hematology procedures like CBC, Platelet

Count, Coagulation Profile, Malaria Exam, ESR,

Reticulocyte Count, Bleeding Time and Clotting Time

• Extracts patient in accordance to each test

• Clinical Chemistry assays such as Enzyme analysis, Lipid

profile, Liver profile, Renal Panel, Sugar and Electrolytes

• Identifies the disease-causing microorganism by Gram

staining exam, Culture and Sensitivity, OH mounting, India

Ink Preparation, Direct Fecal Smear, Kato Thick Technique

and Scotch tape method

• Determines the ABO and Rh typing, Crossmatching,

Hepatitis profile, VDRL and HIV testing

• Assays the different fluids in our body like urine, CSF and

Sputum

• Maintains the quality control and quality assurance of the

laboratory through running of serum control, preparation

of quality control graph, calibration of various reagents

and troubleshooting procedures

• Releases lab results to each ward

LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS USED:

• HMX- COULTER

• ELITE PRO COAGULATION

• MINIVIDAS

• UNICELDXC 800

• LXi 725

• VITEK 2 COMPACT

• CELL DYN 1700

• CELL DYN 3500

• CELL DYN 3700

• Emerald Hematology Analyzer

• ADVIA-60-Open Tube

• SYSMEX KX 21

• MICROS MACHINE

• SYSMEX CA 500

• KC 4 AMELUNG

• THROMBOTIMER

• CLINITEK STATUS

• EASYLITE

• HUMALYZER

• VITROS 250

• VITROS 350

• BTS-10`

• MICROLAB 200

• VITROS DT 60, DTSC, DT

• A-25 ANALYZER

• RAPIDLAB 348

• NOVA BLOOD GAS MACHINE

• DIASTAT –HGBA1C MACHINE

• BIORAD IMMUNOLOGY ANALYZER

• XN 2000 SERIES

I hereby certify that the above information provided on this application is accurate to the best of my

knowledge and subject to verification by the company

Ms. Maricar A. Tabigue

Applicant