Ashok Reddy

Experience

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  Narayana Health

  Jan 2011 - Apr 2012

  Medial technologist

  • As a Medical technologist to perform Quality Control, Regular calibration, Maintenance of the Instruments, Regular stock checking, Reports Verification and Maintaining the Lab stock. • Maintenance of Laboratory Quality Control records:- Report Dispatch registers, Log files of instruments, Sterilization Records, Media, antibiotic disc, serology and other product accountability records, Maintenance of positive culture files. • Preparation and review of standard operating procedures.• To ensure timely dispatch of reports.• Monitoring of MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet of Hazardous Chemicals in the Lab).• Day-to-day supervision of diagnostic methods and examination of specimens and authorization- and interpretation of the results obtained.• Responsibility for achieving and maintaining full accreditation of the laboratory.• Responsibility for quality assurance within the department, including taking part in all relevant national external quality assurance programs.• Business planning, including the assessment and introduction of new methods, and forward planning for staff and equipment requirements.CLINICAL• Liaison with clinicians, hospital staff and GPs concerning the diagnosis and management of patients and prevention of infection.• Implementing an on-going medical audit program within the department and participating in multidisciplinary clinical audit.INFECTION CONTROL• Implementing an ongoing policy for infection control in the hospital. • Advising on hospital policies on antibiotic and disinfectant usage for infection control.• Monitoring of hospital infection quality indicators and recording of mortality and morbidity rates and present the report.• Monitoring of invivo and invitro activity of antimicrobial agents.• Investigation and prevention of emerging and communicable disease in the community and forwarding the notifiable disease report every month to respected authority. Show less

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  Apex Diagnostics and Medical imaging

  May 2012 - Jun 2014

  Junior Microbiologist

  ● Demonstrated proficiency in maintaining and controlling the quality of diagnostic laboratory. ● Expertise in ensuring that appropriate procedures and standards for the collection and preservation of specimens and samples are adhered to & contributing to the presentation of results.● Supervising the diagnostic methods and examination of the specimens of Microbiology, immune assays and Immuno Serology.● Assessing and introducing new methods, forward planning for staff induction and equipment. ● Ensuring proper implementation of quality systems and policies as part of quality management team. ● Handling all routine Microbiology reporting. ● Handling overall services in a fully automated and semi automated instruments. Show less

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  Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme

  Jun 2014 - now

  Microbiologist.

  * Provide technical support to District Public Health Laboratories being strengthened under Integrated Disease Surveillance Project* Provide oversight for lower level laboratories;*. Ensure that laboratory investigations are promptly undertaken when diseases of public health importance are reported/ suspected;* Impart training for laboratory technicians and implement internal and external quality assurance; and* Liaise with medical colleges, private and other related sectors on issues related to laboratory diagnosis of outbreak prone diseases Show less