Biomedical Scientist
Plymouth, Uk
I worked in the microbiology laboratory of a large teaching hospital that provides tertiary services for the South West peninsula, including cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery and renal transplantation. The laboratory processes over 500,000 clinical specimens each year in diagnostic bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, and molecular science.I have been a Biomedical Scientist for all my career and in 2001 was also appointed to the role of Health & Safety Officer. I retired in… Show more I worked in the microbiology laboratory of a large teaching hospital that provides tertiary services for the South West peninsula, including cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery and renal transplantation. The laboratory processes over 500,000 clinical specimens each year in diagnostic bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, and molecular science.I have been a Biomedical Scientist for all my career and in 2001 was also appointed to the role of Health & Safety Officer. I retired in August 2019.In April 2020 I was invited back to help the department through the COVID-19 pandemic and worked part-time until April 2022. Show less