UNIVERSITY of SANTO TOMAS

Faculty of Pharmacy
Espaa, Manila

DEPARTMENT of MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM - ACADEMIC YEAR 2015- 2016

MONTHLY SUMMARY OF CLINICAL INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE REPORT

Name of Interns:

Group Leader:

Padolina, Wilcen John V.

Alves, Carlos Jose I.

Cano, Earl Adriane A.
Caringal, Jejomar Emmanuel C.
Chiong, Arveec C.
Lina, Jan Alyssa C.
Macaspac, Jasmin Bien C. Manalo, Alfred Ryan C.
Manapat, R-Jay J.
Najera, Maybelle Colyn U. Ng, Raissa Steffie Y.
Nierva, Rancez Lorraine S.
Olaguer, Antonio E. II
Penalba, Kathy Mae Clarisse
Salamat, Kristine Grace A.
San Andres, Raphaela Angela L.
Valena, Carmelo Miguel
O.
Hospital Assignment: Rizal Medical Center
Month of May and June
Medical Technology Internship (please encircle):

(1)

(2)

Lab Section
BACTERIOLOGY

HEMATOLOGY

Activities/Tasks/Responsibiliti
es
Process specimens such as
blood, stool, urine,
exudate, sputum, etc
Manual logging of all the
specimen received and
results released
Media preparation
AFB and gram staining,
KOH analysis, biochemical
tests and culture and
sensitivity
Clean and disinfect your
workplace before and after
the shift
Finish all the assignments
given to you by the staff on
duty

CLINICAL MICROSCOPY

Problem(s) Encountered

Some of the media are

contaminated
Mislabeled specimen
Unclear tests request
Specimens not
processed because it
was over looked
Patients and doctors
who request for the
result immediately

Action(s) Taken

Perform test such as CBC,

ESR, Reticulocyte Count,
and other hematologic
techniques
Ward test such as
Peripheral blood spear,
malarial smear, Bleeding
time, Clotting time and Clot
Retraction time
Prepare smears of
specimens to be rechecked
and read manually
Logging of specimens and
results

Perform test such as

Urinalysis, OGTT,
Pregnancy Test, Fecalysis
and Occult Blood
Logging of results in the
logbook

Machine fails to
aspirate and analyze
clotted specimens
Hard to extract
adequate amount of
blood on patients
requesting peripheral
blood smear
Machine usually is out
of control range

Breakage of test tubes

Machine malfunction
Insufficient urine
submitted by patients
Using dirty test tubes

Observe proper
procedures in
making culture
media, avoid
exposing them to
environment to
avoid contamination
Dont accept
specimen which are
mislabeled and not
properly labeled
specimen
Ask the staff on
duty to revise the
request form in this
section to avoid
confusion
Always inform the
patients, nurses and
doctors
Double check if the
specimen is clotted
using an applicator
stick
Massage the finger
before you prick,
make your prick
deep and apply
pressure well
Practice smearing to
make sure there is
no wasted blood
specimen
Report to staff on
duty so they can
repeat the controls
and troubleshoot
the machine
Properly balance the
test tubes in the
centrifuge
Be ready to read the
reagent strip
manually

Personal Reflection(s)
Bacteriology is an
enjoyable post, we are
able to apply what we
learn theoretically
because we are allowed
to process all types of
specimens. Some of the
complains I heard with
this section is that interns
at times go home late
because either there are
too many items to be
finished or the staff on
duty gave their
respective task late.
Others said that after
being assigned in
bacteriology section they
obtain pimples.
Hematology section is
fully automated so you
just need to feed the
sample to the machine
and wait for the results.
Interns experienced
being reprimanded by
patients because of pain
in pricking when there is
a request for peripheral
blood smear.

We were surprised that

even reading the reagent
strip is automated in this
section. We are not
allowed to read the
specimen microscopically.

Prepared by:
Wilcen John V. Padolina
Hospital Leader- Rizal Medical Center

Noted by:
Prof. Julius Eleazar Jose , RMT
Clinical Instructor

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