INTERNSHIP REFLECTION

SESSIONMałgorzata Wasylik Bay Path University

Spring 2016

THE EXPERIENCE OF SECURING MY INTERNSHIP

THE ORIENTATIONGMP – Good Manufacturing PracticesEquipment, Facility, Training, Hygiene, Raw Materials, Procedure and ProcessesDocumentation, People, Quality Control, Quality Assurance

GOLDEN RULE„ IF IT ISN`T WRITTEN DOWN, IT

DIDN`T HAPPEN”Type of work performed in Avista Pharma Solutions: Testing final product before release Raw material testing by identity and purity before manufacturing process In process monitoring

AVISTA QUALITY POLICYC C C

Customer Satisfaction Compliance

Continuous Improvement

MOST IMPORTANT IDEA:PATIENT

SAFETY !!!

AVISTA PHARMA SOLUTIONS AGAWAM, MA

My workplace

MY GOALS#1. Perform proper documentation using GMP, maintain lab cleanliness, prepare disinfectant, proper biohazard/sharp disposal

#2. Learn to read and follow lab procedures

#3. Assist Laboratory Support Service with daily functions

#4. Assist technicians and departments with various roles including preparation, set up and documentation

THE WORK PERFORMED BY ME

Daily cleaning, Level I

Daily temperature and humidity monitoring of rooms and equipment

Preparing glass jars for depyrogenation

Printing labels

Biohazard/sharp disposal

Removing outdated media from refrigerators and media storage rooms

Cleaning, Level III

Filling test tubes with specific kinds of water for future tests Lab

glassware cleaning

Segregation of clean lab glassware by type on racks

Wrapping lab utensils in double folded aluminium foil, for depyrogenation

Cleaning jars after LAL test, and placing them in the incubator for drying

Preparing solution of SpH disinfectant

6-months maintenance – lab refrigerator - wiping down interior and removing of expired materials

Organizing jars with culture media in the media storage room

Separating sterilized utensils and organizing them in cabinet

Performing Gram stain lab tests

Organizing jars with proper culture media, and necessary utensils for specific sterility tests

Observation of culture media preparation and help during preparation

OBSERVATION OF TESTS(+) Control test

LAL test

Purity control preparation after (+) control test

Corynebacterium diphtheriaeinoculating

Water testing

TRAININGS DURING THE INTERNSHIP

DOCUMENTATIONAgain!:

„IF IT ISN`T WRITTEN DOWN, IT DIDN`T HAPPEN”

ACHIEVED RESULTS IN ACCOMPLISHING EACH OF MY

LEARNING GOALS#1. Perform proper documentation using GMP, maintain lab

cleanliness, prepare disinfectant, proper biohazard/sharp disposal

#2. Learn to read and follow lab procedures

#3. Assist Laboratory Support Service with daily functions

#4. Assist technicians and departments with various roles including preparation, set up and documentation

THE INTERNSHIP GOALS IN RELATION

TO MY MAJOR BIOTECHNOLOGY

DEVELOPED KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCES AND SKILLS

Better job planning and organizing

Experience in Lab Assistance job responsibilities

Experience in Lab Suport Service job responsibilities

Improvement in: multi-tasking, team work as well as individual work, analyzing problems, ability to work under pressure , attention to details , critical thinking, decision making, effective listening , extracting information , goal settings , interpersonal communication  , organizing tasks, prioritization, problem analysis and solving, self-motivation , taking inititiave, determination, maintaining emotional control under stress, responsibility, following instructions and company standarts and other.

MY CONTRIBUTION TO THIS EXPERIENCE

My knowledge achieved in school

Many years of experience in team-work as well as in individual workConscientiousness, accuracy, commitment, diligence, self-reliance, efficiency

SCHOOL COURSESCourses that helped me in my internship:

Microbiology (the most) Biology Cell Biology Genetics Biotechnology Chemistry Biochemistry Mathematics Pharmacology All English courses Career Prep/Soft Skills Psychology

Additional courses which can help me in my future job:

Immunology Analitycal chemistry

MY CAREER GOALS AND NEXT STEPLaboratory Support ServicesLaboratory AssistanceLaboratory TechnicianForensic DNA AnalystCrime Laboratory TechnicianClinical Research Associate

MY PROFESSIONAL CONTACT

Sally Schirmer-Smith – coach career in Sullivan Carrer and Life Planning Center, Bay Path University

Tawana Jewell – Supervisor of Microbiology in Avista Pharma Solution, Agawam , MA

QUESTIONS

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