Skills

  • Healthcare
  • Teaching
  • ICT
  • QA

Experience

LUTER AKUSE

Work experience
  • Coordinated PPM activities to include TB case finding, screening, testing and linkage to treatment,
  • sample transportation and referral from spokes to Hubs and to GeneXpert sites, referral of patients for chest X-rays,
  • conduct outreaches, works collaboratively with the TB local government supervisor, DOTS Officers, screening officers, and community influencers/structures (Patent Medicine Vendors, community pharmacists, Community extension health workers, traditional healers, and stand alone labs).
  • I also ensured that the patients are enrolled on treatment and monitored duly to enhance adherence to treatment,
  • compiled weekly, monthly and quarterly reports

LUTER AKUSE

Education
  • Public Health

LUTER AKUSE

Work experience
  • A lab scientist who worked collaboratively with colleagues in other units in the cascade care such as ART, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT), Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), and Human Informatics (HI) to enhance:
  • Viral Load and/or EID coverage,
  • baseline CD4 and Advanced HIV Diseases testing for all newly identified positive clients,
  • collection of sputum samples from all presumptive TB cases and subsequent testing using GeneXpert system,
  • generation of sample manifest via Electronic Medical Records/Laboratory Information Management System (EMR-LIMS Exchange module),
  • receiving/tracking of manifest and results via Laboratory Activity Management System (LAMS) platform between the facility and the PCR Lab,
  • results documentation, monitored samples referral network across different levels from spokes to Hub and also to PCR Lab,
  • inventory control management for RTKs and other lab supplies within and to other facilities and reporting on NHLMIS platform among other responsibilities

LUTER AKUSE

Work experience
  • Collection of blood samples from PLHIV and aliquoting for Viral Load, Full blood count, and CD4
  • Collection of sputum samples from all presumptive TB cases and subsequent testing using GeneXpert system,
  • Generation of sample manifest
  • Receiving/tracking of results between the facility and the PCR Lab,
  • Results documentation,
  • Monitored samples referral network across different levels from spokes to Hub and also to PCR Lab,
  • Inventory control management for RTKs and other lab supplies within and to other facilities

LUTER AKUSE

Education
  • October, 2014 - September, 2018
  • Fulltime
  • Microbiology

LUTER AKUSE

Education
  • January, 2009 - December, 2012
  • Fulltime
  • Biology/Chemistry

LUTER AKUSE

Work experience
  • January, 2009 - December, 2015
  • Fulltime
  • Oversaw the daily functioning of the computer institute
  • Computer training,
  • Routine business activities such as of typing official documents and research works, using Microsoft packages, CorelDraw, internet services, photocopying of documents, lamination

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