Mrs. McSweeney ensures that the laboratory operates within regulatory standards, maintains necessary licenses and certifications, and complies with local, state and federal regulations.
RICHMOND, VA, June 21, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Tamika Givens McSweeney has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Mrs. McSweeney has established herself as a distinguished professional in health care laboratory quality, compliance and operational oversight. Since 2022, she has served as the senior director of laboratory quality and compliance. In this role, Mrs. McSweeney ensures that the laboratory operates within regulatory standards, maintains necessary licenses and certifications, and complies with local, state and federal regulations. Her daily responsibilities include operational oversight of a laboratory department, managing vendors and staff, troubleshooting issues, answering compliance questions, and providing root cause analysis.
Prior to her current position, Mrs. McSweeney was a pathology specialist manager at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2019 to 2020. Here, she played a crucial role in managing pathology services and ensuring that high quality and compliance standards were met. Before joining the institution, she served as a senior quality assurance manager at True Health Diagnostics between 2016 and 2019, where she oversaw quality assurance initiatives and contributed significantly to the company's reputation for excellence in laboratory services. During this time period, Mrs. McSweeney assisted with building labs across the country. Mrs. McSweeney also worked as a laboratory manager at True Health Diagnostics from 2015 to 2016 and at Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc. between 2013 and 2015 after starting her tenure as an assistant laboratory manager in 2012.
Throughout her career, Mrs. McSweeney has become recognized as a health care laboratory quality and compliance expert. Her commitment to excellence is evident in her successful inspections, with a passing rate of 99%, and her efforts to keep laboratories compliant during the challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In preparation for her career, Mrs. McSweeney's foundation was laid at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in biology in 1998. Further enhancing her expertise, she obtained a certification in clinical chemistry.
Apart from her education, Mrs. McSweeney is an active member of several industry-related organizations, including the American Society for Clinical Pathology, the Healthcare Compliance Association, the Society of Quality Assurance, the Worldwide Women's Association and the Association of Quality Assurance. These memberships have provided her with platforms for continuous learning and professional development.
Mrs. McSweeney is focused on building a future that includes launching a quality and compliance consulting company that will enable her to assist other health care facilities in achieving growth and success. This goal reflects her dedication to her advancement and the betterment of the health care industry as a whole. Mrs. McSweeney attributes her success thus far to staying abreast of regulatory changes and process improvements, which have been instrumental in maintaining high standards of quality and compliance in her work. Additionally, she contributes her success to various mentors and key stakeholders in the field.
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