As a former COLA Inspector, Estelle possesses the expertise and perspective to assist clients in all areas of compliance in their POL or Reference Lab.  She has a B.S. Degree in Biology Education with a Chemistry Minor from the University of Arizona and is a licensed Clincal Laboratory Technologist in all areas of testing. 

During her 20 years as a Medical Technologist in California hospital laboratories, she worked in all specialties, including the lead position for Hematology.  She is an experienced educator, training staff in Hematology and Apheresis instrumentation for various manufacturers and is also a prolific writer of technical communications, policies, procedures and educational publications.  Several of her articles have been published in COLA Insights while she served as Accreditation Surveyor. 

As well as writing, she has worked as a Technical Consultant since 2005 in a wide variety of practices with a focus on POLs, ensuring compliance and success in all areas of their clinical laboratory. 

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