CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES
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CHRIS BUDGEN COP- Part 2 Micro, Part 2 & 3 Chem.Path
Phone : 03 364 0300 Ex 81850
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Chris grew up in Devonport, Auckland.
He attended Takapuna Grammar School. He trained at Princess Mary Lab, Auckland
Hospital, did the Big OE from 1973 till 1975, then worked at Diagnostic Lab in
Auckland where he achieved his Part III in Chem Path. From 1978 till 1980 Chris
was in charge of Biochem Section, Whakatane Hospital. During this time, Chris
worked a 6 month contract with the ICRC (International Committee of the Red
Cross), in Thailand, on leave of absence from Whakatane Hospital. The main tests
performed were malarial smears (thousands!), faecal ova cysts and parasite
smears and ZN stains for Tb. He returned to Auckland and worked the midnight to
eight shift at Princess Mary Lab until 1987. During that period, in 1985, he
worked with the ICRC again in Pakistan, running a crossmatch lab in Quetta for a
surgical and orthopaedic hospital. He returned once again to NZ, took a job at
Middlemore Hospital for 12 months as a staff tech then took a Grade position at
PM Lab in charge of Automation. Chris remained there until amalgamation with
Auckland Labs in 1992. He was then in charge of the Specimen Reception section,
and took over blood gas analyser and glucose meter control. This position grew
into what is now known as Point of Care Testing and from 1994 until August 2001, he remained as POCT Specialist for LabPlus, Auckland Hospital. Chris took
on his current role as POCT Coordinator for CHLabs from October 2001.
He is also the Research Studies Coordinator, an added responsibility since 2005. | |
Information last updated on 06 May 2008
