Laboratory Technician Award Examples
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS ADVANCED LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, HEADQUARTERS AND SERVICE COMPANY, 1ST MEDICAL BATTALION, 1ST MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP, I MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, FROM MARCH 2020 TO APRIL 2023. PETTY OFFICER SALAMANQUE WAS THE LABORATORY TECHNICIAN FOR SPMAGTF 21.1 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LABORATORY NEEDS OF 2,700 SAILORS, MARINES, SOLDIERS, AND FOREIGN MILITARY. HE HANDLED THE ACQUISITION, PRESERVATION, AND DISCONTINUING OF 60 UNITS OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS AND 60 UNITS OF FRESH FROZEN PLASMA VALUED AT 113,000 DOLLARS. AS EMBARKATION WORK CENTER SUPERVISOR, HE LED 18 SAILORS IN THE PLANNING, COORDINATION, AND EXECUTION OF SAN DIEGO FLEET WEEK, EXERCISE WOLFPACK, AND OPERATION NATIVE FURY 2021. ADDITIONALLY, HE SUPERVISED 67 SAILORS IN THE EXECUTION OF SIX LIMITED TECHNICAL INSPECTIONS AND ENSURED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF CLASS VIII MATERIALS AND CATALOGED 3,000 LINE ITEMS VALUED AT 15 MILLION DOLLARS. FINALLY, HE TRAINED 46 PROVIDERS ON ADMINISTERING COVID-19 VACCINATIONS WHICH LED TO THE VACCINATION OF 100,000 AMERICANS ASSIGNED TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. PETTY OFFICER SALAMANQUE'S ENTHUSIASM, PROFESSIONALISM, AND UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS ADVANCE LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, 1ST MEDICAL BATTALION, 1ST MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP, 1ST MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, FROM FEBRUARY 2012 TO SEPTEMBER 2014. DEPLOYED WITH BRAVO SURGICAL COMPANY IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, PETTY OFFICER HOWELL DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IN-FLIGHT BLOOD TRANSFUSION PROGRAM WHICH SUPPORTED 25,000 COALITION FORCES. HIS EFFORTS EXPANDED THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EN-ROUTE MEDICAL TREATMENT TOOL AND INCREASED PATIENT SURVIVABILITY BY TWENTY PERCENT. IN ADDITION, WHILE ASSIGNED TO MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE TRAINING COMMAND, HE FACILITATED 800 HOURS OF TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE TRAINING FOR 12,000 MARINES AND SAILORS RESULTING IN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANCE WITH PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. PETTY OFFICER HOWELL'S UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, TRANSFUSION SERVICES, BLOOD BANK DIVISION, LABORATORY DEPARTMENT, NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA FROM MARCH 2010 TO AUGUST 2012. PETTY OFFICER CYNTHIA CRUZ LED 19 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN STAFF MEMBERS AND 182 MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN STUDENTS IN THE TESTING AND TRANSFUSION OF MORE THAN 10,000 UNITS OF BLOOD VALUED AT 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE DELIVERY OF PATIENT CARE TO 89,000 BENEFICIARIES. ADDITIONALLY, AS DIRECTORATE ACFL, SHE MANAGED THE PFA PROGRAM FOR 400 PERSONNEL, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING PRT FAILURES BY FIFTY PERCENT AND BCA FAILURES BY ONE HUNDRED PERCENT FOR THE FALL PFA CYCLE. A LEADER IN SAILORIZATION, HER EFFORTS RESULTED IN THE SELECTION OF ONE SAILOR OF THE YEAR, ONE SAILOR OF THE QUARTER, NINE REENLISTMENTS, THREE EXTENSIONS, AND A 90 PERCENT ADVANCEMENT RATE WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO HER SELECTION FOR THE MEDICAL ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM. PETTY OFFICER CRUZ'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, BLOOD BANK DEPARTMENT, NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA FROM APRIL 2011 TO APRIL 2015. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER YANG CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED A VARIETY OF DUTIES IN A HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL AND EXEMPLARY MANNER. PETTY OFFICER YANG SUPERVISED AND LED 14 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN STAFF MEMBERS IN PROCESSING OVER 20,000 BLOOD PRODUCTS, THE SAFE TRANSFUSION OF 3,000 BLOOD PRODUCTS, AND REVIEWED OVER 5,000 BLOOD BANK REQUEST FORMS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE. IN ADDITION, HE OVERSAW THE TRAINING OF 11 MILITARY LABORATORY TECHNICAN STUDENTS ON PROPER BLOOD BANKING PROCEDURES AND THEORIES ALLOWING MILITARY STUDENTS TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY AND NECESSITY OF BLOOD BANK TESTING. PETTY OFFICER YANG'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS ADVANCED LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, NAVAL HEALTH CLINIC HAWAII FROM JUNE 2013 TO AUGUST 2016. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER RINGO PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE PROCESSED 23,456 LABORATORY TESTS, 7,678 QUALITY CONTROLS, AND EIGHT COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGIST SAMPLES IN SUPPORT OF FIVE LABORATORIES, RESULTING IN A 99 PERCENT COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS ACCREDITATION. IN ADDITION, DURING THE USS MISSOURI'S WEEKLY RESTORATION PROJECT, HE LED 13 SAILORS AND DEDICATED 363 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, INCREASING QUALITY OF LIFE AND SATISFACTION FOR RESIDENTS. PETTY OFFICER RINGO'S PERSONAL INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS DEPARTMENT HEAD OF INITIAL TESTING FROM 13 FEBRUARY 2014 TO 29 SEPTEMBER 2014. DURING THIS PERIOD, LIEUTENANT BRAD DENTON INCREASED PRODUCTION LEVELS OVER THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS BY OVER THIRTY PERCENT AT NAVY DRUG SCREENING LABORATORY (NAVDRUGLAB), GREAT LAKES. HE SUGGESTED AND IMPLEMENTED THE PRACTICE OF ACCEPTING SAMPLES FROM ARMY RESERVE AND ASSISTED OTHER DOD DRUG LABORATORIES WITH THEIR OVERFLOW SAMPLES, ENABLING THIS COMMAND TO INCREASE ITS SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) DRUG TESTING PROGRAM. OVERALL, SAMPLE PRODUCTION INCREASED BY THIRTY PERCENT, DESPITE THE LACK OF TWO LEAD TECHNICIANS, WITHOUT AN INCREASE IN TURN AROUND TIME, AND WHILE MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF A FORENSIC LABORATORY. LIEUTENANT DENTON'S PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, ANCILLARY SERVICES, JOINT MEDICAL GROUP, JOINT TASK FORCE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, FROM MARCH 2014 TO NOVEMBER 2014. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER DIAZ MANAGED THE SUCCESSFUL AND TIMELY PROCESSING OF 16,000 LABORATORY SPECIMENS BETWEEN CAMP 5/6, DETENTION HOSPITAL, AND U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL (USNH) GUANTANAMO BAY. HE DEVOTED 220 OFF DUTY HOURS TO PROCESSING CRITICAL LABORATORY SPECIMENS ENSURING TIMELY RESULTS WERE RECEIVED WHICH ALLOWED FOR IMMEDIATE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS TO BE MADE. IN ADDITION, HE REVISED AND UPDATED LABORATORY STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR JMG AND NAVAL HOSPITAL GUANTANAMO BAY WHICH STREAMLINED LABORATORY PROCESSES. FINALLY, HE TRAINED ALL NURSES AND CORPSMEN ON LABORATORY PROCEDURES AND OPERATIONS, CHCS, AND QUEST FUNCTIONS WHICH LOWERED SPECIMEN REJECTIONS AND ERRORS BY TWENTLY PERCENT. PETTY OFFICER DIAZ'S PROFESSIONALISM AND UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, NAVAL HOSPITAL TWENTY NINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, FROM 11 OCTOBER 2011 TO 13 NOVEMBER 2014. AS LEAD MICRO TECH, PETTY OFFICER EMILY BLOUNT DILIGENTLY COMPILED DATA ON BLOOD CULTURE CONTAMINATION AND CREATED A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MEDICAL PROVIDERS, DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF CONTAMINATED BLOOD CULTURES BY 98 PERCENT. ADDITIONALLY, HER DEDICATION AS POINT OF CARE COORDINATOR SHOWED AS SHE VISITED AND ANALYZED MULTIPLE CLINICS AND IMPLEMENTATED A NEW TRAINING PROGRAM WHICH REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF PROVIDER ERRORS IN POINT OF CARE PROCEDURES BY 80 PERCENT. MOREOVER, WHILE SERVING AS LABORATORY EQUIPMENT PETTY OFFICER, SHE MAINTAINED ACCURATE MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND INVENTORIES OF ALL LABORATORY EQUIPMENT, DECREASING EQUIPMENT DOWNTIME, WHILE INCREASING THE QUALITY OF CARE FOR PATIENTS. FINALLY, WHILE SERVING AS TRAINING PETTY OFFICER, SHE METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED THE TRAINING RECORDS OF 20 LABORATORY STAFF MEMBERS LEADING TO NO DEFICIENCIES IN TRAINING DURING THE 2013 JOINT COMMISSION INSPECTION. BY HER EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER BLOUNT REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS ADVANCED LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, FLEET SURGICAL TEAM FOUR, FROM JULY 2014 THROUGH JUNE 2017. PETTY OFFICER MORRIS S. WILSHIRE CONDUCTED 20 MEDICAL READINESS INSPECTIONS ON 11 AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS RESULTING IN 30 PERCENT INCREASED OPERATIONAL READINESS OF PHIBRON'S FOUR, SIX, AND EIGHT ASSETS. IN ADDITION, HE DEVELOPED AND PROVIDED A TEMPLATE FOR 36 AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS THROUGHOUT THE FLEET, STREAMLINING THE PROCESS OF INSPECTION. FURTHER, WHILE DEPLOYED WITH THE 452ND COMBAT SURGICAL HOSPITAL, HE TRAINED 11 SOLDIERS IN THE BLOOD DONOR COLLECTION PROCESS, RECRUITED 120 DONORS FOR WALKING BLOOD BANK, AND PROCESSED 250 LABORATORY SAMPLES, INCREASING FORCE HEALTH PROTECTION BY AN ESTIMATED TEN PERCENT. PETTY OFFICER WILSHIRE'S PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.