Applause: September 2021
September was a great month for recognizing our teammates with Applause – 208 were sent last month! Not quite as many as our high mark in August, but one of our best months. Keep up the good work of recognizing good work!
As a reminder, to send an Applause simply open Pingboard. You will see the Applause feature on the Pingboard homepage. Just click on the +New Link in the Applause Section to recognize someone who deserves a little extra praise.
| Recipient | Department | Sender | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Brock | Laboratory Services | Ashlyn Tanaka | Thank you Adam for covering a crazy amount of different shifts and always being willing to lend a helping hand. Appreciate all your work. |
| Adam Brock | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for working overtime on 9/4! |
| Adam Brock | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for working overtime on 9/26! |
| Ahmed Negeso | Laboratory Services | Tyler Morrow | Great job dealing with an MTP while alone at Issaquah on 9/13! All of the issuing & testing was perfect. |
| Alex Roslan | Carol Walker | Alex went above and beyond to rescue and rehome a cat that has been living by the drainage pond and dumpsters of Renton West. It turns out the cat was microchipped and named Susie. We don’t just save human lives here! | |
| Amy Hunter | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/3 with a 3rd shift! |
| Amy Hunter | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/20 with a 3rd shift! |
| Amy Hunter | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/15 with a 3rd shift! |
| Amy Hunter | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you so much in helping orientate Shy with her first day at Cherry Hill while I was absent!!! |
| Amy Hunter | Laboratory Services | Tyler Morrow | Thank you for the reminder to check on a tech working a new location! It was very helpful. |
| Angela Hamilton | Laboratory Services | Odyssey Labra | You’re such a cheerful and positive person to have in the lab! Thanks for being such a great resource for my many questions! |
| Angela Hinton | Donor Services Collection Operations | Marily Martinez-Rivera | Amazing trainer!!! |
| Art Hedley | Laboratory Services | Duane Daniels | Art, Thank you for covering the open 3rd shift CSL & Dispatch shifts on 9/8 and 9/9/21. You are always willing to fill in when needed. You are an outstanding team member. Duane Daniels Supervisor, Laboratory Services Transportation |
| Ashlyn Tanaka | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for working overtime on 9/11! |
| Ashlyn Tanaka | Laboratory Services | Paul Matusewicz | Thank you for showing me all the possibilities of a Voalte phone! |
| Ashlyn Tanaka | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for working overtime on 9/18! |
| Ashlyn Tanaka | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for working overtime on 9/25! |
| Ashlyn Tanaka | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for working overtime on 9/24! |
| Ashlyn Tanaka | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for going above and beyond to collect cases of important testing being canceled without notification. Your diligence helped spark vital discussions to improve the process for the safety of our patients! |
| Ashlyn Tanaka | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for continuing to work an adjusted schedule during our staffing challenges. |
| Autumn Griffith-Strong | Donor Services Collection Operations | James Moore | Autumn, Thank you for obtaining Blood Bags from FW center on 09-21-2021 for M07 Pop-up in Sumner. Much Appreciated! |
| Blue Vesari | Laboratory Services | Odyssey Labra | Thank you for your participation in today’s meeting and agreeing to spearhead some process improvements!! |
| Blue Vesari | Laboratory Services | Kayla Morales | Thanks so much for taking care of the reagent when I was unable to, it was a big help. |
| Blue Vesari | Laboratory Services | Liz Johnson | Thanks for all your help when specimen receipt gets hectic! |
| Blue Vesari | Laboratory Services | Odyssey Labra | Great job on completing the archiving of 2018 Q2 records!! Thanks for your continued efficiency on the scanning project!! |
| Blue Vesari | Laboratory Services | Odyssey Labra | Great job on coming up with process improvements for our area! All your insights are greatly appreciated! p.s. Thanks for always being a team player. |
| Brandon Miller | Biological Products | Adam Skrzekut | Thank you Brandon for being incredibly positive and for going above and beyond in your role with the All of Us Research Program! |
| Brian Hosey | Financial Services | Judy Murk | I so appreciate your expertise in all things billing related and your willingness to drop everything to help us (HS) fix a billing problem this week. You are such a ROCK STAR!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
| Brittney Childreth | Hospital Services | Deanna Isenberg | Great job handling all the changes with LVDS, Brit! |
| Brittney Childreth | Hospital Services | David Souvanny | Thank you for adding the transfusion date on Component Order and Information Forms after you print them out! That extra information gives other techs an idea of the urgency while dealing with the order. |
| Burt Palomo | Information Technology | Deborah McCandless | Huge thanks for your quick and expert assistance today during the network down time. As always you are our hero! |
| Caitlin Rechkemmer | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for continuing to work on an adjusted schedule during our staffing challenges. |
| Caitlin Rechkemmer | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for bringing our attention to cases of important testing being canceled without notification. Your diligence helped spark vital discussions to improve the process for the safety of our patients! |
| Caitlin Rechkemmer | Laboratory Services | Paul Matusewicz | Thank you for restocking all our forms and laminating our MTP sheets and credo cooler logs. |
| Caitlin Rechkemmer | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for coming in early during the weeks of Echo downtime! |
| Caitlin Rechkemmer | Laboratory Services | Ashlyn Tanaka | Thank you Caitlin for taking extra time to double check my work and catching errors. You’re so on it! |
| Caitlin Rechkemmer | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for helping me perfect the New Employee Onboarding Guide! |
| Carrie Rexroat | Donor Services Collection Operations | Dominika Ujlaky | High five Carrie – for demonstrating leadership skills on M11 drives! You recently helped out with a chaotic day, while two prolonged reactions were happening. You knew to communicate with donors and staff during the chaos & have natural instincts that make you such an asset to our team! Thank you! |
| Carrie Welch | Marketing & Community Engagement | Deborah McCandless | You are truly amazing – you inspire me every day. |
| Catherine Trapp | QA/RA | Helen Pitlick | Cat is the Tesla, nay, Aston Martin of brains! Her humor, wit, patience, and expertise has been such an asset to Project Circulation. I appreciate all you’ve done for the team and beyond, Cat! |
| Christina Melief | Biological Products | Jill Thomas | Thank you for preparing and executing our group training today to get everyone signed off on our packaging job aids! Great job, thank you for taking that on! |
| Colleen Lammers | Biological Products | Jill Thomas | thank you to Colleen and Gertrude for helping out with the DT clinical trial! you are great examples of team players! |
| Connie Shyne | Administrative Services | Helen Pitlick | Connie deserves more than just applause for her role in Project Circulation — she deserves a standing ovation! Her pragmatic approach to communications at Bloodworks has been an incredible asset to this time, one that all employees will benefit from. Thank you, Connie! |
| David Souvanny | Hospital Services | Olivia Brooks | Thanks David for taking the time to call Swedish Cherry Hill TSL to confirm we needed a courier today. Our Inventory order had accidently been placed in the Bloodhub (Training) environment so HS never received the order. Thanks to David we were able to still get our platelets on the routine run. |
| Dennis Arellano | Laboratory Services | Odyssey Labra | Great job on completing the archiving of 2018 Q2 records!! Thanks for your continued efficiency on the scanning project!! |
| Dennis Arellano | Laboratory Services | Odyssey Labra | The efforts you’ve put in for training while maintaining your day to day tasks have been appreciated, along with your flexibility with scheduling training! Looking forward to getting you signed off! |
| Dennis Arellano | Laboratory Services | Liz Johnson | Great job tackling supply organization, I know everyone appreciates your work! |
| Dennis Arellano | Laboratory Services | Odyssey Labra | Thank you for the assist in getting all our supplies organized and making the back room looking great! |
| Dennis Ketcham | Financial Services | Rae Rein | Thank you Dennis for your rapid fix on the time clock issue! I especially appreciated that you went out of your way to install a new time clock on the 3rd floor after learning I’d be working in the office full time. Thanks for helping this new employee feel supported! |
| Dennis Ketcham | Financial Services | Rory Hollins | Dennis going above & beyond is nothing new, but I really appreciate his help today with a new supervisor and her new employee with their timeclock issues. Thank you Dennis! |
| Dom Carreiro | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for working overtime on 9/18! |
| Dom Carreiro | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for coming in early on my first days working the bench solo! |
| Doug Peterson | Donor Services Collection Operations | Crystal Skinner | I recently donated blood and Doug was very friendly! I can only imagine he gives all our donors such a positive experience. Thank you! |
| Editha Javar | Laboratory Services | Duane Daniels | Edith, Thank you for your on-going willingness to work over-time to fill the open CSL 2nd shift(s). Your efforts have helped maintain our operational coverage. Duane Daniels Supervisor, Laboratory Services Transportation |
| Emily Alegria | Donor Services Collection Operations | Dominika Ujlaky | Thanks for coming out to SL to help us out when we only had 4 techs on 9/20!! We would have been drowning without your help. You always show up with a great attitude and you are a quick learner. We are lucky to get to work with you. Thanks again for making the day more bearable. |
| Emily Alegria | Donor Services Collection Operations | Nonnie Woodhead | I want to thank you for always being helpful with restocking and helping put away orders. Even with being “new staff” you have caught on quick on where things go and that’s super helpful especially when its easy to get caught in the flow of things. Thank you for being a GREAT team player! |
| Emily Parr | Donor Services Collection Operations | Sandra Moreno | Thank you for coming down to Eugene yesterday! Your help was greatly appreciated by us all. Come visit us again soon! |
| Erik Plowcha | Workforce Resources | Jasmin Cooper | Thank you for your continued hard work regarding recruitment initiatives. Your efforts are very much appreciated. As always, thank you for all that you do! |
| Esther Chi | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thank you Esther for always investigating turn around times to me. I know it takes a lot of time to research the numbers and why it is delayed. Appreciate your work. |
| Esther Chi | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thanks for setting up blind competency samples to use at Issq. |
| Gertrude Carr | Biological Products | Jill Thomas | thank you to Colleen and Gertrude for helping out with the DT clinical trial! you are great examples of team players! |
| Greg Farmer | Laboratory Services | Lisa Kirkwood | Thank you for covering a shift on short notice. |
| Hank Monteiro | Administrative Services | Dennis Ketcham | I want to thank Hank and the Facilities Crew. Hank took the lead on getting the replacement time clocks distributed and installed quickly and efficiently. Thanks for your help !!! |
| Hannah McNutt | Marketing & Community Engagement | Meg Hall | Thank you Hannah for your resilience and enthusiasm. Adding, changing, moving, from here, to there and everywhere! Appreciate all the work, your positive attitude and can-do spirit the last couple of months! |
| Heidi Henderson | Application Delivery | Michelle Perino | Thank you for taking the time to help me get the data I need to do my job. Much appreciated!! |
| Helen Pitlick | Marketing & Communications | Adam Skrzekut | Thank you for going above and beyond with the marketing/communications for All of Us Research Program! We appreciate you. |
| Holly Wiles | Laboratory Services | Crystal Skinner | Thank you Holly for doing titers for me during a chaotic night! I know you had plenty of your own work to do. I really appreciate your help! |
| Ivarose Foss | Marketing & Community Engagement | Deborah McCandless | Big thanks for your flexibility and focus during the network downtime today. You were terrific! |
| Jacob Albritton | Donor Services Collection Operations | Sandra Moreno | Congrats on finishing your WBD training! Glad to have you on the team! |
| James Grigsby | Laboratory Services | Duane Daniels | James, Thank you for your willingness to work extra shifts on the SDP/CB Route the past several weeks. Your efforts maintained route consistency and reduced our vendor courier expenses to cover the open shifts that you filled. Duane Daniels Supervisor, Laboratory Services Transportation |
| James Moore | Donor Services Collection Operations | Helen Pitlick | James absolutely blew my mind with all his work on Project Circulation, from incredible analogies to quantifying time into the best dang use case for Slack the world has ever known. Bloodworks is better because you’re part of it — it’s an honor to work with you! |
| Jamie Wavra | Product Manufacturing & Control | Colleen Lammers | Thank you for taking the time today to teach me how to search for a specific OCC in the Occurrence Report software. I appreciate your helpfulness anytime I have a question. |
| Ja’Nae Bill | Donor Services Collection Operations | Dominika Ujlaky | Thank you for stepping in to help me out with a difficult vein on the Alyx the other day. We went back and forth on both arms, unsure whether or not she should do ARBC. But you managed to get her vein and got a successful unit (only 27 minutes too!). Great job and thank you for your skillz! |
| Jean Pascual | Donor Services Collection Operations | Dominika Ujlaky | Jean, you are my hero! Thank you for volunteering your skills to perform the WBD start on a celebrity donor recently. There were news crews & it was a difficult vein! This high pressure situation was too nerve-wracking for most of us…but you handled it so professionally as always. You are a star! |
| Jeff Harris | Research Institute | Sumi Paranjape (Deactivated) | Kudos to Jeff for his expertise, leadership, and initiative; he has played a key role in keeping shared equipment operational during COVID. He’s an indispensable and generous team member who takes it upon himself to help out when he sees an issue. |
| Jenn Tyrie | Donor Services Collection Operations | Cami Williams | Thank you Jenn for always being a great resource and assisting me when needed. I enjoy working with you and look forward to working with you more. 🙂 |
| Jennifer Ludwig | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thanks Jenn for giving your option to helping reduce the platelet discard. Appreciate you giving suggestions. |
| Jennifer Ludwig | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/31 by splitting a 3rd shift with Richard! |
| Jennifer Ludwig | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/26 with a 1st shift! |
| Jennifer Ludwig | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/12 with a 1st shift! |
| Jennifer Ludwig | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thanks Jenn for helping Swedish with reviewing the batch of SOPs for the next round of Biennials. |
| Jessica Bartlett | Donor Services Collection Operations | Emilee Indreginal | Thank you for helping me transport all the Alyx kits to RN. I really appreciate you. |
| John Bassham | Marketing & Community Engagement | Deborah McCandless | Big thanks for your flexibility and focus during the network downtime today. I appreciate you! |
| John Higuet | Marketing & Community Engagement | Deborah McCandless | Big thanks for making sure things were clear around a situation today. As always you are terrific!! |
| Johnny Hernandez-Perez | Donor Services Collection Operations | Michelle Marie | Huge shout-out to Johnny @ Central! As a new donor myself, the previous times I came in to donate, I have not been asked to re-book my appointment but that changed today. Johnny confidently asked if I wanted to re-book my appointment for 56 days which would be November 14th. GREAT JOB Johnny! |
| Josh Jarrett | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thanks for helping your team member last Sunday and assisting her with a difficult patient. |
| Josh Jarrett | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thanks Josh for helping with the discard report. It takes a lot of time to investigate these discarded units. Appreciate your hard work. |
| Joyce Antolin | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Great job of training one of our new techs. Now she is signed off and doing well. Her understanding of the SOPs really reflects your training skills. A true veteran!!! |
| Joyce Antolin | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for leading the September Lead Meeting, great job! |
| Judith Husmillo | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thanks Joy for sending your options about platelet discards. Appreciate your suggestions. |
| Judy Murk | Hospital Services | Russ Juntunen | AMAZING!! Literally within minutes (low single digits) of discovering the root cause, Judy submitted a control file to get the issue fixed. |
| Karen Chernotsky | Marketing & Community Engagement | Meg Hall | Thank you Karen for managing all the stops and starts, the changes, the course corrections and more with grace and positivity. Helping our partners understand and adapt is vital and appreciated! |
| Karina Hayden | Product Manufacturing & Control | Debbie Roslan | Congratulations on 7 years at Bloodworks. Looking forward to collaborating together! Debbie |
| Kate Ormbrek | Marketing & Communications | Deborah McCandless | I just want to say how impressed I am with you. You do so much at work and do it well! Plus you are the mom of a few small people. You are pretty darned amazing!! |
| Kayla Morales | Laboratory Services | Liz Johnson | Thanks for always stepping up to help out when things go sideways- your good attitude and team spirit are appreciated! |
| Kayla Morales | Laboratory Services | Liz Johnson | Great job tackling freezer organization, I know everyone appreciates it! |
| Kayla Morales | Laboratory Services | Odyssey Labra | Great job on completing the archiving of 2018 Q2 records!! Thanks for your continued efficiency on the scanning project!! |
| Kayla Morales | Laboratory Services | Odyssey Labra | Thank you for the assist in getting all our supplies organized and making the back room looking great! |
| Keegan Sawyers | Donor Services Collection Operations | Dominika Ujlaky | Thank you for your help during the reaction chaos that happened at our recent M11 drive. I needed help managing the drive b/c I was stuck outside with a donor. You were supportive & provided reassurance to us. You were thoughtful in your questioning and clear in your direction. Staff felt supported! |
| Keith Zahler | Administrative Services | Connie Shyne | Thank you for taking the time and hitting the road with me to get all the music campaign posters up. I always appreciate your willingness to drop everything and get things done for the department. |
| Kelsea Radley | Donor Services Collection Operations | Sandra Moreno | Kelsea, thank you so much for coming in early yesterday when we needed a secondary EP. You are awesome and appreciated! |
| Kerry Lannert | Research Institute | Sumi Paranjape (Deactivated) | Kerry’s can-do attitude and solution-oriented approach to problems makes her one of our super-people at the RI. I’m personally grateful for her collaboration as we streamline equipment/ops at the RI. |
| Krissi Postor | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/4 with a 3rd shift! |
| Krissi Postor | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thank you so much for helping to improve the irradiation process. Appreciate the hard work. |
| Krissi Postor | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/3 with a 1st shift! |
| Krissi Postor | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/25 with a 1st shift! |
| Krissi Postor | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thank you for being an awesome lead on 3rd shift. |
| Kyla Nikolic | Donor Services Collection Operations | Saundra Sackett | When a platelet donor was 30 minutes late for an appointment and was about to be turned away, you stepped in to make sure the donation happened. You turned a disappointed regular platelet donor into a happy one, and got a double platelet as well! Thank you! |
| Lauren Reagan | Marketing & Community Engagement | Meg Hall | Great job Lauren quickly laying out a strategy for the Vancouver/Portland area for the remainder of the year while simultaneously learning new system processes – a lot of which are not documented and in constant flux due to COVID. Appreciate you leveraging your relationships and sharing your story. |
| Lay See Er | Laboratory Services | James Moore | Thank you so much for your timely response in providing the background and process related to our partnership with the American Rare Donor Program. You have equipped me with the ability to sufficiently thank these donors and illustrate their positive impact. Much appreciated! |
| Liberty Cruz | Laboratory Services | Duane Daniels | Liberty, I appreciate your willingness and efforts in improving our dispatch resources. You did an outstanding job in revamping the Vendor Call log. Duane Daniels Supervisor, Laboratory Services Transportation |
| Lilybell Balais-Cabudol | Process & Project Management | Karen Chernotsky | Woke up at 2:30 in a panic that I hadn’t submitted request for virtual drive code activation that is needed starting tomorrow. Got it submitted first thing this morning, and within an hour, Lilybell had gotten everything all set up for me, WHEW! Thanks a ton for your quick action!! |
| Lilybell Balais-Cabudol | Process & Project Management | Judy Murk | Time and time again you have helped us (HS and PMC) with urgent requests for BBCS control file changes – even late in the evening. You are a ROCK STAR!! Thank you so much for your dedication and flexibility. I so appreciate you. |
| Liz Johnson | Laboratory Services | Odyssey Labra | Great job in getting signed off for nuncs so quickly! The help will be greatly appreciated!!! |
| Liz Johnson | Laboratory Services | Kayla Morales | Thanks so much for taking care of the reagent when I was unable to, it was a big help. |
| Liz Johnson | Laboratory Services | Odyssey Labra | Great job on completing the archiving of 2018 Q2 records!! Thanks for your continued efficiency on the scanning project!! |
| Liz Johnson | Laboratory Services | Odyssey Labra | Great job on the glove survey and an extra special thanks for working with IT on all our phones and going the extra mile in testing everything out! |
| Lo Saechao | Laboratory Services | Olivia Brooks | Lo – Thank you for changing the OR charts yesterday so I could finish my QA review paperwork. I appreciate your willingness to help since it’s not an official 3rd shift duty. |
| Lo Saechao | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thank you for doing a great job overseeing our supplies and inventory in the lab. |
| Lo Saechao | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/10 with a 3rd shift! |
| Lo Saechao | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/15 with a 3rd shift! |
| Mandie Courtney | Donor Services Collection Operations | Sandra Moreno | Congrats on completing your training!! You are awesome! |
| Margaret Hatten | Product Manufacturing & Control | Carol Walker | Kudos to you and Shannon Atkins for swooping in and getting a huge batch of SOPs and Forms ready for our LVDS Go Live on August 30th. I so appreciate you dropping everything in your busy day to help. |
| Margie Mallari | WA Center for Apheresis Therapy | Adam Skrzekut | Thank you for always staying positive even when things are difficult! You help keep our spirits up. |
| Marie Garcia | Marketing & Community Engagement | Deborah McCandless | Big thanks for your flexibility and focus during the network downtime today. I appreciate you! |
| Mark Smith | Marketing & Community Engagement | Meg Hall | Thank you Mark for creating and sharing the community outreach tool you created with the team. Appreciate you taking the time to do this, and the work put in to SalesForce – but more importantly, appreciate you sharing these tools and knowledge. |
| Marwa Mohamadien | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for staying late on Wednesday 9/22 to help us during the downtime recovery! |
| Michael Kurosu | Laboratory Services | Crystal Skinner | Thank you for always helping with titer testing. And thank you for preparing the bulk 70% ethanol solution! This is something I know everyone appreciates. |
| Michele Williams | Hospital Services | Louisa Guydish | Thank you for taking the time to walk us through the new LVDS processes! We appreciate it! |
| Michelle Marie | Workforce Resources | Helen Pitlick | From the moment Michelle joined Project Circulation, her positivity, expertise, and bias to action has pushed the team to be the very best. I’ve learned so much from you about project management and leadership, and am super excited for the next steps! |
| Nagheen Jeddy | Laboratory Services | Caitlin Rechkemmer | Thank you Nagheen for stepping in and helping cover the bench while Ashlyn and I trained with Monica! |
| Natalia Druffner | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/28 with a 2nd/3rd double shift! |
| Natalia Druffner | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/22 with a 3rd shift! |
| Natalia Druffner | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/25 with a 2nd shift! |
| Natalia Druffner | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/27 with a 2nd shift! |
| Natalie Sandoval | Laboratory Services | Joyce Antolin | Thank you for troubleshooting and calling tech support for First Hill Echo. |
| Natalie Sandoval | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/13 with a 3rd shift! |
| Natalie Sandoval | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/27 with a 3rd shift! |
| Nate Balaoing | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/7 with a 3rd shift! |
| Nick Johnson | Information Technology | Helen Pitlick | Thank you for always addressing IT issues with speed and humor. I appreciate you! |
| Nick Johnson | Information Technology | Molly Donahue | Nick did a phenomenal job of setting up a new work station for a new employee. It was a perfect welcome to the organization and I’m grateful for his attention to detail and ensuring our new hire had all the tools they needed to start on their first day at Central. THANK YOU! |
| Nikki Watkinson | Marketing & Community Engagement | Meg Hall | Thank you for your persistence – as soon as we identified that captured audience in West Seattle and the need to have donations opportunities regularly you’ve secured donation sites the first 2 weeks of every month (at no charge) at various churches, Salty’s, Alki Masonic Lodge and more. |
| Nikki Watkinson | Marketing & Community Engagement | Sasha Seiden | Nikki, I appreciate all you do to support our team! Thank you for sharing your ideas as you conduct research for your own region. Appreciate you doing this and always being willing to share leads with others. |
| Odyssey Labra | Laboratory Services | Kayla Morales | Thanks for always helping to get the ball rolling on projects. |
| Odyssey Labra | Laboratory Services | Liz Johnson | Great job tackling freezer organization, I know everyone appreciates it! |
| Olivia Brooks | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/18 with a 1st/2nd double shift! |
| Olivia Brooks | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/2 with a 1st/2nd double shift! |
| Olivia Brooks | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/3 with a 1st/2nd double shift! |
| Olivia Brooks | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/11 with a 1st/2nd double shift! |
| Olivia Brooks | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/25 with a 1st/2nd double shift! |
| Olivia Brooks | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/28 with a 1st shift! |
| Olivia Brooks | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/30 with a 1st/2nd double shift! |
| Pamela Blades | Product Manufacturing & Control | Karina Hayden | Thank you for your willingness to come in early several days this week in order to keep release on time! Your positive attitude, on top of stepping up, was greatly appreciated! |
| Pamela Blades | Product Manufacturing & Control | Debbie Roslan | Pamela, thanks for the wonderful and timely job you did on completing the MTL’s for PCO. Great work! Debbie |
| Paul Matusewicz | Laboratory Services | Caitlin Rechkemmer | Thank you Paul for holding down the fort while Ashlyn and I trained with Immucor! |
| Paul Matusewicz | Laboratory Services | Ashlyn Tanaka | Thank you Paul for covering my shift, sacrificing your Friday. You’re awesome. |
| Paul Matusewicz | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for covering the open shift on 9/3! |
| Paul Matusewicz | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for continuing to work on an adjusted schedule during our staffing challenges. |
| Paul Matusewicz | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for working overtime on 9/26! |
| Phung Nguyen | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/19 with a 1st/2nd double shift! |
| Phung Nguyen | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/12 with a 1st/2nd double shift! |
| Phung Nguyen | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/14 with a midshift! |
| Phung Nguyen | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/26 with a 1st/2nd double shift! |
| Pranish Naidu | Laboratory Services | Amy Berger | Thank you so much for helping with the downtime yesterday. I really appreciate you stepping in and helping me get everything in order so we could ship units for a patient. |
| Rajeev Dhawan | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thank you for doing my billing responsibility when I was on vacation. |
| Rajeev Dhawan | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/29 with a 2nd/3rd double shift! |
| Rajeev Dhawan | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/9 with a 3rd shift! |
| Rajeev Dhawan | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/8 with a 2nd/3rd double shift! |
| Rajeev Dhawan | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/1 with a 2nd/3rd double shift! |
| Rajeev Dhawan | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thank you for helping with TAT data. I know it takes a lot of time to investigate. Your hard work is appreciated. |
| Richard Knapp | Donor Services Collection Operations | Dominika Ujlaky | Props to you Richard for helping with an incredibly prolonged reaction at the M11 drive. You are always willing to swoop in, even for the “not fun” tasks. You relieved me when I needed a break & took action to care for the donor, ending in a 911 call. You are awesome and so reliable. Thank you!!! |
| Richard Roxas | Laboratory Services | Esther Chi | Thank you for staying to help 2nd shift for preparing urgent patient blood products request. |
| Richard Roxas | Laboratory Services | Tyler Morrow | Richard did a great job dealing with a busy Sunday on window at First Hill, including a Liver Transplant and a volume-reduced platelet order. Thank you Richard! |
| Richard Roxas | Laboratory Services | Esther Chi | Thank you working on antibody patient crossmatch & infant aliquot orders during the other tech working on multiple stat orders. |
| Richard Roxas | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/30 with splitting a 3rd shift with Jennifer! |
| Richard Roxas | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/23 with a 1st shift! |
| Richard Roxas | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | Thank you for helping to cover open shifts. |
| Richard Roxas | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/30 with a 1st shift! |
| Roberta Diamond | Marketing & Community Engagement | Deborah McCandless | I gave you a massive project yesterday. You completed it in less time than expected, thanks to your great work ethic and your sense of humor stayed in tact. Well done!!!!! You are my hero for the day! |
| Rory Hollins | Workforce Resources | Deborah McCandless | We are so lucky to have you as our HR partner. It is a joy to work with you. We VERY much appreciate you!! |
| Rose Flores | Laboratory Services | Duane Daniels | Rose, Thank you for your willingness to fill open shifts – overtime on a weekly basis. Your efforts have allowed the LLT department to maintain our operation. Duane Daniels Supervisor, Laboratory Services Transportation |
| Rose Kover | Laboratory Services | Olivia Brooks | Rose took over my ABID workup at the end of my 1st shift so I could move locations to SWCH for 2nd shift. She then called me later to let me know the results. I knew this one was going to require a lot of extra work, but you took it without pause. Thank you Rose! |
| Rose Kover | Laboratory Services | Olivia Brooks | Thanks Rose for performing the SW CH weekly inventory yesterday since Kate won’t be out there due to training. Great forward thinking and initiative. |
| Ruben Carlos | Donor Services Collection Operations | Sandra Moreno | Thank you for being so awesome on the donor floor! You are doing great! |
| Sandy Tedrow | Marketing & Community Engagement | Deborah McCandless | You stepped up again to handle all of the donor sched emails as well as your normal workload. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you, your dedication to your work and your support of the team, the organization and your leaders! You ROCK! |
| Sandy Tedrow | Marketing & Community Engagement | Deborah McCandless | Big thanks for your flexibility and focus during the network downtime today. You are amazing!! |
| Saundra Sackett | Marketing & Community Engagement | Deborah McCandless | Huge thanks to you for your quick, professional and expert handling of the network down situation today. You made sure that we were able to complete as much work as possible while coordinating with me, team members, vendor reps and IT. You are a ROCKSTAR! |
| Scott McCulloch | Laboratory Services | Duane Daniels | Scott, On 9/20/21 you went above and beyond the call of duty when you willingly covered 2 open shifts and 1st shift CSL/Dispatch. Thank you for personal sacrifice in keeping the LLT operation rolling. Duane Daniels Supervisor, Laboratory Services Transportation |
| Scott McCulloch | Laboratory Services | Duane Daniels | Scott, Your on-going willingness to work additional shifts when there is open shifts is greatly appreciated. Duane Daniels Supervisor, Laboratory Services Transportation |
| Shannon Atkins | Product Manufacturing & Control | Russ Juntunen | Your commitment and dedication is AWESOME. Staying until the PAS label problem was identified and resolved (long, long past a normal 8 hour work day) allowed PM staff to continue on with the new process. I and all of PM is most appreciative of your help. |
| Shannon Atkins | Product Manufacturing & Control | Carol Walker | Kudos to you and Margaret Hatten for swooping in and getting a huge batch of SOPs and Forms ready for our LVDS Go Live on August 30th. I so appreciate you dropping everything in your busy day to help. |
| Shy Park | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/19 with a 1st shift! |
| Shy Park | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/5 with a 1st shift! |
| Shy Park | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Great job in tackling your first day at Cherry Hill with a MTP and another bleeder, way to hit the ground sprinting! |
| Stephanie Langenderfer | Hospital Services | Deanna Isenberg | Thank you for doing the imports report, Stephanie! 400+ units, 20 pages, hours of double checking the numbers, you rock!😎 Thank ya!!! |
| Tamisha Cherry | Laboratory Services | Nagheen Jeddy | Thank you for being so helpful and patient while helping me during my first few evening shifts at Overlake! |
| Tamisha Cherry | Laboratory Services | Lewis Haven | Thanks for all the extra work you put in this week. And, of course, this in addition to the huge amount you do every week! |
| Tara Haney | Laboratory Services | Eric Daza | I was overhearing your trainer asking you questions and you did a great job of answering the questions. Seems like you have a good understanding of why we do certain things. Good job! |
| Tara Pegasus | WA Center for Apheresis Therapy | Adam Skrzekut | Thank you for jumping into your role as the supervisor of ACP with such passion and positivity. We are lucky to have you! |
| Taras Bahnyuk | Biological Products | Jill Thomas | Thank you for preparing and executing our group training today to get everyone signed off on our shipping job aids! Great job, thank you for taking that on! |
| Tommy Newman | Blood Services | Olivia Brooks | A very last minute Swedish Cherry Hill TSL Inventory order needed filling, and after checking traffic Tommy made the decision to wait in Hosp Services so we could get our entire order on time without needing to call a cab. Thanks for your dedication and compassion. You made my day! |
| Tracey Sanchez-Castro | Donor Services Collection Operations | Karin Bailey | Great job with a first time donor at the Calgary pop-up! Your effort made it a rewarding experience for her. She happen to be a family member of mine and she stated she will be donating as often as we allow. |
| Tyler Morrow | Laboratory Services | Bryan Sharkey | Thank you for working overtime on 7/9 with a 1st shift! |
| Vicky Le | Donor Services Collection Operations | Cami Williams | Thank you for always assisting me with my questions and being a great resource when I have a question. You’re amazing and I enjoy working with you. |
| William Wiegand | Administrative Services | Christine De Golia | I would like to thank Will for coming down to central at 01:00 and clean out the clog drains. Im so thankful that I didn’t float into the TSL lab. The rain water came through the door so fast. What a great professional manner you have and concern for taking careof problem Christine *Dispatcher |
| William Wiegand | Administrative Services | Jim Douma | Nice work Will and I see how much it was appreciated. Great to have you on the team. Jim |
| Yorlly Stites | Marketing & Community Engagement | Deborah McCandless | I want to thank you for all you do for our donors and our team. I know you work super hard in many ways here and elsewhere. You are darned terrific! Thank you! |
| Yulissa Salazar | Product Manufacturing & Control | Helen Pitlick | Huge thanks to Yulissa for her speedy attention to an important form! This may have felt minor, but was a big help in moving forward an important project. I really appreciate your quick action, as well as the grace in which you did your job with an important donor and a giant light in your space. |