CORE LABORATORY

STAFF MEETING

Presented By: Lydia NelsonFebruary 2008

NEW EMPLOYEES

Adeshina Odetayo (Ade)Christine Torrey (Chrissy)

Cecil TolentinoMorinat Kukoyi (Kukoyi)

Maan (Mary Ann) MartinezLania QuaccooLaverne farrarLulama SowaTiffany NicklesSanaa Mandour

Kim Baytopstracey Haskins

Keisha LedbetterAustin Decker

Rodney Freeman

Adeshina OdetayoJob Title: Lab Tech II Shift: 3pm – 11pm

Interesting Facts•From Nigeria•Member of a royal family•Dreams of doing research

Christine TorreyJob Title: Lab Tech II Shift: 3pm – 11pm

Interesting Facts•From Brooklyn NY•2 yrs in the peace corps

Cecil TolentinoJob Title: Clinical lab ScientistShift: 11pm – 7am

Interesting Facts•From the Philippines•Migrated to Hawaii•Loves to cook

Morinat KukoyiJob Title: Admin AssistantShift: 7.30am – 4pm

Interesting Facts•from Nigeria/born St. Louis MO•4 yrs in U.S. Military•Organized and creative

Maan (Mary Ann) MartinezJob Title: Clinical Lab ScientistShift: 11pm – 7am

Interesting Facts•From the Philippines•Enjoys Exploring Baltimore•Loves to travel in the USA

Lania QuaccooJob Title: Clinical Lab ScientistShift: 3pm -11pm

Interesting Facts•From Trinidad•Likes High diving

Laverne FarrarJob Title: Lead lab tech/educational Specialist

Interesting Facts•Returning to Pathology•Has a 5ft Praying mantis in her living room, made by her husband rick, a talented artist

Lulama SowaJob Title: Clinical Lab ScientistShift: 7am – 3pm

Interesting Facts•From south Africa•Worked 3 yrs in Saudi Arabia•Fun-loving personality

Tiffany NicklesJob Title: PhlebotomistShift: 3pm – 11pm

Interesting Facts•From shock trauma center in Virginia•Oldest of 7 Children

Sanaa MandourJob Title: Lab tech IIShift: Night Shift

Interesting Facts• From Morocco, raise in Holland• Has four children•Speaks 4 different languages

Kimberly (Kim) BaytopsJob Title: Phlebotomist Shift: 3pm – 11pm

Interesting Facts•From Baltimore•Surprised by her fiancée with a pre-planned wedding in Jamaica last June

tracey HaskinsJob Title: lab tech IIShift: Day shift

Interesting Facts• From Baltimore•Fun and Outgoing•Return to core lab from WhiteMarsh

Keisha LedbetterJob Title: lab tech IIShift: Day shift

Interesting Facts•Doesn’t like her blood drawn•Return to core lab from White Marsh

Austin DeckerJob Title: Clinical Lab ScientistShift: 11pm – 7pm

Interesting Facts•Returned from Military duty

PROMOTIONS

Brian KindigEsther LipskyKeith Nguyen

Brian Kindig

CLS III to CLS IV

Esther Lipsky

CLS III to CLS IV

Keith NguyenLead CLS to Supervisor

of 3pm – 11pm shift

Congratulations

Congratulations to:

Mohamid Jarrar

“Doctorate in Biotechnology”

Congratulations to:

Toni Alexander

“For the Johns Hopkins Safety Award”

GALLUP Q12 SURVEY RESULTS

Results from May and June 2007Approximately 156 of 320 Core laboratory

Employees participated

Scale 1 to 5With 1 being not satisfiedAnd 5 being very satisfied

0 Does not apply or Don’t know1 Strongly Disagree/Extremely Dissatisfied

2

3

4

5 Strongly Agree/Extremely Satisfied

12 GALLOP QUESTIONS

Q12. This last year, I have had opportunities at work to learn and grow - 3.82

Q11. In the last six months, someone at work has talked to me about my progress - 3.37

Q10. I have a best friend at Work. - 2.87

Q09. My associates or fellow employees are committed to doing quality work. - 3.48

Q08. The mission or purpose of my company makes me feel my job is important - 3.73

Q07. At work, my opinions seem to count- 3.15

12 GALLOP QUESTIONS CONTS…

Q06. There is someone at works that encourages my development - 3.47

Q05. My supervisor, or someone at work, seems to care about me as a person - 3.89

Q04. In the last seven days, I have received recognition or praise for doing good work- 2.81

Q03. At work, I have the opportunity to do what I do best everyday - 3.95

Q02. I have materials and equipment I need to do my work right- 4.18

Q01. I know what is expected of me at work.-4.47

GALLUP Q12 SURVEY

Next Survey in June 2009They will repeat the questions and three additional new ones.

Did you have a discussion about the survey?

Did we make any progress?

Did we make an action plan?

HOT TOPICS!!!

FIRE ALARM IN THE LAB

ADD-ON POLICY (CHANGE)

POE – Add on – No longer need to ask the physician to add the order to the patient’s chart.

Any non POE add-ons will still ask them to fax a requisition with the request for the add-on.

MOD ADD-A-TEST

* * * MOD ADD-A-TEST * * * History Number: 5564994 Name: TESTPATIENT,PAULSpecimen Number: 10-6A0126 Collected: OCT 5,2004 09:40 TESTS ON FILE-------------0157 GLUCOSE,SERUM,EMERGENCY--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Select TEST TO BE ADDED: 200 PHOSPHATE, SERUM 200ANALYZING LAB: 10// REASON ADDED: ? Choose from: 1 PHYSICIAN ADD-ON 2 DATA ENTRY ERROR 3 LAB ADD-ON REASON ADDED: 1 PHYSICIAN ADD-ONPHYSICIAN: NO DOCTOR NO.SPECIFIED// 

VERBALLY ABUSIVEVerbally Abusive Nurses and Physicians

Get the following: Person’s name Date Time Phone Extension

Yours and theirs Email Juanita – Will file a PSN

REPLACEMENT TECHNICIAN

If you suddenly need to be off and you find someone to replace you.

The person must have the proper skills.

If it incurs OT, it’s an occurrence.

CRITICAL ACTION

Critical Action Value Documentation

Must include Called-to title: RN, MD, PA

Regulations require Pathology monitor time from CAV notification to an RN to the time a clinician takes action.

PAY RAISES

Market Adjustments

Effective back to January 6, 2008

Low End of Salary Scale

High End of Salary Scale

Clinical Lab oratory Scientists $0.80 $0.40

Phlebotomist and Lab Techs $0.40 $0.25

2007 ZUNTA LIST        Rev. 2/15/08  

CORE LAB  2007 ZUNTA LIST No.

CUSTOMER SERVICE = 2     2  Barbara Bumpass   38825    Gwen Reese.   35482  HEMATOLOGY = 11       11  Karen Bowles   44388    Irene Chan   43455    Shirley Fuller   30294    Morgan Gapara   41325    Kathleen Cowan   38316    Kathleen Lewis   44021    Lina Patel     36042    Hemal Shah   41453    Kay Spangler   43981    Patricia Williams   34249    Joanne Wilson   40077  GENERAL CHEMISTRY = 10     10  Kerwin Bortrager   59558    Virginia Camarador   33236    James Chiu   44781    Donald Hardy   42477    Conchita Hong   34375    Caroline Howard   36780    Mary Ann Ness   42143    Amalia Stern   44392    Mary Jane Swearer   33020    Christine Hostetter   42433  

2007 ZUNTA LIST CONTS…

SPECIAL CHEM = 6       6  Kathy Bowles   44387    Deborah Donohue   34130    Willard Dunn   31325    Benedicta Lizardo   31602    William Nsoesie   44669    Frederica Schneidman 41119  CORE EVENING = 10     10  Kelly DeCarlo   43173    Aloysius Koroma   30706    Jonathan Martin   34556    Kevin, Moseley   31240    Keith Nguyen   37379    Gyan Pun     45227    Normina Torres   31391    Hadji Malacas   40966    Romulo Malacas   40967    Mahmoud Mossallam 34225  CORE NIGHT = 1       1  James Conway   .33968.  PROCESSING / PHLEBOTOMY =4   4  Arden Bongco   44641    Lois Tissue   32172    Rhonda Cole   36482    Tracey Haskins      TOTAL NO. OF CORE LAB ZUNTAS   44

CLOCKWORKS

Time Clocks in the Laboratory

Pilot dayshift Hematology

Going into testing this week with nightingale

At least 1 more month before we start testing in the laboratory

LABORATORY

What is going on in the Laboratory?

PROCESSING/CHEMISTRY MPA

MPA Total AutomationGoal: April 1, 2008

“Through the Wall”

CRITICAL CARE LAB

Replacing all ten Bayer Blood Gas Instruments with Radiometer 800s

Phase I – March 10, 2008 1 ABL 837 will arrive in CCL To be validated first Interface work starts

Phase II – Around March 24, 2008 4 more ABL 800s arrive Validated in Spec Chem area About 3 wks to complete Week of April 21, 2008-Convert CCL to the new ABLs

CRITICAL CARE LAB CONTS…

Phase III – Week of April 21, 2008 Remaining 5 ABL 800s arrive Validated in Spec Chem area Week of May 19, 2008 Convert WBG, NICU, PICU to the new instruments

TOX/SPECIAL CHEMISTRY

Mass Specs Install next 2 weeks Going live early June Caren Breidenstein – Mass Spec Team

Roche C -501 Replace 917 analyzers Thirty assays transferred from 917 to the 501s Going live late September Lead Tech Mary McCoy

HEMATOLOGY/COAG/URINALYSIS

Cellavision – Due in June BCS-XP – Due in July Ichem - Replace AJ – Due In March Camera and Plasma Screen for teaching –

soon Six TEG Instruments – Due after July

WEINBERG

Canto II – Working on interfacing T-Cell analysis

SPA – Sample Prep Assistant, Automate Sample preparation

Doing 6 color analysis on research samples

Weinberg Hematology and Core Laboratory – hematology are doing additional cross training

PHLEBOTOMY

Exciting Changes in Phlebotomy

Adding Pediatric Phlebotomy

Venous Blood gases

Redraw Phlebotomist

Laboratory Support Supervisor on Night Shift

LAB EDUCATION

88 people attending ASCP meetings Sysmex Training

Rosaria Lopez Kathleen Lewis Chidimna Ejimofor Betty Ford

Modular Training 3 – 11 Shift Night Shift

***Lunch and Learn

Break and Learn/Team meetings Lab Techs Phlebotomists CLS

THANK YOU

Thank you all very much!!!

Help the Homeless(Collect over 71 bags of clothes and over 26 large boxes of food)

Breast Cancer Wear Red for Heart Disease Colon Cancer/Intestinal Disease United Way Diabetes, Lymphoma and other fund

raisers

*Thank you all very much!!!

**“We make a living by what we get, but we

make a life by what we give”

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ATTENDANCE MANAGEMENT

Unscheduled absences and/or Shortened Work Shifts

Disciplinary to be Issued

3 absences within 12 months Documented pre-disciplinary Counseling5 absences within 12 months Written Reprimand7 absences within 12 months Written Warning with 1 day suspension8 absences within 12 months, or a second suspension within six months

Discharge

FMLA FACTSFamily Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires employers to provide up to twelve (12) weeks of unpaid, job protected leave to eligible employees for certain family and medical reasons in a rolling 12 month period.

FMLA Facts

Specific Explanation

Eligibility An employee is eligible when he/she has worked for at least one year and for 1,250 hours during the last 12 months.

Criteria for Granting Leave

Leave will be granted for the birth or adoption of a child, care of a spouse, child or parent with a serious health condition or the employee’s own serious health condition.

Length of Leave Length of leave can be broken down in 3 ways: block of time, intermittently or reduced hours.

Notification An employee must give thirty (30) days notice, if the leave is expected.

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