1. Laboratorian of the Year Award Nomination Form
1. Please fill in the Nominee and the Nominated By sections below
2. Briefly describe the nominee's contributions related to two or more of the following
categories:
Customer Connection: anticipating customer needs, being first with solutions,
consistently exceeding customer expectations
Leadership: acts as a leader in their field of expertise, provides guidance and
support to other employees
Innovation: creates innovative ideas that can be adopted by the business, introduces
a new idea, method or way of doing something that adds value to LabCorp
Qualify: performance consistently surpasses department standards, exhibits
outstanding attention to detail
Community Involvement: acts as a leader in the community (civic organization,
charity), volunteers time, represents LabCorp in a positive manner in the community
3. Submit the Nomination Form by e-mail to "PowellHRForms". In the subject line please
state "LOY Nomination - Division Name (CET, ADRL. Shared, DNA, Bode)". For
example: LOY-Nomination Form-CET.
Nominee:
Name: .Tohn Wilson
Job Title: Laboratory Technologist
Department: ViroMed
Supervisor: Duane Lyles
Nominated By:
Name: Jennifer White
Work Phone: 360-336-2123
Job Title: Laborator), Manager
nt: ViroMed

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Briefly summarize the nominee's contributions related to the category chosen.
(Customer Delight, Leadership,Innovation, Quality, Community Involvement)
Be sure to include:
- Data to support the nomination
- Why the nominee is qualified to receive a Laboratorian of the Year Award
- Other information pertinent to the nomination
ViroN{ed l.aboralor-v moved to []urlington. NC il 2013 and.John was an earll,hirc and trar.,elled
toN{innesotatotrairasa'l'cchpriortothego-live o1'thelab.'l'hisrvas.lohn'sfirstpositionasa
Lab J'ech since grarilrating college. John has qr'own as a l'cch anci increased his contribuljons
and cornnlitrxe nts to the clepar:tment tremendousl_v in the fullowing nronths. l:r 2015. John
conlributed signilicantll,'to process and operational improvements in the department. .lohn is
dcserl'i:rg o1'the l,aboratorian ol'the Ycar Au,'arcl becar:se o1'his contribution 1o process
improvements in a highly regulated and unique testing department rvithin LabCorp's famil,r,'of
lJr-rsiness []lits. ]uring an IS0 1518c):2012 inspection of ViroNled l.aboratory" specitic note
r.r,as matlc to certain irnprovcr-nellts a3d enhancerrcnts in the clepernnrcnt. highlighting his
irrnovative thinking and comrnunication.
Includecl in his contributions in 201 5 erre: Revielv of'SOPs to streamline and fbcus on the
testing step. evaluatlon of rcrlrigeration capacity of all units in the departrlent. initiating:irne
sar,ing process irr the departmcnt inch-rding preiilling lot records and optimiz,Jiion olinstrumcttl
capabilit.v i n dililv maintcnance.
.lohn's critical ahilitv to revie ,' the SOPs ancl modif-v to mzike thcr technir-:al langr-rage clearer lor
thc end user has supported the reduction ol error in the departrnent which saves li:ne and mone,v
in the r:epeating ol'tests clue to lzriled run.
Ilis evalr-ration of'the reli:igcration resulted in completc reorganizatiol and level-loading olthe
coatenls as r,vell as labeiing the unit contents and shelves lbr easier location of specitnenlitems
has rerlucecl thc a;.nounl oltime involvecl bl,all staff in archivirrg and locating sarrrples fbr
tcsting, errsuring that rhe appropriate itenrs ale retained ns needed and that disposal occurs as
recluireei per SOP. Additionalll,. John cr,aluated clif'l-erent nrethods lor [-lltr:a-lou,lieezcr
rnaintenarrce to flncl tire n.rost effic,ient rvay to complete the activitl,' and rcduce alarm states o1'a
unit clue to extencled time u,'ilh the c'loor open. Once he for-md the optimal rnethod. .lohn rvorkecl
inclividually with all trained s1a1l'in the clepartnrenl lo share this method and ensure that othcrs

3. reducecl thc Iieqr-rcnc1'ol'unit alalms. An alarm slate of the fieezes subsecluently rr-'c1r-rires time
lunci evaiuation by the l-ab Supervisor. the l-ab Manager ar-rcl Quality'Assurance lollow'ing each
occLlrrcllce. I Iis supprlrt in this area nol only saved tirne lbr his peer:s but also for depa:1n"rent
mallagement.
Another recommendation fi'om John rvas in the elec:tronic prefilling o1-data onto reagent Iot
records. The recluircrnents lirr docr-rmentalion in thc FDA regulated lab clo not allorv fbr t.tranv
scctrarios ol'this liincl. lrorvcver. u'orking u.ith [.ah Managr:ment. John has sltearhcacletl art
initiativc to redi.rce thc amount o1 time required by all testing staff in the completioti ol'these lol
records lvhilc ensuring that tlre regurlator5,, compliance reqrirernents are rnaintained. TJris saves
tech tirne r"lltimatell' reriucing clepafimental overtime.
.Another initiate John identificd is to better utilize thc callabilitl'ol'a specific inslruuent in the
departrncrrt durirrg daily nraintcnance . Onc activitl'reqr-rircs that the tech remait:r r.vith thc
equipment and run a proL:css three tirnes.
martr.rall1,, starting the process each 1irne. Research into the Operator's Manuals fbr: this
eqr-ripment revealed zr setling change t[.ra1 can be enabled to a1[or,v the techs to initiate the
process. it is prograrnmed to rLln thrce timcs. then rvill stop. 'l'his allorvs the staft to lterlbrrn
other clutics lvhiie that pror:ess is going^ irlproving the elllcienr-:1' o1'lhe departmettt.
John earhraces his role as a'l'cchnologist in Virol'Ied and strives to improve operations and
support his co-uorkers on a daily. basis.
Jolrtr is a lrer:rendous asset to ViroMcd Laboratories and lo l-abCorp or.'eralland is an employ'ee
that has strons potential ltlr prrxnotion and turther oppor:tunities r,vith the conrpatr,v".
It is tl1 strong recornmenclation thal John receive thc Laboratorian olthe Year arvarci not lbr
organization-u,ir-le iurpact. but fbr his belief in his rvork lbr the partien:s and his comnlitment to
his peers arrcl departrlcnt managclrlent in rnaking it thc highest quality opcratiou possible.