12/08/2025
Congratulations to Laboratory Technician, Agustin Ascencio, for being named the November 2025 Team Member of the Month. "During the past several weeks/months, there has been a lot going on in the cytology processing and women's health departments. We are bringing in new instrumentation, working on LABIS transition, hiring new team members, and maintaining our clinical workload. During this busy time, everyone on the team has stepped up to help, but Agustin has really stood out. He is always first to volunteer when a task needs to be done and often recognizes needs and offers help before he is even asked. He pulled and organized approximately 200-300 samples for instrument verification studies and LABIS testing and he was the LABIS champion for cytology processing. Due to internal promotions, hiring new team members, and one team member being on maternity leave, it has taken a team effort to keep cytology processing covered. Augustin voluntarily changed his schedule in order to train our new 2nd shift lab assistant, and he has often stayed late at the end of his shift to help keep the departmentt caught up after a day spent training. Augustin also completed his Roche training modules in record time, he was the last to be assigned the modules, which take 8+ hours to complete, but managed to get them done on top of all the other tasks already mentioned. Agustin is an extremely proactive team member, who is always on the lookout for ways to assist his team. His dedication and strong work ethic make him a valued member of our lab team." Nominated by Robin Brake. Way to go, Agustin!