MOVE IT UP Team Updates

Reminders

Important Information about MOVE IT UP

Please review the Important Information about MOVE IT UP email sent on behalf of Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities.

Collecting Race/Ethnicity Data

Please review the Collecting Race/Ethnicity Data email sent by Monica Hatch for important information and tips on collecting and addressing race/ethnicity.

Covid Updates and Team Expectations

Please review the Covid Updates and Team Expectations email sent by Iulian Gutoiu for information on “Timing of COVID-19 Vaccination After Infection” and professionalism.

Professionalism Expectations & Kudos

Please review the Professionalism Expectations & Kudos email sent by Iulian Gutoiu for information on expectations, professional conduct as well as kudos for an amazing job!

Feel Good Stories

At last week's Banana Festival, Salem Fiflom (RN), Angel Chandra (LVN), and Gabe Leung (Pharmacist) quickly assisted a child that had passed out due to heat exhaustion. The child’s relatives came to our booth asking for assistance from our nurses. They quicky gathered their emergency supplies and ran to the child’s location. They checked his vitals, gave him water, slowly cooled him down and stayed at his side until the fire department arrived.

Also last week, while vaccinating at Our Lady of Lourdes, one of the Sister’s came to our nurse Marie Gage (RN) complaining she wasn’t feeling well. The Sister explained she was having chest pain and pain on her left side. Marie quickly checked her vitals and found her BP was extremely high. The team decided to call 911 and Marie stayed with her until help arrived. After performing an EKG, emergency services determined she might be having heart issues, so they quickly took her to the hospital.

Above & Beyond

This week we are so excited to recognize two more amazing team members who went above and beyond: Cody Potter and Sergio Cuellar. They were both nominated by fellow colleagues and will each be receiving $10 gift cards! Please join us in thanking them for their great work!

“Cody was amazing while vaccinating our youngest of patients (6mons to 5yrs); he sings to them/with them, he is gentle, has so much patience, and is able to put them at ease.”- Salem Kiflom (RN)

“He [Sergio] consistently goes above and beyond week to week in biospecimen and processing, interaction with patients, and being consistent.”- Jose Florez (Lead CRC)

Nominate your team member today!

Extreme Heat Reminders

As we will continue experiencing extremely hot weather, please stay hydrated and safe while working outdoors. Take appropriate actions to minimize heat illness while working outdoors. Remember, heat-related incidents are 100% preventable. Here are some tips to staying safe outdoors during a heatwave:

Staff Updates

Recently our vaccine team said goodbye to Kai Cha (RN). Please join me in wishing Kai the best in his future endeavors.

Joining our testing team as our newest Clinical Research Coordinator is Juan Manuel Novoa. Let's all give Juan a big MIU welcome!

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