Immunization Department Awards
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS DEPARTMENT HEAD, IMMUNIZATIONS, MEDICAL HOME PORT, NAVY MEDICINE READINESS AND TRAINING COMMAND ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND FROM OCTOBER 2019 TO OCTOBER 2023. CDR GUTIERREZ PROVIDED HIGH QUALITY CARE TO OVER 880 EMPANELED PATIENTS AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 8,125 ENCOUNTERS, RESULTING IN OVER 1.8 MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE. ADDITIONALLY, SHE LED 29 PERSONNEL DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC TO LEVERAGE TELEMEDICINE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE CARE WHILE PRESERVING PATIENT AND STAFF SAFETY, RESULTING IN 18,000 ENCOUNTERS. AS IMMUNIZATION DEPARTMENT HEAD, SHE LED SIX MASS IMMUNIZATION EVOLUTIONS, RESULTING IN OVER 10,867 IMMUNIZATIONS GIVEN WITH ZERO INCIDENTS. BY HER NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY, CDR GUTIERREZ REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE DIRECTORATE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, NAVY MEDICINE READINESS TRAINING COMMAND SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA FROM SEPTEMBER 2021 TO APRIL 2024. PETTY OFFICER GARCIA'S EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AND FORESIGHT LED TO ENHANCED COMMAND SAILORIZATOIN AND INCREASED MEDICAL READINESS AND DEPLOYABILITY THROUGHOUT THE NAVY REGION, SOUTHWEST. HIS EFFORTS IN THE MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT FACILITATED THE CREATION OF A NEW BILLING STRUCTURE THAT JUSTIFIED OVER SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN ALLOTTED FUNDING FOR THE COMMAND. PETTY OFFICER GARCIA'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY, REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE DIRECTORATE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, NAVY MEDICINE READINESS TRAINING COMMAND SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA FROM SEPTEMBER 2021 TO APRIL 2024. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER GARCIA LED OVER 180 SAILORS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COVID-19 VACCINATIONS AND ESTABLISHED PROCESS IMPROVEMENT MEASURES FOR THE COMPLETION OF OVER 300 THOUSAND VACCINES ACROSS 300 EVENTS, INCREASING THE FORCE HEALTH PROTECTION ACROSS THE NAVY REGION SOUTHWEST. IN ADDITION, HE MANAGED VACCINE DISTRIBUTION OF OVER 1,500 ORDER BUILDS FOR 28 VACCINE CUSTOMER SITES TOTALING OVER 12 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY AND CONSUMABLES INVENTORY TOTALING 18 MILLION DOLLARS OVER 28 VACCINATION SITES THROUGHOUT THE NAVY REGION SOUTHWEST. FURTHER, HE FACILITATED 45 CLASSES OF VACCINE CORE COURSES, TOTALING OVER 360 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION, QUALIFYING OVER 400 NMRTC SAN DIEGO STAFF AND FLEET MEDICAL PERSONNEL. PETTY OFFICER GARCIA'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND UNSWERVING DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS GENERAL DUTY CORPSMAN, IMMUNIZATIONS DEPARTMENT, NAVY MEDICINE READINESS AND TRAINING COMMAND LEMOORE, CALIFORNIA FROM 21 JULY 2024 TO 12 DECEMBER 2024. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFICER LAPIDARIO PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE, HE ANALYZED THE PROCESS AND ITS GOALS AND MADE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE ANNUAL INFLUENZA VACCINATION EXERCISES AND INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY WHILE MINIMIZING LOGISTICAL SUPPORT NEEDED FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES. HIS CRITICAL ANALYSIS LED TO CHANGING LOCATIONS OF THE EXERCISE AND INTEGRATING WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO SHARE RESOURCES, EXPANDING OUR ORGANIC CAPABILITIES BY FORTY PERCENT. PETTY OFFICER LAPIDARIO'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
AS IMMUNIZATIONS LPO, IMMUNIZATIONS DEPARTMENT, NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, PORTSMOUTH VIRGINIA FROM 15 JULY 2013 THROUGH 7 NOVEMBER 2013. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER JONES SUPERVISED THE ADMINISTRATION, DOCUMENTATION, AND VERIFICATION OF INFLUENZA VACCINES FOR OVER 45,230 PATIENTS. HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE UNPRECEDENTED 60 PERCENT INFLUENZA VACCINATION RATE AMONG ACTIVE DUTY HEALTHCARE WORKERS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER IN TWO WORKING DAYS, ACHIEVING RESULTS LEADING TO OVERALL COMMAND COMPLIANCE OF 99 PERCENT IN THREE MONTHS. IN ADDITION, HE PROVIDED AND COORDINATED 35 SHOT EVOLUTIONS FOR OUTLYING TENANT COMMANDS, INCREASING READINESS WITH A ZERO INCIDENT RATE. PETTY OFFICER JONES' INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, IMMUNIZATIONS DEPARTMENT, BRANCH HEALTH CLINIC OCEANA, VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA FROM SEPTEMBER 2009 THROUGH AUGUST 2012. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER HAYMON LED 39 CORPSMEN IN PROVIDING PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES AND VACCINATIONS TO THIRTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE PATIENTS. HE PERSONALLY TRACKED, MONITORED, AND ADMINISTERED 2,783 IMMUNIZATIONS WORTH ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WHILE SUCCESSFULLY LEADING CERTIFICATION TRAINING FOR TEN STAFF MEMBERS. MOREOVER, AS LOGISTICS MANAGER FOR THE 2010 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA EXERCISE, HE DROVE EFFORTS TO VACCINATE OVER 6,000 SAILORS THROUGHOUT THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS. PETTY OFFICER HAYMON'S PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.