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Air Force Medical Service

One sample at a time: Lab technicians keep Barksdale healthy

Senior Airman Josef Ansorge, 2nd Medical Support Squadron laboratory technician, removes a blood sample from a complete blood count analyzer at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 26, 2016. Complete blood count analyzers detect abnormalities in blood samples, and if specimens are flagged by the machine, additional visual inspections are required by a laboratory technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mozer O. Da Cunha)

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One sample at a time: Lab technicians keep Barksdale healthy

Senior Airman Josef Ansorge, 2nd Medical Support Squadron laboratory technician, uses a pipette to create a blood smear slide at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 26, 2016. Blood smear samples are inspected under a microscope for an increase or decrease of red and white blood cells that correlate to different specimen abnormalities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mozer O. Da Cunha)

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One sample at a time: Lab technicians keep Barksdale healthy

Senior Airman Josef Ansorge, 2nd Medical Support Squadron laboratory technician, visually inspects a blood smear slide at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 26, 2016. He performed the visual inspections to provide doctors with information used in the diagnosis of a variety of health conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mozer O. Da Cunha)

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One sample at a time: Lab technicians keep Barksdale healthy

Senior Airman Josef Ansorge, 2nd Medical Support Squadron laboratory technician, uses a microscope to analyze a blood smear slide at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 26, 2016. Microscopes used by technicians are flexible and provide multiple levels of magnification assisting in the screening of a variety of different specimens. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mozer O. Da Cunha)

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One sample at a time: Lab technicians keep Barksdale healthy

A blood smear sample is shown at 50x magnification through the oculus of a microscope at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 26, 2016. Laboratory technicians added dye to blood cells to make samples more visible under microscopes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mozer O. Da Cunha)

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One sample at a time: Lab technicians keep Barksdale healthy

Laboratory technicians with the 2nd Medical Support Squadron move samples at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 26, 2016. Barksdales laboratory technicians processed about 128,000 samples during 2015, providing doctors with information used for patient diagnostics. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mozer O. Da Cunha)

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One sample at a time: Lab technicians keep Barksdale healthy

A blood smear slide case stores samples being prepared for analysis at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 26, 2016. Blood smear slides are stored for up to a week post inspection and include patients name, the date it was made and initials of the technician that created it as part of a look back system for future reviews. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mozer O. Da Cunha)

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One sample at a time: Lab technicians keep Barksdale healthy

Published Jan. 28, 2016
By Airman 1st Class Mozer O. Da Cunha
2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. --