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Senior Airman Kyra Brabham, 59th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron medical laboratory technician, trains microbiology students about identifying bacteria at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 12, 2021. The WHASC’s clinical laboratory tests specimens to assist with treatment for various infections. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux)

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A 59th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron medical laboratory technician analyzes bacteria at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 12, 2021. The WHASC’s clinical laboratory tests specimens to assist with treatment for various infections. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux)

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A 59th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron medical laboratory technician utilizes immersion oil with a microscope to perform a complete blood count at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 12, 2021. The WHASC’s clinical laboratory tests over three million samples each year in support of 715 providers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux)

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Xiuli Sun, 59th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron medical laboratory technician, reviews a testing sample to confirm results at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 12, 2021. The WHASC’s clinical laboratory tests over three million samples each year in support of 715 providers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux)

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Tech. Sgt. Nadezhda Ayala, 59th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron medical laboratory technician, prepares saline solutions to test for antibiotic sensitivities at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 12, 2021. The WHASC’s clinical laboratory gives providers results of which antibiotics work best for each patient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux)

59th MDW: The WHASC’s clinical laboratory

Published Aug. 19, 2021
By Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO -LACKLAND, Texas -- Senior Airman Kyra Brabham, 59th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron medical laboratory technician, trains microbiology students about identifying bacteria at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 12, 2021. The WHASC’s clinical laboratory tests specimens to assist with treatment for various infections. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux)