Medical lab techs test Yokota

Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Jiloca, 374th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technician, adds urine to a slide for testing Nov. 17, 2014, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. More than 15,000 patients are seen by the laboratory annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Desiree Economides/Released)

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Senior Airman Lionel Wilson, 374th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technician, prepares a gram stain at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 17, 2014. A gram stain helps technicians determine the classification of bacteria by using different colored dyes and looking at the samples under a microscope. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Desiree Economides/Released)

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Senior Airman Joshua Utley and Senior Airman Lionel Wilson, 374th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technicians, look into a microscope Nov. 17, 2014, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. More than 15,000 patients are seen by the laboratory annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Desiree Economides/Released)

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Senior Airman Lionel Wilson, 374th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technician, performs a cross match on a blood sample Nov. 14, 2014, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cross matching is performed on all blood prior to its use in surgeries to ensure the donor’s blood is compatible with that of the intended patient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Desiree Economides/Released)

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Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Jiloca, 374th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technician, runs a mononucleosis test for a patient at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 17, 2014. The laboratory provides full services from collection to testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Desiree Economides/Released)

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Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Jiloca, 374th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technician, places a patient sample on a mononucleosis test Nov. 17, 2014, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. For this particular test, the patient’s sample is compared against positive and negative controls. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Desiree Economides/Released)

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Medical lab techs test Yokota

Published Nov. 24, 2014
By Senior Airman Desiree Economides
374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Laboratory technicians at the 374th Medical Support Squadron provide full-services to patients at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Annually, the technicians provide services to more than 15,000 patients.