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Vol. 66 No. 17
April 29, 2016

Under a microscope:

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week

By Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes

99th Air Base Wing Public A airs Medical Laboratory Professionals Week kicked o for the men and women of the 99th Medical Support Squadron’s Laboratory Pathology
Flight on April 25. This week provides the profession with a unique opportunity to increase public understanding of, and appreciation
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — for, laboratory personnel and the dedicated e orts of laboratory professionals that often go unnoticed by the general public.
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
kicked o for the men and women of the the laboratory is with the phlebotomy sec- fessional because you are representing is concerned, because that is as far as they
99th Medical Support Squadron’s Labora- tion, as they provide the important role of the department and the hospital,” said ever see. If we don’t do our job properly,
tory Pathology Flight on April 25. being the ‘face’ of the lab. Dove Hallstrom, 99th MDSS phleboto- ___ See LABORATORY, on page 3
mist. “We are the lab, as far as the patient
is week provides the profession with “You have to be the consummate pro-
a unique opportunity to increase public
understanding of, and appreciation for,
laboratory personnel and the dedicated
e orts of laboratory professionals that
o en go unnoticed by the general public.

O en working behind closed doors,
with little interaction with the patients
they serve, the clinical laboratory at the
99th Medical Group plays a vital role in
patient care within the health care system.

The laboratory at the 99th MDG is
made up of several sections: Hematol-
ogy, Phlebotomy, Microbiology, Histol-
ogy, Chemistry, Urinalysis, Transfusion
Services, Point of Care Testing, Central
Processing and Shipping. Each section
performs a wide variety of complex testing
to analyze body uids, tissue, and other
specimens that are crucial in the detec-
tion, diagnosis and treatment of disease.

e majority of patient interaction with

An Art of an Art

By Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum Medical Operations Squadron, notices a to receive treatment from her doctors. e woman’s face lit up, and while her
patient sitting quietly, and begins to have While Anakwa couldn’t do anything terminal disease was no closer to being
99th Air Base Wing Public A airs a conversation with her. cured, the image from Anakwa drawing
to assist her medically, he realized that helped bring her a shred of happiness in
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — As the conversation progresses, he may posses a way to help the patient. a dark time.
Walking through the halls of the Mike Anakwa’s heart sinks as he realizes that A er the woman, who wasn’t even his
O’Callaghan Federal Hospital, Dr. there is nothing he can do for her. e assigned patient, told Anakwa that she e internal medicine section of the
Cyclopea Anakwa, a civilian internal patient explains that she has terminal had a dog, the doctor began to draw her ____________ See ART, on page 3
medicine doctor assigned to the 99th cancer, and has come to the hospital a portrait of her pet.

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