Staff Sgt. Alexis Shodeke, a medical laboratory technician in the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s Epidemiology Laboratory, observes as new samples are tested for COVID-19 on June 2, 2020. The Epi Lab is the sole clinical reference lab in the Air Force, and USAFSAM is part of AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge
Medical laboratory technicians in the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s Epidemiology Laboratory unload new shipments of potential COVID-19 samples sent from military treatment facilities around the world on June 2, 2020. The Epi Lab is the sole clinical reference lab in the Air Force, and USAFSAM is part of AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge
Delinda Rillo, a medical specimen processing assistant from the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s Epidemiology Laboratory logs in samples for COVID-19 testing on June 2, 2020. The Epi Lab is the sole clinical reference lab in the Air Force, and USAFSAM is part of AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge
Medical laboratory technicians (left) Staff Sgt.Taylor Wiens and (front right) Dannielle Parlett with Tech. Sgt. Kevin Blevins (back right), NCOIC, Microbiology, from the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s Epidemiology Laboratory are separating a larger sample into smaller parts for COVID-19 testing. The Epi Lab is the sole clinical reference lab in the Air Force, and USAFSAM is part of AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
By Gina Marie Giardina
Air Force Research Laboratory
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) — Since early March 2020, approximately 130,000 COVID-19 samples have been tested and processed at the Air Force’s sole epidemiology reference laboratory housed in the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine.
Staff Sgt. Alexis Shodeke, a medical laboratory technician in the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s Epidemiology Laboratory, observes as new samples are tested for COVID-19 on June 2, 2020. The Epi Lab is the sole clinical reference lab in the Air Force, and USAFSAM is part of AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Medical laboratory technicians in the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s Epidemiology Laboratory unload new shipments of potential COVID-19 samples sent from military treatment facilities around the world on June 2, 2020. The Epi Lab is the sole clinical reference lab in the Air Force, and USAFSAM is part of AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Delinda Rillo, a medical specimen processing assistant from the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s Epidemiology Laboratory logs in samples for COVID-19 testing on June 2, 2020. The Epi Lab is the sole clinical reference lab in the Air Force, and USAFSAM is part of AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Medical laboratory technicians (left) Staff Sgt.Taylor Wiens and (front right) Dannielle Parlett with Tech. Sgt. Kevin Blevins (back right), NCOIC, Microbiology, from the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s Epidemiology Laboratory are separating a larger sample into smaller parts for COVID-19 testing. The Epi Lab is the sole clinical reference lab in the Air Force, and USAFSAM is part of AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
