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'Blood lifeline'

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Reiterman, Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory/East lab technician, uses a digital thermometer to check the temperature of a shipment of blood units from donor centers in the United States March 6. Shipments to the ASWBPL take four-to-seven days to arrive and must stay within the correct temperature range; 1-10 degrees Celsius for liquid red blood cells and less than negative 18 degrees Celsius for frozen blood cells. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

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Army Reserve Staff Sgt. John Victor, Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory/East lab technician, prepares incoming shipments of blood plasma units for scanning and inventory March 6. Blood units must be placed in numerical order and crosschecked with the manifest to make sure all shipments are accurate and no mistakes are made. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

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Army Reserve Staff Sgt. John Victor, Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory/East lab technician, scans an incoming unit of blood plasma into the Defense Blood Standardized System. The system tracks each blood unit from the moment it’s received from donor stations in the U.S. to the moment it’s transfused into a patient. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

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Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Shawntel Suiter, Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory/East lab technician, carefully drops red blood cells into testing trays to confirm the blood type of each incoming blood plasma unit March 6. The primary mission of the ASWBPL is to supply blood and blood products to the men and women serving in the Armed Forces. Their efforts have directly saved countless lives of those fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

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Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Shawntel Suiter, Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory/East lab technician, places testing trays filled with red blood cells and reagent into a centrifuge March 6. There are a total of 15 laboratory professionals at the ASWBPL at McGuire. This lab is a tri-service facility manned by personnel from the Army, Navy, and Air Force including active duty, Reserves, and civilians. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

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Staff Sgt. Ursula Widener, Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory/East lab technician, places units of red blood cells into boxes in preparation for shipment to down range areas of operation such as Iraq and Afghanistan. “We are the lifeline of the Armed Services” is the ASWBPL’s motto. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carlos Cintron)

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'Blood lifeline'

Published April 14, 2009