Author: George Peters

An 11-year old in the ER needed her blood drawn. She came with her dad and by the looks of things, she seems pretty unhappy that her dad brought her to the ER. The nurse also warned me that she is a difficult patient and is pretty manipulative. I went into the room and introduced… Continue reading Be My Daddy

This story happened with a 30-something guy who needs to provide us with a clean catch urine sample. I briefly pointed out cleaning instructions for the clean catch collection. Then, I told him to leave his specimen in the metal bin. He went into the lab restroom, did his business, and left when he got… Continue reading The Other Bin

I took over as Laboratory Manager a few years back after our previous one retired. She was more of the serious type, however very nice, and had a pretty dry sense of humor. We all loved her! Then came a day when we have to be inspected by CLIA. I was casually chatting with our… Continue reading Soap Opera Break

One day as I walked in to the lab, I saw a pregnant lady crying inside our draw room. She said her car was broken into and the only thing that was stolen was a wine bottle in a brown paper bag. It turns out, that's where she was keeping her urine sample, which she'd… Continue reading Instant Karma

This story happened back before our previous lab manager retired. Talk about a dry sense of humor, hers is as dry as the sands in the desert! A nurse walked in and asked what the difference is between serum and plasma. She gave her the whole lecture that the difference is whether or not an… Continue reading Serum vs Plasma

I've been in the lab profession for over 35 years. Needless to say, I'm getting up there in age and looking forward to retirement in a few years. I've seen a lot in my years of experience, but this one somehow trumps it all. For HIPAA reasons, I'll be using an alias and call my… Continue reading Grandma’s Got Game