Author: Ian

When I was in MedTech school, our chemistry professor shared this story to us. It was a typical day and she was busy prepping a variety of chemicals for her class the next day. When she got done, she left the lab and took a jeepney ride home. Just an FYI, jeepneys are recycled World… Continue reading Phew! What’s That Smell???

This story happened when I first started working in the United States as a Clinical Laboratory Professional. I can speak English really well, but some of the slangs I’m not very familiar of. For instance, I wasn’t aware that there’s a difference between “piss” and “pee”. I will soon find out. One day, I was… Continue reading Piss in the Cup

This happened back in my home country where I took my first job as a Medical Technologist. At the time, I was a Med Tech Intern and was assigned a month at our Clinical Microscopy Department. The lab wasn't huge, but we have a fair share of patients, including some newborns. Some weren't even named… Continue reading Name Confusion

This story was shared to be by a nurse who assisted the doctor in collecting a wet mount & pap smear specimen. She walked in with the specimen, snickering at the awkward experience she just experienced at the clinic. Imagine the patient laying down, stirrups and all, admiring the pictures of sceneries taped on the… Continue reading The Grand Canyon

You know how you would say to a little girl that she does so well with her blood draw tell her, “You’re such a big girl now!”. Apparently, there are times this doesn’t apply. Here’s another embarrassing story on my journey. I was drawing blood from a nice lady, and she does feel a little… Continue reading Big Woman

A nurse brought a urine specimen to the laboratory.  Even though we have a paperless electronic system, the specimen came with a paper order that says “Hospitality” on it as the level of care. Nothing too suspicious about it until we ran the sample.  Urine dipstick came up with +3 Glucose and Trace Blood.  Microscopically,… Continue reading Lab Week Prank

At times, there’s a thin line between downright stupidity and overwhelming curiosity. Here’s my dry ice story. One time, an order of frozen reagents came in and was shipped in dry ice. I had a legit hypothesis and my goal is to carbonize water. After all, if conditions are right with temperature and pressure, it… Continue reading Don’t Play with Dry Ice

Back in my internship days in the Philippines, I had to do my clinicals at this mid-sized hospital in my home town. We were short staffed one day,and I was assigned to work at the records release section. That was back in the days when patients have to pick up their results so they can… Continue reading Never Been Touched