Category: LOL Moments

The transport tech was told to get the urine specimens to the lab while they were still warm. The microbiology lab couldn't understand why urine samples with >1+ bacteria were growing <100,000 colonies. Turns out that the transport tech was microwaving the samples on the way to the lab because he was afraid they might… Continue reading Warm Urine

Working in a small town is great! You become familiar with patients, and eventually start calling each other on a first name basis. The drawback? They become over familiar with you and start making peculiar requests. It's usually busier on a Monday morning than any other mornings during the week. I'll call my next patient… Continue reading Peculiar Request

Chika came in for Pregnancy test with her boyfriend and her female friend, Juliet. Juliet requested to see me privately, to which I obliged. "Please Sir, my friend Chika is not pregnant, but make the test result POSITIVE. We want to use it to get Chika's boyfriend into marrying her", she said. I told her… Continue reading True Positive Result

One of the techs was also a nun as well as a licensed CLS. I was in Micro and had to call someone at county public health, something unusual and I wasn't sure who I needed to talk to. After about 15 minutes on the phone, and being transferred the 6th time, the call dropped.… Continue reading Divine Intervention

I went to the hospital's emergency room to extract blood, as usual. Suddenly, a voice said, "You're so cute, Ma'am". Now I was short in stature and already knew she meant my height, so I proceeded to tie the tourniquet. Unfortunately, she spoke up again to emphasize, "Ah. I mean your height okay, not your… Continue reading Sharp Revenge

An elderly gentleman came in to have his blood drawn. No problem. However, doctor also ordered some urine tests and he said he just went before coming in to the lab. He asked where the water station is so he can have a couple glasses of water which might help him pee sooner. I guided… Continue reading You’re Out Of Water

It was during the annual physical exam period in the hospital where I worked.All employees had to undergo CBC, U/A and S/E. Three employees obviously "shared" specimen as the 3 stool samples were submitted at the same time, with the exact same color and consistency. Who’s fooling the medical technologist? My coworker still read the… Continue reading Sharing is Daring

A 60+ year old lady smilingly came into the laboratory and submitted her urine sample. I was assigned at Clinical Microscopy that day but happened to be at the reception area to pick up samples, so I got her well-labelled sample too, and brought it back to my section. As I was reading under the… Continue reading No Age Limit

I work in a small town hospital with team members taking turns doing overnight calls. It was my turn to take calls one night and I got called in for an ER patient right around midnight. I went in, drew his blood, and stopped by the ER physician's office to find out what the patient's… Continue reading He’s Just Tired

At the hospital where I used to work, patients wait for us at the waiting area to have their blood drawn. As soon as their turn is up, we call them by their first name only or at times their "preferred name" to try to keep it as private as possible. My next patient's name… Continue reading She’s Got Enough