Category: LOL Moments

I went to ER to draw a female patient. Her male partner and her were both heavily tattooed. I'm drawing her and he excuses himself to use the bathroom. About 15 seconds later we hear a bang against a nearby wall and then a loud thud. The security desk was right there and the guard… Continue reading Another One Down

I went to the lab waiting area to get the next patient on our list. He’s an elderly gentleman who needs his blood drawn. I called out, “John!” He heard me as he was talking to his friend. He stood up and made a remark,”I guess I'm going to have to let her suck me… Continue reading Suck Him Off

At a clinic that I worked at we got a call asking how long it took to get the results of a STD. Since we did a lot of premarital and prenatal testing for syphilis we started to give him that info - he interrupted and said he was talking about the one that created… Continue reading STD Inquiry

Had one lady bring in 3 consecutive stool samples (luckily she placed them in a bag) and said that her doc had told her to bring them while they were still warm - the oldest two she had placed in her oven on the lowest temp. Soon after she left, and before we were able… Continue reading The Big Bang

I was stationed at Fort Ben Harrison from 1987-1991. For my last 3 years, I was the NCOIC(Non-Commissioned Officer-in-charge) of the laboratory. I met and worked with many outstanding people during my tenure there.  There is this one occasion that I recall was extremely amusing. On this particular day, we were VERY BUSY in the… Continue reading Rastafarian Set Up

Nurse called looking for sensitivities on a urine culture. I told her that the culture was no growth. She said that they still needed the sensitivities. She continued to insist that the doctor needed to have them even after I had explained numerous times that there was no organism recovered for sensitivities. She hung up… Continue reading No Growth, No Sensitivity

When calling a positive blood culture to the floor, I told the nurse the blood culture was growing gram positive cocci in chains. He very seriously said - “oh I’ve never heard of that!” I just paused because I wasn’t sure how to respond and then he said “what do you mean - like behind… Continue reading Cocci In Chains

We had an elderly gentlemen come in for pre-op labs. Our receptionist handed him a urine tube and showed him where the bathroom was and told him we needed a sample.  He came out with stool packed in the urine tube.  She politely thanked him and sent him on his way. We died laughing! Submitted… Continue reading Wrong Specimen

Back in the day when we had slips with the patient names and requisitions for lab draws, detox unit in big hospital sent me up to the floor to draw a whole gang of patients. Two of them were  in the same room.  Jack Daniels and John Walker.  I thought I was being set up. Nope, genuine… Continue reading Name Set Up?

Working in a private lab near a fertility specialist office, we would often get semen analysis specimens dropped off early in the morning. Labeling seemed to be an often overlooked item for the collectors. So, our front office would always have the tech come to accept the specimen and verify specimen identification. Oftentimes, guys would… Continue reading Spread a Little Sunshine