Category: LOL Moments

The doctor went to the microbiology lab and insisted that he needed results immediately. The tech explained that it would… Continue reading Impatient Doctor

A lady showed up at our lab’s registration area with an order for a 24 hour urine calcium. I went… Continue reading On the Rocks

One time we had a patient who was checked in to the laboratory for various stool tests. They brought in… Continue reading Kool-aid Stool Container

I entered an elderly patient’s room in the wee hours for blood draw. He had an IV in his right… Continue reading Ward Rounds – Go Fish

An older patient came in the lab and handed me a crumpled grocery bag, indicating he wrapped something inside. I… Continue reading A Hurtful Misunderstanding

We all get them, unlabeled tubes. What do you do with them? Throw them away, right? I'm always one to… Continue reading Pick A Tube

As a new tech years ago, I was working evening shifts by myself in micro and the transporters would drop… Continue reading Not a Prank

Nurses can be just as nasty. I was an overnight Phleb at my previous hospital. One night, I came down… Continue reading That Nasty Nurse

Back in the day when I worked as a phlebotomist, I had the most interesting encounter with a demented patient… Continue reading She Killed The Light

I was working nights in the lab and my phleb thought she heard a sound coming from the boiler room.… Continue reading We Find Dead People