Category: LOL Moments

Nurse calls for special instructions on collecting a urine sample. I told her that the test required the sample to be protected from light. She paused, then asked if the patient needed to pee in the dark. Valid question, but still made me laugh. Submitted by:June DougUSA

I had a patient walk into the lab. Without hesitating, she proceeded to pull down her pants to go to pee right beside the biohazard container. I had to run over and tell her that the lab was not a bathroom! I can't even begin to understand what goes on in her head!! Submitted by:Angie… Continue reading Lab Is Not A Bathroom

I was working at a small private hospital that also had an outpatient clinic. One day I got a specimen for a post vasectomy test. When I looked at the slide, my jaw dropped! There were so many sperm just actively swimming around. The patient was sitting outside the lab so I confirmed that he… Continue reading Vasectomy Oops

I work in a lab that does a lot of Covid-19 testing. Sometimes when a patient is really sick and not getting better, a doctor can request a Cycle Threshold value from our PCR test to get a better idea of the disease course. This special test needs a microbiologists approval.  I get a call… Continue reading No Psychos Allowed in the Lab

So during my clinicals, I went to a room to collect a blood sample. Wellll, the patient was naked, uncovered and massaging himself, completely unashamed. I proceeded to cover him so I could draw his blood, but I couldn't get the blood. I called someone to come help me, and walked back into the room… Continue reading Naked and Shameless

When drawing blood in a dementia unit, a lady told me that if I stuck her with a needle, she was gonna punch me in the face. So, I said the first thing that came to my mind. I said, "If you punch me in the face, I'm gonna tell your mom"! She settled right… Continue reading Punch In The Face

I worked in a small hospital & we had to process outpatients many years ago.  I took the paperwork from the man & read the doc's orders for sperm check following a vasectomy.  I was embarrassed already to hand him the urine cup to use.  Then of all things, the man asked me what he… Continue reading Sperm Check

I had a phlebotomist walk into the main lab, exclaiming “I need something stiff and hard.” She was looking for a clipboard to write on, but I thought our manager was going to fall out of his chair. He was laughing so hard and his face was beet red! Submitted by:Anna BeanMedical Technologist/ScientistUSA

This happened when I worked as a phleb in a plasma center. We had a lot of bikers who donated. The first time they came in, we would get a couple of SST'S for an SPE, LFT, RPR. The intake tech told him to give them to the phlebotomist before they stuck him. He hands… Continue reading They’re Wet!

I had a coworker that had IBS who's been having "issues" all morning. We had a patient that came in for a stool collection kit for C-Diff. We asked all patients to refrain from doing stool collections in the lab restroom (only because C-Diff is highly contagious). Unbeknownst to me the patient did use the… Continue reading Bathroom Accident