Category: LOL Moments

I was doing inpatient phlebotomy at the time and went up to the cardiac step down unit. Basically, just people… Continue reading Hell No!

A patient needed to collect a stool specimen, so I handed out a stool kit along with some detailed instructions.… Continue reading Poop in Glove

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