Category: LOL Moments

Had a nurse hand carry tubes down holding the bag with both hands and telling me to be very gentle… Continue reading Please Be Gentle

Gentleman comes into the lab for a semen analysis collection. We showed him where to go and told him there… Continue reading Ready…Aim…Open the %#@& Lid !!!

One of my fellow Phlebs was drawing a gentleman for a PSA. She got his name and DOB, and turned… Continue reading It’s a Blood Test!

Real phone calls that make the difference in pay hurt for real… RN: I have a gold top here and… Continue reading It Looks Clotted

During my clinical rotation, I was sent to draw a 90+ yr old man. I came in the room and… Continue reading Is He Stroking?

I once had a nurse call and ask me why she was drawing a patient because the test code said… Continue reading Not Applicable

I had a Doctor call down looking to see if we had any methylene blue. When we asked why they… Continue reading Methylene Blue

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