Category: LOL Moments

This happened when I worked as a phleb in a plasma center. We had a lot of bikers who donated.… 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… Continue reading Bathroom Accident

A patient brought in a stool sample to the lab. The stool container was so tight that I used much… Continue reading Missing Poop

That one time I took a call from a guy who needed to collect a post vas semen specimen. He… Continue reading Post Vas Appointment

I was working the outpatient desk one day when a patient came in carrying a little red stool. I asked… Continue reading Red Stool

A patient was supposed to do a set of stool samples in a parapak.  I wrote out full instructions about catching… Continue reading Tough Instructions

Not me, but a former coworker. Years ago, before phlebotomy teams, we techs had to go to the hospital floors… Continue reading Finger Your Prick

I received a swab for bacterial culture that had no source written on it.   Nurse was called to find out… Continue reading Specimen Source: Skin

I got a call from a nurse who wanted to know if she could add on a stool culture to… Continue reading Repeat Stool Culture

Nurse from the ER calls and asks “What is the normal range on a blood alcohol?" I thought it was… Continue reading What’s Normal?