Category: LOL Moments

I was in the middle of drawing blood on a patient, when suddenly I felt the urge to fart. Normally, I stand with my legs a little bit apart when drawing a patient. So, in order to prevent the humiliating release of that unwanted internal air, I had to change the angle of my legs… Continue reading Close Call

An 11-year old in the ER needed her blood drawn. She came with her dad and by the looks of things, she seems pretty unhappy that her dad brought her to the ER. The nurse also warned me that she is a difficult patient and is pretty manipulative. I went into the room and introduced… Continue reading Be My Daddy

Another busy morning in the lab and I was assigned to work at our phlebotomy area. I called the next patient by her first name and this elderly grandma came up. She was quite nice and enjoyed a good chat. I did my usual small talk to make the patient feel more at ease with… Continue reading Poke Me Any Time

An elderly gentleman around his 70's came in to the lab to have his blood drawn. I've known him quite well. I even went to school with his son a few years back. He has always been quite nice to everyone in the lab. Believe me he has never been the creepy old man type.… Continue reading Best. Compliment. Ever

Nurse called and asked she has an order "nurse to collect body fluid for cell count". What does she need to do? Me: You collect fluids from body cavities such as peritoneal, joint or lungs. Nurse was like, "Oh, oh, I can do that." Couple of hours later same nurse called again, her printer does… Continue reading I Could Do That?

On Wednesdays, our laboratory accepts samples from a nearby sanctuary. My coworker end up doing O&P on tiger stool samples. She just laughed about it and said, "Here we go!" I laughed and 30 minutes later, I asked her if she was doing okay. She replied, "Yeah. I just got to get all this darn… Continue reading Ova & Parasites

I'm a Clinical Cytogeneticist. Its worrying how little some doctors know about genetics. Doctor phoned to discuss his patient's results for a teenage boy who wasn't going through puberty properly. We analyzed his chromosomes and found he was an XX male (SRY gene translocates to an X). I explain the result and the implications for… Continue reading Girls and Boys

Just last week I was on an overnight shift. I received Covid swab samples from the ED. Everything is perfect until I found one of them was collected in a gel swab with an orange top. So I called the ED and asked for a sample recollection. Me: "Hi, I need a recollection for the… Continue reading Lab Logic: Same But Different

A patient walked in to the lab to have his blood drawn. He sat down and I noticed that he was wearing a brown shirt with a small embroidery on the side that says "Kiss My Bass" I tried to work up a conversation and made a comment, "Sorry, but I'm not going to kiss… Continue reading Kiss My Bass

A coworker told me about this story in pathology when he one day took a phone call from an outside line Coworker: Pathology, how may I help you today? Patient: Hello. I just had an autopsy two days ago and I would like to know my results... Coworker:*Trying to hold laughter* 🤣 Submitted by:Travis RogersMedical Lab… Continue reading Autopsy Result