Category: LOL Moments

Right after his visit with his doctor, an elderly came to the lab to have his blood drawn. He was cussing and swearing pretty loud. I tried to keep him calm and hopefully start a conversation. "What seems to be the problem?" I asked. He showed me his discharge summary. "You see here? The doctor… Continue reading Major S.O.B.

Got a post vas, and at the time had a lead with a somewhat warped sense of humor Him: "I hope we thanked him for coming" Me: Dead, also laughing my booty off! Submitted by:Kathleen StoutUSA

I worked as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist in a small town hospital. Being in a small rural hospital, we pretty much do everything from drawing blood & running tests, to system troubleshooting and quality control. One day we had a young lady who was deathly afraid of needles. She was sobbing, gagging, petrified...the whole works!… Continue reading YouTube College

A coworker was pipetting whole blood from a lavender top. A massive clot stuck to the end of the pipette tip and when she went to eject the tip into the biohazard waste the clot fell off and dropped straight in her lab coat pocket. The funny part was it took her about 15 minutes… Continue reading Where Is It?

Can't find a clean container for your stool specimen? No problem! Someone submitted a stool sample wrapped in a paper restaurant menu, and had chopsticks sticking out of it 🤢 How thoughtful 🤪 Submitted by:Autumn MerrillMedical Laboratory ScientistArizona, USA

I drew the short straw and ended up being the pee queen for the day. Soon after, an outpatient showed up and needed to provide us a urine specimen. I gave him the cup and showed him the restroom. I literally said, "Here is the restroom and here is your cup. When you're done, please… Continue reading Please Clarify

Years ago, I worked at a busy hospital on night shift. One of our machines was down and service was to arrive first thing in the morning. It was close to Halloween and we had the brilliant idea to prank the service guy. We put a fake leg hanging from the front of the analyzer… Continue reading We’ve Found The Problem

Me: Please recollect CBC Nurse: Why? Me: Questionable results Nurse: That CBC should be fine. I removed the clot. Me: 🤦‍♀️ Submitted by:Barbara WilliamsMedical Technologist/ScientistPennsylvania, USA

I've worked in the laboratory profession when mouth pipetting was still the norm. Yes I'm old! I was casually chatting with a coworker who happens to be performing a sperm count on a semen sample at the time. Right when she starts pipetting, I said something funny that caused her to accidentally suck in a… Continue reading Mouth Pipetting Mishap

I still remember the time when someone brought in a snapping turtle to the lab. They said the turtle bit them, and wanted me to test it for Salmonella I can't stop laughing on the inside 🤣 Submitted by:Inyat RanaMedical Technologist/ScientistOklahoma, USA