The Fun Side of Clinical Laboratory Professionals
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
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 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
The hospital I work at has a neuro unit where patients suffering from neurological conditions are admitted. One day, I have orders to draw blood from a patient in this unit. Patient was in her mid 20's who just delivered a baby. However, she is also suffering from a severe case of post partum psychosis.… Continue reading *Cough* Corona!
When you’ve worked as a Lab Tech for a long time, you develop this perspective that is a whole lot different than any other non-lab people’s perspective. As for me, when I hear the word “stool”, I don’t think of a chair or a bar stool that you sit on. The first thing that comes… Continue reading First Thing That Comes To Mind
When you’re new on the job, you are likely to focus on what you need to do, and kinda tend to not notice the small details around you. One day, I went to draw blood on a patient. I was new at that facility, and was basically just focused on what I had to do—including… Continue reading Make a Fist, Please…
I went to the nursing home near the hospital to draw blood from one of their residents. As I entered the patient's room, there were two nurses in the room working on getting him dressed and ready for breakfast. I introduced myself and stepped on the side to get my stuff ready. One of the… Continue reading Where’s the Cow?
I was pulling on my gloves before drawing a patient and noticed one had a finger missing. I say to the patient,” oh boy. I wonder if there is a spare finger in the glove box.” Patient says, “Maybe there’s one for me.” He holds up his hand and only has 3 fingers and a… Continue reading Defective Glove
So, best I have…phlebotomy time, and the break room is next to the lab. I’m standing in the doorway eating black cherries and a specimen cup was brought in. A diabetic patient in the ER had a necrotic toe pretty much falling off. They collected the toe and set the patient up for further surgery.… Continue reading Necrotic Cherries
Years ago, I had a doctor's office receptionist call the lab. She said that the doctor wanted to know what the expected 'orgasm' was for so and so's culture results. There was dead silence on the other end of the phone (while I was trying not to LMAO), then I heard what must have been… Continue reading Oops Wrong Word
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