Category: LOL Moments

This story happened with a 30-something guy who needs to provide us with a clean catch urine sample. I briefly pointed out cleaning instructions for the clean catch collection. Then, I told him to leave his specimen in the metal bin. He went into the lab restroom, did his business, and left when he got… Continue reading The Other Bin

Here I am, a fresh graduate working in the lab. The lab I was working in back then was a small hospital laboratory where the MLTs are also the phlebotomists. One day I went out to our town's nursing home to draw an elderly lady in the memory care wing. She did have severe dementia.… Continue reading Dream On

I called the nurse station to inquire about a blood sample we got without any lab order. Talked to a male nurse, explained what happened; and when I was about to hang up, for some unknown and weird freakin' reason, I said “Bye! Love you!”. OMG!! I was so mortified! I had to call him… Continue reading Embarrassing Phone Call

I had to call an outpatient critical result after hours at a big practice. "I have critical lab results for Dr. X." "Which doctor?" "Dr. X, but he's a regular doctor he's not a witch doctor" All I heard was laughter on the other line. 🤣 Submitted by:Paul AckermanMedical Technologist/ScientistOhio, USA

I went to the lab waiting area to get the next patient on our list. He’s an elderly gentleman who needs his blood drawn. I called out, “John!” He heard me as he was talking to his friend. He stood up and made a remark,”I guess I'm going to have to let her suck me… Continue reading Suck Him Off

At a clinic that I worked at we got a call asking how long it took to get the results of a STD. Since we did a lot of premarital and prenatal testing for syphilis we started to give him that info - he interrupted and said he was talking about the one that created… Continue reading STD Inquiry

Had one lady bring in 3 consecutive stool samples (luckily she placed them in a bag) and said that her doc had told her to bring them while they were still warm - the oldest two she had placed in her oven on the lowest temp. Soon after she left, and before we were able… Continue reading The Big Bang

I went to ER to draw a female patient. Her male partner and her were both heavily tattooed. I'm drawing her and he excuses himself to use the bathroom. About 15 seconds later we hear a bang against a nearby wall and then a loud thud. The security desk was right there and the guard… Continue reading Another One Down

When calling a positive blood culture to the floor, I told the nurse the blood culture was growing gram positive cocci in chains. He very seriously said - “oh I’ve never heard of that!” I just paused because I wasn’t sure how to respond and then he said “what do you mean - like behind… Continue reading Cocci In Chains

Back in the day when we had slips with the patient names and requisitions for lab draws, detox unit in big hospital sent me up to the floor to draw a whole gang of patients. Two of them were  in the same room.  Jack Daniels and John Walker.  I thought I was being set up. Nope, genuine… Continue reading Name Set Up?