I had a nurse call for the results of a blood culture 2 hours after it was collected! I told… Continue reading Miracle Grow Fix
Category: LOL Moments
Watt’s Your Name?
Long time ago when I was a phlebotomist, I went into a room and asked the patient what his name… Continue reading Watt’s Your Name?
STAT Sed Rate
Nurse: “How long does a sed rate take”? Me: (we have the analyzer that does them in 20 minutes) “20… Continue reading STAT Sed Rate
Gentian Violet
Many, many years ago in the early 70s when we were allowed to smoke in the lab, one of the… Continue reading Gentian Violet
I Have A Boner
We used to do sterility testing for the bone bank. Of course, we called any positives to them. So there's… Continue reading I Have A Boner
Name Confusion
This happened back in my home country where I took my first job as a Medical Technologist. At the time,… Continue reading Name Confusion
Literal Loose Stool
One day I came to work and there was a turd on the floor. Nobody knew where it came from.… Continue reading Literal Loose Stool
Skateboard Dare
Years ago when I worked at a trauma center during the night shift, I had to go to ER and… Continue reading Skateboard Dare
Stuck Up Vegetable
My mom has a former nurse friend who worked in the ER. A man came in who had a vegetable… Continue reading Stuck Up Vegetable
The Peeled Cucumber
A man came into the emergency room and had a cucumber stuck up his you know what! His story was… Continue reading The Peeled Cucumber