Category: LOL Moments

One Sunday morning my Coulter S was not feeling well. I've tried everything I can, including some very negative words. No luck. Called service - on his way. Walked over and kicked the generator out of frustration. Started right up! When service got there, he was amazed and asked how I fixed it. When I… Continue reading Kickstarting It

You know that absorbent pad that comes inside biohazard specimen bags? We know they're meant to absorb spilled specimens in the bag. Guess this patient had a different idea. One day a patient dropped off his stool specimen for a fecal lactoferrin. Instead of finding a stool specimen inside the cup inside the biohazard bag,… Continue reading Just A Wipe Away

A tech brings me all of our vaginal swabs and asks me which one of these is for the "Pocahontas" test. I said, did you say Pocahontas test? She doubles down and says, yeah. I'm racking my last 2 brain cells to figure what in the holy Disney movie is this chick talking about. Then… Continue reading Pocahontas and the Vaginal Swab

I was once drawing blood on a patient when a strung out intern came up and started talking to the patient in the next bed in the room. He said, "Mr. John Doe?" "I am." said the patient. The doctor said, "When you came in through the ER last night, you said you have been… Continue reading Fresh Stab Wounds

Working in the medical field opens the door to some of the weirdest stories and encounters with our patients. Some, a little over the top. Yet, shit happens! Some stories embarrassing as heck but to us, it's a good way to destress and have a few laughs. It was a typical day working in the… Continue reading Unusual Play Thing

I was drawing blood on a lady a few years back. When I finished and was wrapping her arm up, I asked her what color coban she wanted. She told me, "Red, because it matches my panties." I almost died laughing !! 🤣🤣🤣 Submitted by:Jules SpadoforaPhlebotomistUSA

Another funny and memorable story from one of my many nursing home draws. I have to draw a patient in the memory wing of the nursing home next door. For those who are unfamiliar, the memory wing houses patients in need of specialized attention because of late stage dementia. I walked in, introduced myself, and… Continue reading Would You Want This?

My first year as a tech back in 1981 we had a lady bring in her stool specimen. The container was an 8 oz jelly jar filled to the top, level to the lip. On the outside she had included a pretty, decorative label that says, “From the Kitchen of (Jane Doe), Made With Love”.… Continue reading Jelly Anyone???

As a young Medical Technologist, my job was to do the morning draws, then go back to the lab and do startup and QC on the instruments. One morning, "Harry" refused to let me draw his glucose. I thanked him and said, "No problem. Less work for me". I told the secretary he had refused… Continue reading I AM That Bitch!

My patient was an old lady, maybe around 70. She came in for blood work with her 2 other lady friends, who were in the same age range.  While I was trying to find a vein, I’ve positioned the patient’s arm to where her hand was close to my crotch—of course, unintentionally. Without any hint,… Continue reading Old Habits Die Hard