Category: LOL Moments

When calling a positive blood culture to the floor, I told the nurse the blood culture was growing gram positive… Continue reading Cocci In Chains

We had an elderly gentlemen come in for pre-op labs. Our receptionist handed him a urine tube and showed him… Continue reading Wrong Specimen

Back in the day when we had slips with the patient names and requisitions for lab draws, detox unit in… Continue reading Name Set Up?

Working in a private lab near a fertility specialist office, we would often get semen analysis specimens dropped off early… Continue reading Spread a Little Sunshine

The transport tech was told to get the urine specimens to the lab while they were still warm. The microbiology… Continue reading Warm Urine

Working in a small town is great! You become familiar with patients, and eventually start calling each other on a… Continue reading Peculiar Request

Chika came in for Pregnancy test with her boyfriend and her female friend, Juliet. Juliet requested to see me privately,… Continue reading True Positive Result

One of the techs was also a nun as well as a licensed CLS. I was in Micro and had… Continue reading Divine Intervention

I went to the hospital's emergency room to extract blood, as usual. Suddenly, a voice said, "You're so cute, Ma'am".… Continue reading Sharp Revenge

An elderly gentleman came in to have his blood drawn. No problem. However, doctor also ordered some urine tests and… Continue reading You’re Out Of Water