Category: LOL Moments

It was a typical day in the lab until we received an order from the ER. It was a STAT… Continue reading The Clay Howard Test

One day, I went to the ER to collect a flu swab on a patient. When I got there, the… Continue reading Coughing Accident

You know that saying “Don’t judge the book by its cover”? Well, as lab techs, we also have our own… Continue reading At Times It’s QNS

Nurse: I want to check the results on a urine culture. Me: That specimen was submitted earlier today so there… Continue reading Urine Culture STAT

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

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?

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

Many, many years ago in the early 70s when we were allowed to smoke in the lab, one of the… Continue reading Gentian Violet

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

This happened back in my home country where I took my first job as a Medical Technologist. At the time,… Continue reading Name Confusion