Category: LOL Moments

Before becoming an MLT, I was employed as a Clinical Laboratory Assistant. I clearly remember my VERY exciting first week… Continue reading Out Like A Light

At times, there’s a thin line between downright stupidity and overwhelming curiosity. Here’s my dry ice story. One time, an… Continue reading Don’t Play with Dry Ice

A few years ago, we received a pinworm paddle with poo smeared all over all sides of it....and a small… Continue reading Pinworm Paddle Mishap

I was a fairly new phlebotomist at a rural hospital that got in patients from all over. One day I… Continue reading Scared of Needles

I don’t know about other schools, but the MedTech school I went to had a certain way of doing things.… Continue reading Semen Analysis at School

It’s the middle of the night and I went out to do a timed draw. I walk into the patient’s… Continue reading Trying to Help

We got a call from a hospital saying that a patient just had a bad transfusion reaction. We instructed them… Continue reading Warmed Blood Unit

I have to draw blood from an 8 year old kid who was obviously very scared of needles. Both his… Continue reading Kick to the Groin

I went to draw this older lady who has a C. diff at that time. Went to her room, and… Continue reading Ewww You Stink!!

I used to worked at this hospital where the nurses draw blood from their ICU patients. One day, we received… Continue reading Excess Tap Water