Category: LOL Moments

I went to the hospital's emergency room to extract blood, as usual. Suddenly, a voice said, "You're so cute, Ma'am". Now I was short in stature and already knew she meant my height, so I proceeded to tie the tourniquet. Unfortunately, she spoke up again to emphasize, "Ah. I mean your height okay, not your… Continue reading Sharp Revenge

An elderly gentleman came in to have his blood drawn. No problem. However, doctor also ordered some urine tests and he said he just went before coming in to the lab. He asked where the water station is so he can have a couple glasses of water which might help him pee sooner. I guided… Continue reading You’re Out Of Water

It was during the annual physical exam period in the hospital where I worked.All employees had to undergo CBC, U/A and S/E. Three employees obviously "shared" specimen as the 3 stool samples were submitted at the same time, with the exact same color and consistency. Who’s fooling the medical technologist? My coworker still read the… Continue reading Sharing is Daring

A 60+ year old lady smilingly came into the laboratory and submitted her urine sample. I was assigned at Clinical Microscopy that day but happened to be at the reception area to pick up samples, so I got her well-labelled sample too, and brought it back to my section. As I was reading under the… Continue reading No Age Limit

I work in a small town hospital with team members taking turns doing overnight calls. It was my turn to take calls one night and I got called in for an ER patient right around midnight. I went in, drew his blood, and stopped by the ER physician's office to find out what the patient's… Continue reading He’s Just Tired

At the hospital where I used to work, patients wait for us at the waiting area to have their blood drawn. As soon as their turn is up, we call them by their first name only or at times their "preferred name" to try to keep it as private as possible. My next patient's name… Continue reading She’s Got Enough

All is well in the laboratory until I realized a patient needed to collect a urine sample and it was missed. Nothing like a simple phone call can't fix. This happened when I just started working in the US and I admit I had a bit of an accent back then. When I called the… Continue reading Telemarketer Troubles

It was a typical day in the lab until we received an order from the ER. It was a STAT order for two units of packed cells and for us to do a "Clay Howard". What the heck is a Clay Howard test? We were all confused and even tried searching for it on Google.… Continue reading The Clay Howard Test

You know that saying “Don’t judge the book by its cover”? Well, as lab techs, we also have our own version of it. In the lab where i used to work, we do heavy multitasking and ECG is part of the job. That part where the patients have to somehow expose their chest area for… Continue reading At Times It’s QNS

One day, I went to the ER to collect a flu swab on a patient. When I got there, the patient told me he needed to go to the restroom. I asked the patient if I could swab him really quick before he goes to the restroom, because the doctor is waiting for the result,… Continue reading Coughing Accident