Category: LOL Moments

In the 30+ years I've been doing this job I have been called a lot of names. In the hospital… Continue reading New Name

This happened before CLIA was implemented. At that time, lab techs do whatever they want in the lab—eat, drink, smoke,… Continue reading Chocolate Agar

I was on attachment in a lab setting on a rural area. I was helping with phlebotomy and received this… Continue reading Hold Your Spit

One day we received a clotted sample for a CBC so naturally I have to call the floor to have… Continue reading Please Spin Slowly

I had labs to draw on a 10 year old girl and called her name to have her come in… Continue reading It’s Not That Bad

A patient came in for blood typing for a possible blood donation. According to the patient, this was going to… Continue reading I’m Pretty Sure of My Blood Type!

Surgical tech came to us in Blood Bank which is located on a different floor as the main lab. He… Continue reading Mike Rowe

A cold dark night shift. The silence covers the whole lab and the ghosts are whispering around us. I was… Continue reading Urine Monster

Nurse wanting to add H&H to CBC drawn earlier. We kept going back and forth that she has H&H already.… Continue reading Verbal Test Addon

It was a busy night and I had to get a bunch of morning draws (no phlebs that day). I… Continue reading Call Light