Category: LOL Moments

We had an elderly patient drop off a 24-hour urine. Attached to the container was a long note written on personal stationary. The note informed us that while collecting her urine samples, some poop may have gotten into the container because she was having some diarrhea. Worse than that, she also told us not to… Continue reading Pubes Alert!

I've worked in the lab long enough to witness human creativity trying to use regular household items as a specimen container for their stool samples. All we ask is for the container to be washed clean and dried properly before using. Once we had an elderly grandma dropped off her stool specimen in a salt… Continue reading Salt Shaker Container

A home health nurse left shortly after dropping off a green top tube for a potassium level. Soon after, I processed it, spun it down, and ran it in our chemistry analyzer. Minutes later, I got a potassium level of 9.7 mEq/L. Wow! I called the nurse and this is how our conversation went. Me:… Continue reading Incompatible with Life

An outpatient came to the laboratory to drop off a stool specimen for culture and O&P. I'm sure you are all familiar with Tupperware and the many sizes of bowls it comes in. Well this was an enormous bowl - I'm sure the largest that they make. The lab assistant at the front desk said,… Continue reading Too Ample A Specimen

This story goes back to our Medtech internship days back in our school in the Philippines. The "Chikoy Boys" is what we call our group, has this habit of stealing the Microbiology Department alcohol spray and spraying it on the toilet bowl. We would then light it up, wait for the bluish flame to dissipate,… Continue reading Rear End Vaping

Right after his visit with his doctor, an elderly came to the lab to have his blood drawn. He was cussing and swearing pretty loud. I tried to keep him calm and hopefully start a conversation. "What seems to be the problem?" I asked. He showed me his discharge summary. "You see here? The doctor… Continue reading Major S.O.B.

Got a post vas, and at the time had a lead with a somewhat warped sense of humor Him: "I hope we thanked him for coming" Me: Dead, also laughing my booty off! Submitted by:Kathleen StoutUSA

I worked as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist in a small town hospital. Being in a small rural hospital, we pretty much do everything from drawing blood & running tests, to system troubleshooting and quality control. One day we had a young lady who was deathly afraid of needles. She was sobbing, gagging, petrified...the whole works!… Continue reading YouTube College

A coworker was pipetting whole blood from a lavender top. A massive clot stuck to the end of the pipette tip and when she went to eject the tip into the biohazard waste the clot fell off and dropped straight in her lab coat pocket. The funny part was it took her about 15 minutes… Continue reading Where Is It?

Can't find a clean container for your stool specimen? No problem! Someone submitted a stool sample wrapped in a paper restaurant menu, and had chopsticks sticking out of it 🤢 How thoughtful 🤪 Submitted by:Autumn MerrillMedical Laboratory ScientistArizona, USA