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Soap Opera Break

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 George Peters

I took over as Laboratory Manager a few years back after our previous one retired. She was more of the serious type, however very nice, and had a pretty dry sense of humor. We all loved her! Then came a day when we have to be inspected by CLIA. I was casually chatting with our… Continue reading Soap Opera Break

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The Grand Canyon

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 Ian

This story was shared to be by a nurse who assisted the doctor in collecting a wet mount & pap smear specimen. She walked in with the specimen, snickering at the awkward experience she just experienced at the clinic. Imagine the patient laying down, stirrups and all, admiring the pictures of sceneries taped on the… Continue reading The Grand Canyon

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Missing Legs

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 The Mislabeled Specimen

I was on a ward taking early morning blood samples. I approached a man in his bed and explained what I was there for and saw that he had IV's in both hands. Undaunted I told him, don't worry, I never met a leg I couldn't get blood from. He laughed and said good luck… Continue reading Missing Legs

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Tag Teaming Went Wrong

January 3, 2025 Jazmin Martinez

An afternoon in the ER and my coworker and I decided to tag team drawing cultures on a elderly male patient. She drew one and I drew the other. I was finishing up when all of a sudden I let out this loud fart on accident. She definitely heard that! She yelled out “Jasmineeee!!” at… Continue reading Tag Teaming Went Wrong

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Lab Week

January 3, 2025 Heather Mills

As most labs do, we celebrated lab week with a lunch and cake celebration. I went to pick up the cake and the girl at the bakery brought it to the counter and showed me the cake which had "Happy lab week' iced across the top. She commented 'that's so cool, I didn't even know… Continue reading Lab Week

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Big Woman

December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 Ian

You know how you would say to a little girl that she does so well with her blood draw tell her, “You’re such a big girl now!”. Apparently, there are times this doesn’t apply. Here’s another embarrassing story on my journey. I was drawing blood from a nice lady, and she does feel a little… Continue reading Big Woman

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Inventory Issue

December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 Jordan Sainz

I used to work for a high volume Trauma Center and I had gotten a call from one of the medical residents in regard to a patient bleeding on the floor. The phone call came about 30 minutes after she placed order for 6 superpacks of irradiated platelets. Now we generally only keep 4 units,… Continue reading Inventory Issue

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Instant Karma

December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 George Peters

One day as I walked in to the lab, I saw a pregnant lady crying inside our draw room. She said her car was broken into and the only thing that was stolen was a wine bottle in a brown paper bag. It turns out, that's where she was keeping her urine sample, which she'd… Continue reading Instant Karma

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Lab Week Prank

December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 Ian

A nurse brought a urine specimen to the laboratory.  Even though we have a paperless electronic system, the specimen came with a paper order that says “Hospitality” on it as the level of care. Nothing too suspicious about it until we ran the sample.  Urine dipstick came up with +3 Glucose and Trace Blood.  Microscopically,… Continue reading Lab Week Prank

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Bloody Mary

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 Jamie Swift

Went to our skilled nursing facility to draw blood on one of the residents. I usually engage on a conversation with my patients just to be friendly and keep them at ease. While talking to my patient, he then asked me if I was going to sell his blood. Told him no. Couldn’t really tell… Continue reading Bloody Mary

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