Category: LOL Moments

I've met a few germophobes in over 10 years of working in the laboratory. We have to say the lab, from a microbiological standpoint, is one of the dirtiest and biologically hazardous places in the hospital. But nothing a bit of universal precaution won't help. The worst germophobe I've ever met, is an ER doctor… Continue reading Doctor Germophobe

I had just been to one ward drawing blood from a multihandicapped patient and had had to almost tie a knot of myself in order to reach in. It was a challenging pose but I made it successfully, and went on to the next ward. Here was a male patient about my own age, fairly… Continue reading Double Meaning

There was a scheduled draw on one of the patients on the floor. I've drawn her before. Because of her dementia, she can get extremely combative at times. Hence, I asked one of our techs to come with me and help stabilize her arm so I can draw her blood. Oh yes she was in… Continue reading Horny Bitches

So last week, we received a pleural body fluid with a cell count ordered. In our lab the processor usually sets these up including filtering the sample before it is ran on the DxH. After running it once, I got a cellular interference error. I figured it probably just needed another round of filtering but… Continue reading Grossing Out

I've only been a generalist lab tech for a few months while working in a small town hospital. Like any lab tech who's new on the job, everything seems overwhelming. There was this patient who was notoriously a hard-stick. One day, my colleagues sent me to "try" and draw this patient--kinda like an initiation for… Continue reading Make a Foot!

I was a supervisor on a 3-11 shift in a County/Teaching hospital and I went to check on the ER Lab. I ran into an intern who used to be one of my lab techs before he went to medical school. We caught up and I asked him if he had anything interesting going on… Continue reading Shot in Head in a Bar

My manager had an aquarium in the laboratory and he had unusual creatures that resided in it. One night I was working as the only lab staff. It was fairly busy. Suddenly I noticed movement at the top of the aquarium. Startled the heck out of me, but then I realized it was the frog… Continue reading Attempting to Save a Life

I was working with a young uppity know-it-all supervisor in urine microscopy and thought about pulling a prank on her. At the back of my apartment is a tiny pond. I filled a small water bottle with some of the dirty pond water and brought it to work. I just have to wait for the… Continue reading New Parasite

So, I used to be a phlebotomist, and when I was I would take any specimen I could to Micro just to smell the specimens in the room. Walking in, for a normal human being, most would wear a mask and drop off the specimens, where I feel like I just got some fresh air!… Continue reading Smell of E Coli

Our blood bank had a day where we had to waste five units of RBCs that had been issued to Cath Lab in coolers for being returned out of temp. The next morning, the runner came in and was telling me that he and my female coworker had a "heated argument". She slammed the door… Continue reading That Doesn’t Sound Like My Wife