Category: LOL Moments

As a new tech years ago, I was working evening shifts by myself in micro and the transporters would drop off pathology specimens after hours without me knowing it. I came back from break and saw a bag with a leg in it on my bench. It really looked fake! I thought my supervisor was… Continue reading Not a Prank

Nurses can be just as nasty. I was an overnight Phleb at my previous hospital. One night, I came down to the lab after my midnight draws so I could help out the tech since it was such a chaotic night. The phone rang and since the tech was super busy, I decided to answer.… Continue reading That Nasty Nurse

Back in the day when I worked as a phlebotomist, I had the most interesting encounter with a demented patient at the nursing home. I introduced myself and told grandma that I need to draw a blood sample.  The patient was telling me something about "killing".  In my mind, who got murdered? When I got… Continue reading She Killed The Light

I was working nights in the lab and my phleb thought she heard a sound coming from the boiler room. I told her to go find out what's up and she said no way was she going to do it alone. So I stopped what I was doing and we trekked down the stairs and… Continue reading We Find Dead People

I was assigned at the patient receiving section when a sweet old lady came up bringing with her a crockpot that is still warm to the touch. "What do you have for me today?", I asked. She replied, "Well, my doctor told me to bring in a stool specimen. I think it needed to be… Continue reading Keeping It Warm

I went to draw blood on a combative female patient. Although the patient was restrained, I still needed some help holding the patient while I draw the blood. Three (3) cops and 2 nurses helped me—that’s how combative the patient was. I kid you not, while I was drawing the patient, the patient asked me:… Continue reading Take The Cobwebs Out of What??

One day, I received orders for a bunch of bizarre tests and a request for a blood typing. I asked what's going on because I haven't heard of any wounded or any mortars that day. Nurse turns to me deadpan, someone stuck something in their A$$ and it ain't coming out... Submitted by:Vic Ubaldo

A couple came in the lab asking questions about how to collect semen for semen analysis. Of course I had to explain to them the procedure. I have to admit, it was (and always is) awkward for me to explain the collection process to a couple. Out of nowhere, the wife asked me a question… Continue reading Specimen Collection By Mouth

When the COVID19 pandemic started, the whole world put their heads together and came up with various ways to prevent the spread of this virus. The scientific community spearheaded the game, and along came the not-so-scientific community who came up with ridiculous ideas that seems to lack common sense. This is one of them. I… Continue reading Nose Only Mask

Over two decades ago while I was earning my MLS degree, I worked in hospital registration on weekends. I was a young woman with little experience so I tried to learn whatever I could from the job knowing it would help me in the lab later. One Saturday a man came in to register for… Continue reading Viagra Diagnosis