The Mislabeled Specimen

The Clay Howard Test

Bronte Bell — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:50:14 +0000

It was a typical day in the lab until we received an order from the ER. It was a STAT… Continue reading The Clay Howard Test

Rodney Lopez — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:49:42 +0000

I work in a small town hospital with team members taking turns doing overnight calls. It was my turn to… Continue reading He’s Just Tired

Ronald Smith — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:49:41 +0000

At the hospital where I used to work, patients wait for us at the waiting area to have their blood… Continue reading She’s Got Enough

Rodney Lopez — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:49:25 +0000

All is well in the laboratory until I realized a patient needed to collect a urine sample and it was… Continue reading Telemarketer Troubles

Marisa Duval — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:39:24 +0000

One day, I went to the ER to collect a flu swab on a patient. When I got there, the… Continue reading Coughing Accident

Liza De la Cruz — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:39:19 +0000

You know that saying “Don’t judge the book by its cover”? Well, as lab techs, we also have our own… Continue reading At Times It’s QNS

Donna Shaw — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:39:15 +0000

Nurse: I want to check the results on a urine culture. Me: That specimen was submitted earlier today so there… Continue reading Urine Culture STAT

mtompa — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:39:10 +0000

I had a nurse call for the results of a blood culture 2 hours after it was collected! I told… Continue reading Miracle Grow Fix

Alex Friedman — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:11:13 +0000

A specimen arrived in the clinical laboratory in a urine cup that looked like it had survived a natural disaster.… Continue reading A Load of Trouble

Carol Steinbock — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:34:04 +0000

Long time ago when I was a phlebotomist, I went into a room and asked the patient what his name… Continue reading Watt’s Your Name?