Welcome to The Mislabeled Specimen (TMS)

“If we can make one lab person laugh hard enough to forget his/her problems, then our efforts are not wasted.”

Men Are So Whiny

I heard a guy once who was loudly complaining about all the blood he had to ...

Jamie Kidd

Smells Like Kool-Aid

One day we received a gallon jug of what smelled like cherry kool-aid in a biohazard ...

Emily Sayle

Let’s Have Some Snacks!

I was preparing a fake poo specimen (peanut butter & pepper) for an In-Service on specimen ...

Donna Clark

Pole Dancer

My coworker that I call my work husband was dancing around acting like magic Mike or ...

Cindy Ormiston

Witch Doctor

I had to call an outpatient critical result after hours at a big practice. "I have ...

Paul Ackerman

The Other Bin

This story happened with a 30-something guy who needs to provide us with a clean catch ...

George Peters

Embarrassing Phone Call

I called the nurse station to inquire about a blood sample we got without any lab ...

Sylvia Henry

Dream On

Here I am, a fresh graduate working in the lab. The lab I was working in ...

Felicity Buenvenidez

Another One Down

I went to ER to draw a female patient. Her male partner and her were both ...

Shelby Saarela

Suck Him Off

I went to the lab waiting area to get the next patient on our list. He’s ...

Felicity Buenvenidez

STD Inquiry

At a clinic that I worked at we got a call asking how long it took ...

Sharon Pierce

The Big Bang

Had one lady bring in 3 consecutive stool samples (luckily she placed them in a bag) ...

Sharon Pierce

Rastafarian Set Up

I was stationed at Fort Ben Harrison from 1987-1991. For my last 3 years, I was ...

Joseph Trompeter

No Growth, No Sensitivity

Nurse called looking for sensitivities on a urine culture. I told her that the culture was ...

Pamela Coates

Cocci In Chains

When calling a positive blood culture to the floor, I told the nurse the blood culture ...

Jessica Welch

Wrong Specimen

We had an elderly gentlemen come in for pre-op labs. Our receptionist handed him a urine ...

Jeanie Kisner

Name Set Up?

Back in the day when we had slips with the patient names and requisitions for lab ...

Barbara Austin

Spread a Little Sunshine

Working in a private lab near a fertility specialist office, we would often get semen analysis ...

Linda Brown

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