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.”
Warmed Blood Unit
We got a call from a hospital saying that a patient just had a bad transfusion ...
Excess Tap Water
I used to worked at this hospital where the nurses draw blood from their ICU patients ...
72 Day Stool
The patient who was requested to bring a stool specimen for fat analysis. He was told ...
Smells Sweet Tastes Sweet
I was working UPMC SHY night shift and went into the breakroom, I had a Mt ...
Great Customer Service
Draw station was really noisy and a patient grabbed my coworker and pulled her into the ...
Grandma’s Got Game
I've been in the lab profession for over 35 years. Needless to say, I'm getting up ...
That’s Stupid
I was doing my morning draws when I came upon a very confused elderly grandma. She ...
Not Until You’re Certified
During my internship, I once asked a nurse for help drawing blood from a toddler in ...
Bad Timing
Here’s another one of my funny experiences drawing blood at our nursing home next door. For ...
Urgent: Patient Needs to Smoke
I work in a microbiology lab. Currently we are swamped with covid testing. On the covid ...
It Kept Clotting
We had a nurse who stuck her patient SIX times before calling a phlebotomist. The phlebobomist ...
Screaming Prank
A middle-aged guy came in for blood work one day. He's the chatty type with some ...
The Mustard Prank
One time, I put mustard in a stool specimen container, went upstairs, and sent it down ...
Karma’s a Bitch
When I was a teenager, my first boyfriend dumped me for another girl. Broke my heart! ...
