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.”

Baby Food Storage

I used to work at this hospital where the ER beds are right next to each ...

Ronald Smith

Peanut Butter Jar

Back in the day, we needed first morning urine for pregnancy tests. A patient called asking ...

Anonymous User

Non Verbal Instructions

We once had a gentleman who needed to submit a semen specimen—but instead, he kept bringing ...

Alex Friedman

He Only Has Six Platelets The Mislabeled Specimen LOL Moments Funny Lab Stories

He only has 6 Platelets?!

A hospital lab received an EDTA sample for a full blood count on a young boy ...

George Peters

Don’t Let It Clot!

I used to work in a 1200-bed hospital back then in Texas. Great hospital, with a ...

Rodney Lopez

The Amputated Leg

So this happened quite a few years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday ...

Audrey Smith

Proper Labeling

A lady came in one day with an order for a 24 hour urine protein electrophoresis ...

Ronald Smith

Size Matters

About 6 years ago, I was working in the molecular department at my lab when a ...

Linda Carter

Blue Monday

When I was fresh out of school and had just started my new job as biomedical ...

Nina Schjelderup

Pillow Sex

I started out a phlebotomist before I got my MT degree. I love phlebotomy and direct ...

Felicity Buenvenidez

Never Been Touched

Back in my internship days in the Philippines, I had to do my clinicals at this ...

Ian

Borrowed from the Morgue

A nurse came down to the lab to pick up an Albumin sample. As she walked ...

Trish Usher

Feel My Bottom-ist

I was getting ready to draw blood from a patient when he asked me if I ...

Kayla Hankins

Hands Free Collection

I had my ex call as a patient and prank our lead tech. He told him ...

April Wilson

Gross Encounter

I don’t remember exactly the details of what I was doing, nor why I was doing ...

Ferdie Rodriguez

Worst Mislabeling Ever

One of my biggest pet peeve in lab is mislabeling specimens. It is basic, elementary and ...

Ronald Smith

Remote Assistance

After being persuaded (against my better judgment), a doctor asked me to contact a patient who ...

Angela Bryant

Analyzer System Check

The other day, I saw this meme on the internet that says: “When you’re over 40 ...

Terri Crosby