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Weirdest Specimen Containers
The Fun Side of Clinical Laboratory Professionals
A 24 hour semen collection in a 24 hour urine container! I almost died! ð – Comment shared by Terri Sanchez
Pee in a homemade jam mason jar complete with gingham fabric and twine- comment shared by Eina Meyer
Patient wanted it back – comment shared by Alexandra Mendes
Stool (VERY loose!) wrapped in foil. – comment shared by Stephanie Ellis
Sample needed to be kept on ice, ward apparently didn’t have any ice but they had ice cream…- comment shared by Deb Lucas
Photo courtesy of Brittany Booher
Urine specimen in a wine glass. They wanted it back, but I told them it was in the trash after I tested the specimen – comment shared by Tracy Campbell
A turd wrapped in a piece of foil directly from a purse.
A twig/fiber wrapped in a moist paper towel (requesting id of worm as pork or beef)
A cottage cheese container sent from the ER
ðĨī – comment shared by Brittani Dames
I had a doctors wife bring in a stool sample in a Tupperware container. She said she needed it back when we were done with it. It was her good Tupperware!!! – comment shared by Kelli Fayette
Photo courtesy of Lindsay Kerby
I always loved getting a bag full of urine with a cup and a lid floating in it. The pathologist over the lab said it was okay to tell the nurses that they needed to come down because we had a problem with the specimen. It only took one or two trips down by different nursing staff before the word got out that they weren’t acceptable specimens. Make sure the darn Lids are on tight before you put them in the tube system. – comment shared by Shela Maijala
I put my orange 24hr urine sample container in a bright pink Vera Bradley bag when I delivered it to the lab (it was the only sturdy bag I could find that was the perfect size). ðĪĢ -Comment shared by Julie McDowell
Urine in a old glass pill bottle. One time a mom tried to drop off her daughter’s stool sample in a tupperware container because “I called the nurse and she said it was okay”. – Rachel Stein
A Walmart bag filled with lots of POOP !!
Diarrhea from a 2 year old in a Tupperware cup. The mom asked to have the container back.
dang. why??? ðĐ
I guess some people really love their Tupperware?!?
Loose, brown stool in a gravy container . ð
Urine in a salt shaker
At least itâs not stool ðĨī
Not mine, but stolen from another lab tech group.
Patients never cease to amaze me with the things they put their fluids and specimens in! ðĪĢ Well thanks for this. Now we’ll just spray your urine directly on the urinalysis strip! ð Who cares about sterile collection techniques?! Glad we could get those urine results “ironed out” for you! ðĪĢ
WTH seriously??? ðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢ use it to clean your car windows. maybe it works really well as a windshield defroster
Received this urine in the lab today!
At least itâs not leaking ðĨī ewww
We had one todayâa urine sample in a whipped cream cheese container! ð
Yummy! ðĪĒ