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Weirdest Specimen Containers
The Fun Side of Clinical Laboratory Professionals
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
We had a patient 2 weeks ago try to drop off a Mountain Dew bottle filled with scabie bugs for analysis.
For some reason I think of scabie bugs as bed bugs, but theyâre not. even thinking about it makes me itch ðĩâðŦ
What did you guys do to it? opened it up and place it under a microscope? ðą
I hate those bugs ðĪĒ
Had a 24 hour urine specimen dropped off today… super creative!
ð I wish I could order that container for lab week! ðĨīðĪŠ
Not my personal experience, but there was an older lady who brought in her stool in a crackpot. Apparently she thinks it needs to be kept warm ðĪŠ
I received a urine specimen in a plastic lemon that lemon juice used to come in.
I received a face cream glass jar with urine in it. The jar still had remnants of cream in it; had not even been wiped out.
I had a patient poop right into the actual biohazard bag without using a hat.
That takes skill ð
My coworkers tell me a story that a husband brings wife underwear and ask them ot analyse if she cheats on him.
Not too far off from this story… ðĨī
https://themislabeledspecimen.com/smell-the-sex/
Stool in Tupperware. “Can I have the dish back? I borrowed it from my sister.”
I’ve seen this in my old department
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Stool sample in a Valentine’s gift box that was shaped like a little Chinese takeout container
This isn’t mine, but a coworker’s, a urine sample in a spray bottle of eye glass cleaner. I mean how? or why?
My favorite so far has been a stool in an “I can’t believe it’s not butter” container.
Stool sample in a cookie tin that read, “A Christmas surprise from the ***** family.”
Stool in a smuckers jar