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Bloody Mary
Went to our skilled nursing facility to draw blood on one of the residents. I usually engage on a conversation ...
Urgent Blood Culture
Ah yes, the urgent blood culture. I shall just speak to the germs and ask if they would mind growing ...
The Urine That Wasn’t
I worked at a pediatric cancer center. One night we received a urine sample from one of our patients. We ...
Special Ingredient
We have a big class of over 150 students. Imagine 150 interns in this huge laboratory run mostly by student ...
He Bit What Off???
I just started a my new job in Anatomic Pathology at my current hospital. I was there maybe 2 weeks, ...
Possible Miscommunication
One day I was drawing blood on a patient. I noticed how anxious he was and had sweaty hands. I ...
Fist Please
My most embarrassing patient care moment ever. Another phlebotomist, young and innocent, asked for my help with a difficult stick ...
Smell the Sex
Lazy Saturday morning in the lab. Morning labs all done and sitting in the lounge when I get called to ...
The Shrimp Mystery
An elderly couple came into our clinic lab with a specimen. They were upset. The gentleman said he found shrimp ...
Last Survivor
We’ve all heard of patients passing out while drawing blood. But you probably haven’t heard of other people passing out, ...
Sing For Me Mom!
I have to draw blood on an ER patient. She is a 15 year old who is deathly scared of ...
Unique Sample Container
We’ve always received stool specimens from patients in a lab-provided container. Well, one day, a patient handed me a rather ...
The Whore is Coming!
I work at a small town hospital in Central Florida. 25 beds to be exact. Part of the charm of ...
Oh No You Didn’t
I have been working in the laboratory profession for over 45 years. But back when I first started, my RN ...
Jar of Poop
Normally when a patient were to ask what container can be used to put a stool sample in, we would ...
Serum vs Plasma
This story happened back before our previous lab manager retired. Talk about a dry sense of humor, hers is as ...
Out Like A Light
Before becoming an MLT, I was employed as a Clinical Laboratory Assistant. I clearly remember my VERY exciting first week ...
Don’t Play with Dry Ice
At times, there’s a thin line between downright stupidity and overwhelming curiosity. Here’s my dry ice story. One time, an ...
