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72 Day Stool
The patient who was requested to bring a stool specimen for fat analysis. He was told to keep it all ...
Smells Sweet Tastes Sweet
I was working UPMC SHY night shift and went into the breakroom, I had a Mt Dew that had been ...
Great Customer Service
Draw station was really noisy and a patient grabbed my coworker and pulled her into the restroom so she could ...
Grandma’s Got Game
I've been in the lab profession for over 35 years. Needless to say, I'm getting up there in age and ...
That’s Stupid
I was doing my morning draws when I came upon a very confused elderly grandma. She started talking about all ...
Not Until You’re Certified
During my internship, I once asked a nurse for help drawing blood from a toddler in a crib. She reassured ...
Bad Timing
Here’s another one of my funny experiences drawing blood at our nursing home next door. For privacy purposes, I will ...
Urgent: Patient Needs to Smoke
I work in a microbiology lab. Currently we are swamped with covid testing. On the covid requisition, there is an ...
It Kept Clotting
We had a nurse who stuck her patient SIX times before calling a phlebotomist. The phlebobomist noticed the patient's veins ...
Screaming Prank
A middle-aged guy came in for blood work one day. He's the chatty type with some pretty good stories to ...
The Mustard Prank
One time, I put mustard in a stool specimen container, went upstairs, and sent it down the tube system. It ...
Karma’s a Bitch
When I was a teenager, my first boyfriend dumped me for another girl. Broke my heart! 20 years later, I ...
Bad Sample
This is an SOS —send help! I work for a hospital—-and they hire nurses here. Called because I had some ...
Inseparable
Had a patient who was mean and rude, and I had to draw blood on her. She actually threaten to ...
Clotted? That’s Impossible!
While working in hematology, I received a microtainer from our newborn nursery with orders to perform a CBC. As per ...
Culture It Now!
It was the last month of my internship days and I was assigned in Microbiology department. I love it here ...


