BookmarkThis happened back in my home country where I took my first job as a Medical Technologist. At the time, I was a Med Tech Intern and was assigned a month at our Clinical Microscopy Department. The lab wasn’t huge, but we have a fair share of patients, including some newborns. Some weren’t even named… Continue reading Name Confusion

BookmarkThis story was shared to be by a nurse who assisted the doctor in collecting a wet mount & pap smear specimen. She walked in with the specimen, snickering at the awkward experience she just experienced at the clinic. Imagine the patient laying down, stirrups and all, admiring the pictures of sceneries taped on the… Continue reading The Grand Canyon

BookmarkYou know how you would say to a little girl that she does so well with her blood draw tell her, “You’re such a big girl now!”. Apparently, there are times this doesn’t apply. Here’s another embarrassing story on my journey. I was drawing blood from a nice lady, and she does feel a little… Continue reading Big Woman

BookmarkA nurse brought a urine specimen to the laboratory.  Even though we have a paperless electronic system, the specimen came with a paper order that says “Hospitality” on it as the level of care. Nothing too suspicious about it until we ran the sample.  Urine dipstick came up with +3 Glucose and Trace Blood.  Microscopically,… Continue reading Lab Week Prank

BookmarkAt times, there’s a thin line between downright stupidity and overwhelming curiosity. Here’s my dry ice story. One time, an order of frozen reagents came in and was shipped in dry ice. I had a legit hypothesis and my goal is to carbonize water. After all, if conditions are right with temperature and pressure, it… Continue reading Don’t Play with Dry Ice