when the machine was acting up all day and you want to call it quits but you have bills to pay and a family to feed4yr ⋅ clpaguidopon ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Opened it on the first try! I don't know why people say it's so hard to open these!1yr ⋅ Baabaagaanoosh ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
I would like to hand deliver a copy of this to everyone in my hospital's ED2yr ⋅ thish1 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Watching a Golden Girls documentary and just about sh*t my pants when I saw this2yr ⋅ poecilio ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Tell your mobile phlebs/nurses not to leave tubes in the car if is 80+ (F) 😂4yr ⋅ CaptainH0lt ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Apparently it was MY fault the AMM wasn't on ice the first time4mo ⋅ spooks112 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
I teach clinical chemistry but a recent micro project has woken up some ancient feelings (S. typhi on SS agar)1yr ⋅ LabMonkey12 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
This patient is awaiting a Transplant. Check out these red cells!1yr ⋅ UnderTheScopes ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
My mom is frugal and received a bunch of leftover urine collection cups. Now she uses them to send me home leftovers (Picture is of homemade chili sauce which is actually delicious)3mo ⋅ grepollo08 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
You have been blessed by goldfish cell. All of your QC will be within 2SD today.1yr ⋅ burninatin ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
MFW people get salty that the micro lab revealed that they are not following proper decontamination protocols:2yr ⋅ ninjazzy ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
A nurse said she wasn’t sure how full the coag tubes need to be and was hoping it was enough. I told her I’ve never seen a shorter coag specimen.1yr ⋅ urbanskyline09 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Some days I work as a phlebotomist, majority of the patients say this to me.2yr ⋅ raygrizz ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
insane bacteremia on smear! patient found unconscious, expired minutes after arriving, suffered cardiac arrest, no blood culture collected ;(1yr ⋅ OposDcEe ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Anyone else take a minute to remember how to do stuff?1yr ⋅ Digital-Stimulation ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
ER's ice machine broke last night so an ingenious phlebotomist brought this to us. 10/102yr ⋅ Lunaria523 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Me in micro, muttering to myself when going through my plated urine stacks for the day1yr ⋅ SpyPies ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
It's all fun and games until the patient's segs, lymphs, and monos are virtually indistinguishable from eachother1yr ⋅ wh3r3nth3w0rld ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
15 y/o male presents to the ER with fatigue, flu-like symptoms. Most likely DX?3mo ⋅ Goldy_stocky ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
My coworker made this to report our platelet inventory.... How is your day going?2yr ⋅ bassgirl_07 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
I’m a student who was describing my major to my friend who’d never heard of it, & this was their response. Thought this community would appreciate :’)2yr ⋅ emma5501 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
ED nurse: Hard stick, please make it work! Me and my coworker:1yr ⋅ nightowlette99 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Nurse dropped this urine specimen off for a patient 🙃1yr ⋅ scrambledeggsnfroot ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Things that as soon as you see them, make you say “aw, fuck me....”1yr ⋅ Rmhiker ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
So I walked into this today happy New Year! supervisor left on vacation for 2 weeks for context1yr ⋅ ltzkirito ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Slowly-swarming Proteus mirabilis. I just thought it was pretty.1yr ⋅ lostboy1205 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
The first day that we move the read of high risk fluids out of CL3 and I find diphtheria.3yr ⋅ Boristhehostile ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
found this in a bag with 3 stools, all from the same person1yr ⋅ Swampcattopus ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Happy (end of) Lab Week from COVID Emergency Response Lab at Operation Gotham4yr ⋅ OSUrower ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Talking to coworkers we know management never has a plan to cover those who are out/sick, pto.1yr ⋅ Southknight46 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
That's either the world's biggest sperm, or she's pissing music7mo ⋅ VesperTolls ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
No body fluids, no path review and right at the end of my shift. Bam!7mo ⋅ microbioman91 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Oh look, the patients in rooms 2 and 3 now have results that match each other's prior draws.1yr ⋅ wh3r3nth3w0rld ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Just when I was leaving this dude came in..... its over a 600+ whites☠️1yr ⋅ No_Light9895 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Is he basophilic or is he orthochromatic? He screams, for he does not know.1yr ⋅ pejosnic ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
You cannot make this up...Who can guess why this was cancelled?1yr ⋅ Tech_Mythina ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
Doc: Hey we want to know when we will have AFB results for the patient we have a high confidence that they are positive. Me: how did their x rays look? Doc: Terrible1yr ⋅ minininjatriforceman ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
From a nursing Instagram page. What a way to save countless seconds in your day! Genius! /s1yr ⋅ idk2929 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
My views on this have changed. We do what we can but we’re damned either way. I have no positive words for what I have seen from management2yr ⋅ Southknight46 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals
My biggest pet peeve...it’s not rocket science. Do people not know how lids work?? Is this how they close stuff at home? 🤬🤬🤬1yr ⋅ Rhiles1989 ⋅ r/medlabprofessionals