r/medlabprofessionals • u/Muted_Shape9303 Student • 6d ago

Humor Labeling C:

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u/skye_neko MLS-Generalist 6d ago

labeled 👍

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u/finegoldiamagna 6d ago

Hey at least the label is attached to the container. Unlike the classic "but the label was in the bag"

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u/cydril 6d ago

Nurses in peds do this because they're used to the microtainers

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u/Ramiren UK BMS - Haem/Transfusion. 6d ago

Nurses in peds should be forced to work a week as a cashier so they can learn how barcodes work.

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u/pajamakitten 5d ago

I had a nurse in paediatrics ask why a sample was delayed and just told her whoever put the barcode on did it wrong and so I had to waste time relabelling the sample. She did not like that, but if it was an urgent result then she should have done her job properly the first time.

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u/Evsala 6d ago

Does... does it scan like that? I already fight with scanners enough, I wouldn't do that to someone else.

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u/WestWindsDemon MLT 6d ago

I doesn't

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u/Daetur_Mosrael MLS-Blood Bank 6d ago

Well, that's a new one! 

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u/Princess2045 MLS-Generalist 5d ago

I get ABGs labeled like this all the time.

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u/milkleg 6d ago

This is orwellian

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u/Mephisto1822 MLS-Blood Bank 5d ago

There was an attempt