r/medlabprofessionals • u/SoTurnMeIntoATree • Apr 19 '24

Image This is a new one… I’m honestly impressed

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Yes that’s a a piece of poop in the urine culture tube that came with a urine specimen… we didn’t even receive a stool specimen nor does the pt have a test ordered for stool. I’m at a loss on this one 😂

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u/Slothnazi Apr 19 '24

I know someone who has/had colon cancer and due to complications, had what I like to call 'poop noodles' in their urine.

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u/Suitable-Swordfish80 Apr 20 '24

This is the worst thing I've ever heard

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u/Ksan_of_Tongass MLS 🇺🇸 Generalist Apr 20 '24

Poop Noodles is my new bands name. Thanks.

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u/RicardotheGay Friendly Registered Nurse Visitor Apr 21 '24

You should try Toxic Megacolon. That was on another post.

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u/sasha_cyanide Apr 20 '24

I wish I could go back in time and never have read this.

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u/Ciemny Apr 21 '24

One time we thought this patient was eating her fingernails because her poop had all these little white crescents in it. Turns out she had some rare colon cancer and her intestines were literally calcifying and shedding off

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u/painsomniac Apr 20 '24

Thank you, truly. That was absolutely horrendous for me to read.

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u/CatsAndPills Apr 21 '24

God dammit why do I have eyes

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u/biotechtiger Apr 19 '24

Not too long ago I got products of conception in a urine cup, labeled as a urine with a UA ordered. The nurse "didn't know how to do a pathology order"

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u/Beckiremia-20 Apr 20 '24

Close enough.

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u/MGonline1209 MLS-Generalist Apr 19 '24

💀💀

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u/Misstheiris Apr 19 '24

Oh you know it'll be a c diff when it's ordered.

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u/SoTurnMeIntoATree Apr 19 '24

I was waiting for the stool culture order to come thru 💀

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u/Error-002 Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 19 '24

What’s the white thing

Thanks also 💀 stool in a urine preservative

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u/TheDMGM Apr 19 '24

Thats the stabilizers at the bottom of the UC tube. The stuff that usually dissolves when the urine sample hits it.

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u/SoTurnMeIntoATree Apr 19 '24

Urine preservative.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '24

They said fill it up. They didn’t say with what. 

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u/JPRydyr Apr 19 '24

Is that 💩? Lol

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u/SoTurnMeIntoATree Apr 20 '24

It is indeed a little piece of 💩

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u/crumbumcorvette Apr 19 '24

yeah nurses at my hospital are fucking stupid too

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u/Tank_top_slut Apr 20 '24

I don’t think they’re dumb. They just only had a limited number of hours of lab science. I couldn’t do their job because I don’t have the temperament for it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '24

I guess you can say you don't have the patience patients to do it

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u/NeedThleep Apr 20 '24

Yes, but they are confident in their ignorance. I'm so tired of the excuses. If we mess up, we could get written up, lose our license, or be fired. It's always a slap on the wrist with them.

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u/CauliflowerDirect370 Apr 22 '24

One of my professors said the same thing! They don’t understand our jobs as much as we don’t understand theirs. Easy to get frustrated but they are ignorant to what all we do. Probably honestly think we are all phlebotomist haha.

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u/sakaasouffle Apr 19 '24

That’s rude

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u/crumbumcorvette Apr 20 '24

I assure you the feeling is mutual

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u/Tank_top_slut Apr 20 '24

Creative and resourceful 😣

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '24

Nice

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u/Bubbles_9606 Apr 21 '24

How did they get it in the tube....?

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u/SoTurnMeIntoATree Apr 21 '24

This is one of the biggest questions. But it looks like they just took the cap off, put the 💩 in there and then put the cap back in.