Never thought working in a doc's office would make me gag!!(graphic, for nurses only!

Gross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The things we do in order to help people get well. Also reinforces the old saying "no good deed goes unpunished" lol

Great. Now I won't be able to see someone cough without visualizing that ball of goo. Gick.

OMG..........as my honey would say "looks like something that dropped out of a cows nose"...........yuck.........

LOL I am rolling just trying to picture it. Yes it sounds gross! You were nice to volunteer!

renerian

Oh that was tooooooooo funny
tortellini does sound good!!!!

We once had these docs pulmonologists group have a little competition b/w them.....
They had to therapeutic bronchs on this pt to maintain his airway and everyday in the pt's med drawer we would find a new specimen cup with a LARGE, BLACK, GOOBER that was hard.....
on top was a little note.....

"LET'S SEE YOU BEAT THIS ONE!!"

oh yea...the things we do.......

How about when someone's necrotic toe or finger falls off...pretty fun having to pick it up huh??

So did it grow anything??

Didn't bother me either and I HATE sputum, but due to time spent on a respiratory cardiac unit, I have some background...WHY did you have to separate it?????Sputum is sputum, after all.. I think I might have had to resort to a urine strainer if there is now indeed some kind of test which requires viscous separation...Ick....

Imagine the poor lab technicians.......I know some of the things that I collect at work are gross, but imagine it after the lid has been air tight for a while and you have to open it and then dig around in it making a slide......
eeew!
Gator

Bleeeechhhhh!!

yuck.. I'd choose to be a nurse ANY day over a lab tech... yucko.. at least we see the speci's when they're fresh & new... not tightly capped in a cup or bag... blech... I'd need more than a mask & gloves!