Lab Scientist

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  1. Question about some labs

    Lab Scientist replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps, but most likely the chloride is the biggest giveaway when looking at the NA/CL results (contamination with

  2. Question about some labs

    Lab Scientist replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    You are 100% correct with your theory. I am a clinical lab scientist and I see this frequently in the lab. It is a hallmark of D5W contamination for an H&H, WBC, and PLT to drop from this, as...

  3. Manager mad RN followed policy and procedure!

    Lab Scientist replied to elfinM's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That stinks that a manager would discipline someone for simply speaking up about a breach in the rules. That manager should be reported to his/her manager for breaking the

  4. Problems with blood bank

    Lab Scientist replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You can have the XRay department do it...we do when our equipment is being

  5. Whyyyyy? Rant from a Lab Tech

    Lab Scientist replied to raianne's topic in General Nursing

    I am a med lab scientist, and if I come across a value that is incompatible with life I get it recollected to verify and don't report the first result. I let the nurse know what is going on so he/she...

  6. Jacked Up Sodium

    Lab Scientist replied to OutlawNurse86's topic in General Nursing

    Just a comment from a Lab Scientist point of view: The value may not have dropped, but could have been the same or actually risen. I know this sounds like a crazy statement, but if you understand how...

  7. Let the next shift deal with it...

    Lab Scientist replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    There's NO WAY you can know the blood was "just fine" after drawing it until it is spun down and visualized at that point. Hemolysis is the destruction of the red blood cell and it's contents spill...

  8. Dumb things new nurses do....

    Lab Scientist replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Good Lord, don't these techs investigate before reporting the "panic" value? Anytime I get a result that could be intepreted as a critical, I first check with the nurse to see if that patient is...

  9. Dumb things new nurses do....

    Lab Scientist replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I sure hope the lab didn't seriously believe that glucose result. On our chemistry analyzers, we will see a sharp increase in the potassium, glucose, total protein, and usually either see the...

  10. Fired for a medication error

    Lab Scientist replied to stiches's topic in Nursing Career

    excellent reply. i know of someone who was killed from receiving lidocaine iv rather than im. different drug, i know, but just goes to show that wrong route can be

  11. If Nursing doesn't work out,is Medical Lab Technologist ok for a "Prissy" girl ??

    Lab Scientist replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Nursing Career

    MLT is an associates degree. MLS (formerly MT) is a bachelors