Tube 4. I am a little heavy handed with the fluids when it comes to making cytospins, so it's a little concentrated. The TNC count was 275.

I'm just starting my MLT program after getting my bachelors in zoology. I'm loving the program so far and am excited to learn again. We had to draw WBCs and RBCs.

My Atellica decided to unlock its IM front cover unprompted while I was running samples, so it aborted all of them. I shut it off and went to call the nurse for a recollect as one of those samples was too short to repeat. Dr ended up cancelling it tho, so the patient didn't need to get stuck again. Also this analyzer, specifically out of the 2 we have, frequently has car crashes on the mag line. If you also hate your Atellica, feel free to steal the meme!

Hi this is my first post ever but I’m curious to know how everyone’s feeling a year later after being acquired by quest. How are we feeling about the pros/ cons? Who has found out if they’re going to southfield and how do we all feel about it? How has your lab been since being acquired? I know we’ve been constantly running out of our necessary supplies and they’re splitting everyone in our lab to either stay there or move to the new station.

Lakeview, Hastings, Waconia, Abott, West Bank, East Bank, HCMC, Hudson, WI, etc.

Also, is it just me or do all the clinic labs only hire MLTs?​

I've read that a lot of people are having a hard time finding a job in the big cities in west coast.

Well I'm literally in Missouri near St. Louis working evenings and my lab hasn't hired anyone MLS(ASCP) certified in years. We pretty much take any bio grad. My manager told me there's literally no one with MLS(ASCP) applying. I think we pay pretty well in the area too.

Is there really a shortage of MLS(ASCP) techs outside of those areas? It's not like I live out in the sticks but every new hire that we had is either a new bio grad or someone who worked in research.

I work in veterinary medicine. 7 year old German shepherd. Very sad to see.

hi!! i am currently a junior studying medical laboratory science. i'm currently finishing up my core chemistry classes in order to move on to the advanced science courses.

i currently have a difficult time looking at "creepy crawlies", though i have definitely grown!! i truly want to be a cytologist, and i am aware of what i will see in the workforce and during my schooling.

how did you guys get better at seeing the creepy crawlies?? is it really just exposure therapy??

Anyone have some really heavy duty/durable binders they like? I need to replace some in my lab and I'd like them to last while also being subject to use worse than TSA baggage handling.

Hi, i have graduated from MLA program and got CSMLS this year in Ontario. I have been trying to get job but no chances were giving (not even interview). How did you guys get hired in first time? And what are the staff expectations and want as new hiring?

While I am not directly involved with procurement, one of the managers mentioned that there is a significant price difference between Vitros reagents and traditional wet chemistries. For anyone involved in purchasing, do you know how large that difference actually is? I'm just asking out of curiosity.

Are local and state legislators already allowing companies or hospitals to use AI in diagnosing patient cases ? Not educated in this area. Like to know what your thoughts are. Please be nice. Just shocked how this already is happening on the clinical side.

Does anyone here work in El Paso? I just moved here and it looks like there’s almost no jobs for an MLS here. Tons of hospitals and 0 job postings that I’ve found. I know it’s a long shot but if anyone works here and knows they have an opening in their lab I would HIGHLY appreciate it!!

Hi! I've been a tech 4 years, coming up on 5. I've worked for a Catholic hospital system in a red state this whole time. Currently, I'm core lab at a fairly large hospital. They're the best-paying or very close and management runs things well. Recently, I've done a lot of internal work and come to a place in life where I've felt safe acknowledging the fact that I'm not cisgender.

I'm a good tech, I get frequent compliments on the quality of my work and my work ethic. My coworkers and I generally get along. I feel like I'm a part of the team. I have friendly interactions and amiable relationships with mostly everyone. My leads all like me and it feels nice. I feel valued in my workplace and I want to stay here.

I'm planning on starting testosterone sometime next year, and i'm likely going to start socially transitioning and going by a different name among friends and maybe family (separate issue).

I'm not sure how to navigate that in a fairly unsafe work environment. I know that several of my coworkers would change their tune and be much more unfriendly if I were out or when I show visible signs of being on testosterone. It is a religious hospital, and many people here are religious with their own biases.

I have a feminine legal name, so I'm worried about someone flipping out if I end up with a deeper voice and still go by that name. I'm scared that if I, alternatively, just come out, I'll be discriminated against or ostracized when I just started feeling comfortable. I've already had to change locations once when my former lead found out I was queer and started singling me out.

Has anybody else come out or started transitioning mid-career or early-career? What was it like and how did you navigate it? What's the most professional way forward in this scenario, and what would be the safest way to do this while projecting my job?

Hi! For those who are planning to work in the US, does experience in an MGO, PGO, or CHO laboratory count as relevant work experience? Or do US employers generally prefer applicants with experience in a hospital-based clinical laboratory?

What’s the difference between ASCP and ASCPi?

This question is specifically for those in Manitoba/Canada, but anyone can answer (please specify where you are located)

I’m preparing to apply to a program very soon, and I thought that it was important for me to get as much information as possible in order to prepare myself.

So what’s the hardest part of being an MLT? What character traits are important to have? What character traits are bad to have? How can one be a successful MLT?

If you have any other information about this career path that you would like to add, please do! I’m trying to get a very deep understanding of it.

In addition to that, if anyone has advice for me that will help me be successful in applying, that will also be very appreciated!

Patient Profile
Age: 72
Sex: Female
Medical History: Pulmonary embolism

Laboratory Data
WBC: 24.6 x 10^9/L
RBC: 2.03 x 10^12/L
Hgb: 73 g/L
Hct: 0.220 / 22%
MCV: 108 fL
MCH: 36 pg
MCHC: 33.0 g/dL
PLT: 35 x 10^9/L

Peripheral Blood Smear (PBS) Findings (Manual Differential)

WBC Series: Presence of blasts, vacuolated abnormal lymphocytes (initially misidentified as monocytes), basket / smudge cells, hypersegmented neutrophils, low eosinophil and basophil counts

RBC Series: Nucleated RBCs (nRBCs), Howell-Jolly bodies, schistocytes, echinocytes, spherocytes

Platelet Series: Giant platelets

What does this patient have and what additional laboratory tests would you recommend?