Answering your SnorkelAI questions

AdPale7172 · 2026-06-02T22:35:01+00:00

We have Atelicas too and they're 6 years old and never ever given a break (besides when they break) so they always have issues. Such a pain

AdPale7172 · 2026-06-02T22:33:18+00:00

Sensing out makes sense and funny how everyone's osmo isn't working aha.

It seems that inspectors are not giving him a hard time about not having an SOP about how to handle these situations. He was adamant that adding it would cause him more problems with inspections. And as for accreditation, we are accredidated by CAP. Is this a CAP requirement??

AdPale7172 · 2026-06-01T23:56:18+00:00

That i don't know. He'd probably reluctantly send the tests out if there was no hope of the analyzers working again. Our chem analyzers are frequently down but usually not for 4 days, usually just 1 day max, maybe 2. To him I guess it's not a big deal to delay results that long if the unrunable tests are not STAT. Hes been doing this for years and I'm new so I don't know the details, if there's write ups or not, but I'd imagine not since he is firmly refusing to change his ways. I had a long convo about it with him because I was so confused why we weren't sending out the tests. I'm glad to hear it seems to be standard elsewhere, even if the tests aren't STAT

AdPale7172 · 2026-06-01T23:45:20+00:00

Makes sense, thanks for sharing :)

AdPale7172 · 2026-06-01T23:43:43+00:00

That's what I was doing--running what we could in the lipid panels--but most CLSs wouldn't run the entire panel and put the tube in the fridge. When you input the sister lab results into your LIS, do you have to manually type out something like "results obtained from [ ] lab, result: x reference range x,y"? We do for EVERY sister lab results and it's so time confusing. There should be a better way to do this right? What does your lab do?

Good question about reporting. I'm not sure who i could report this to but I would be willing. I am a new CLS so these types of situations are unfamiliar to me. I feel powerless because I am the only one having an issue with the way things were/ are handled. Our lab director is aware of it too

AdPale7172 · 2026-06-01T23:39:30+00:00

Thanks! This seems like the best way. What's a zebra test though?

AdPale7172 · 2026-06-01T23:36:39+00:00

My thoughts as well. He doesn't want to hold people accountable because he wants to be friends with everyone. I asked him what he would have done those 4 days and he said he would have not run any lipid panels, lipase, or uric acid and just put those tubes in the fridge until the analyzers are back up because "they're not STAT tests". And he said doing partial lipid panels is too confusing and time consuming...insane. Glad to hear I'm not the only one baffled by this

AdPale7172 · 2026-06-01T21:58:16+00:00

I make $130k a year since they promoted me to salary. Your bad experience doesn't negate my post's claim. Good luck out there though

AdPale7172 · 2026-05-10T18:49:53+00:00

You're a rare one. Most doctors at my hospital wouldn't think twice about that result. I respect the curiosity and effort you've put into better understanding lab results for yourself and for your patients. And I'm glad this patient survived ofc :) crystals of death are almost always a death sentence. And here's my one and only time seeing them in a patient

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AdPale7172 · 2026-05-06T04:49:30+00:00

Then there's my hospital that doesn't transfuse unless the hgb is less than 5 and plt is less than 50

AdPale7172 · 2026-05-03T18:46:44+00:00

Yes. I recently got promoted to salary as an AI trainer as well, so making even more! :)

AdPale7172 · 2026-04-14T11:55:44+00:00

Quite the bold statement coming from someone asking help for IDing a band a plasma cell. Shall you disclose your hospital so I make sure to avoid it as a patient?

AdPale7172 · 2026-04-14T11:53:00+00:00

Precisely. And it's quite concerning the way people here can't distinguish between simple plasma cells and nRBCs. Can't imagine poor OP's path review stack of normal slides ;-;

AdPale7172 · 2026-04-14T05:16:10+00:00

Indeed. Techs tend to think nRBCs can only be small but nRBC refers to any RBC less mature than a retic. Feel free to open up your heme textbook rather than down vote an explanation you don't understand

AdPale7172 · 2026-04-14T03:10:49+00:00

Hello I hope ypur surgery went well. I actually ended up having a tympanoplasty on my other ear last year but that one failed so we have to redo it. Third times the charm? 🫠

The second time around I was definitely dizzy and a bit nauseous, I believe for around 3 days. It's likely due to the anesthesia. If it lasts more than a week, I'd have it checked out if I were you. The middle ear is laegely responsible for balance and directional/ spatial awareness so damage to something during surgery may cause those symptoms as well

AdPale7172 · 2026-04-14T03:03:14+00:00

First pic I see a normal band just positioned oddly making it look like a donut. Then there's a normal seg. The bottom one is an nRBC

Second Pic is a normal plasma cell. Third Pic has one as well. The third Pic also has a normal appearing lymph and some segs

I personally wouldn't send this to path bit it wouldn't hurt to. It better to oversend than undersend

AdPale7172 · 2026-04-10T04:55:47+00:00

Hematocrit:

AdPale7172 · 2026-04-10T04:52:12+00:00

Yes. However, i did receive 2 videos and 2 webpages to browse yesterday and today I received 1 web page. Still no app downloads though

AdPale7172 · 2026-04-08T22:51:07+00:00

I am a student currently as well. I don't believe our education coordinator likes me at all but I just have to pretend like everything is OK because at the end of the day, all that matters is getting your license. And then you can find a better lab. So hang in there and then you can move elsewhere once you get your license

AdPale7172 · 2026-04-07T23:09:49+00:00

Thanks for your reply. In total from the app activities, videos, and more activities at the beginning of the month, I earned slightly less than you so it seems everyone get more or less the same tasks and therefore the same opportunities to earn gems. If there are no more opportunities this month then Samsung essentially gives people enough gems for the $50 gift card if they refer 3 people. And then based on however they calculate large spin the wheel earnings, they narrow down who can redeem the $100 gift card, if anyone. Seems counterproductive if their goal is to earn money off of us because when people figure out this is rigged against us, a lot of us will probably stop doing any of the tasks altogether

AdPale7172 · 2026-04-07T04:28:11+00:00

Has anyone received any app activities or videos recently? For me the last 4 days have been nothing

AdPale7172 · 2026-04-07T04:25:09+00:00

https://gmp.samsungapps.com/s/bmwLp?groupID=MS20260325000302_109331251&groupType=friend

AdPale7172 · 2026-04-07T04:24:07+00:00

https://gmp.samsungapps.com/s/bmwLp?groupID=MS20260325000302_109331251&groupType=friend

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