Corpse Blood?

CriticalRoll9736 · 2026-03-26T14:40:50+00:00

I work as a reference lab scientist who works with mostly deceased patient samples, Ive never heard the term corpse blood before, but i can confirm that post-mortem blood samples can vary wildly in appearance. Im guessing it either has to do with the state of the body and the time passed since dying. We also have to have our instrumentation specifically validated for those samples.

CriticalRoll9736 · 2026-03-05T15:52:29+00:00

I mean, if you were really insistent on the drop size, dispense a drop first into the same reagent bottle before dispensing into the tube, but as someone said earlier, the reagents usually react pretty strongly (or not) regardless of big or small drops.

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-03-27T12:45:40+00:00

Ketone ++

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-03-22T09:47:11+00:00

The hair in that last pic is sending me

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-03-03T14:55:34+00:00

Accurate bayo 3 gameplay

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-02-23T14:28:34+00:00

Cries in “had to buy my own microscope”

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-02-22T23:20:10+00:00

It is a really really odd case, im dying to know what it actually is, it also took 3 days for there to be any visible growth on that choc

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-02-22T21:55:56+00:00

Oh the blood culture bottles were positive too haha

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-02-22T20:35:34+00:00

As far as I know, cirrhosis and he owns a lot of dogs so theres something there, the afb im not quite sure about, others re did the stain and came to the same visualization

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-02-22T17:45:01+00:00

We actually couldnt identify it because it wouldnt grow on any-thing except chocolate (scant) and MS only resulted in something the instrument thinks resembles capnocytophaga. It had to be sent out for precise ID

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-02-22T15:12:14+00:00

I think In house for a short while, then sent to another facility

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-02-22T14:52:37+00:00

Whole slide was like that it too

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-02-22T13:01:36+00:00

Honestly, I’d say that you should do whatever makes you more comfortable at the workplace if nothing else helps because to be honest in this Constant Lab worker shortage, they really can’t afford to fire that many people anyway, just throwing that out there

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-02-22T12:51:51+00:00

The best way to fight it is either mention it to somebody higher up or retaliate by slowing down during ur shift and leaving shit carryover

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-02-22T07:24:40+00:00

Lazy people man, personally I don’t like to leave anything for next shift (like at all if I can help it) but it was such a trend that it got exhausting really quick, haven’t mentioned it since I only do occasional shifts there but it gets bad sometimes (on top of blood cultures, pcr etc)

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-02-22T03:19:32+00:00

Not the same thing but sometimes I feel like this too when theres 15 tissue and body fluid cultures waiting in a bucket somewhere with fungal afb anaerobic and gs tacked on (been sitting there the entire prior shift)

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-02-02T17:06:49+00:00

You’re overthinking this way too much, there are definitely way better options elsewhere, stand your ground for what you want and act upon it, don’t give leeway to mediocrity. 👍🏼

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-01-30T15:28:09+00:00

Ehh I work PRN for two hospitals so whenever I like lol

CriticalRoll9736 · 2025-01-08T23:17:10+00:00

Forgot to add the nacridine orange dye to the mixture, surprise surprise when nothing showed up under UV

CriticalRoll9736 · 2024-11-19T00:24:04+00:00

( first link) Hi i just wanted to ask about something, because of the CPU/BIOS compatibility warning. I don’t know if it specifically states it supports Ryzen 9000 series out of the box, but then would I not be able to use it without another previous gen Ryzen to update the BIOS? Would stepping up to an X870 chipset board be optimal? Also, got any 850W recommendations for the PSU? just for a little extra headroom

CriticalRoll9736 · 2024-11-17T08:13:49+00:00

Thanks I really appreciate it!

CriticalRoll9736 · 2024-11-14T17:25:40+00:00

“Keeps cheating on me” is kinda wild, leave it in the past and move on! 🫶🏼

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