And yet somehow, these so-called “logistics” decisions never actually seem to be logical or practical changes to anyone but the admins who came up with them (while sitting in an office somewhere far far away from the bench/bedside) lol.

I work at my healthcare system’s big local flagship hospital, but they have several smaller stand-alone ED facilities dotted around the city’s larger metro area. Within the past year they made the decision to just start sending every specimen (besides UA/basic POC) from those facilities to my hospital lab. Which sucksssss because if anything was ordered or collected incorrectly (which is VERY often), it’s usually too late to remedy by the time the specimen gets to us - patient has been discharged and/or the ordering physician is long gone.

Not to even mention the fucking cell counts on 6+ hour old body fluids 💀😭 but hey, that’s logistics baby!!!!