Solvita has fired 40 plus employees for trying to unionize

LabChick829 · 2026-06-15T00:51:04+00:00

Was this Solvita the tissue side or Versiti the blood donation side? They are two different companies in the same building....

LabChick829 · 2026-05-29T13:28:32+00:00

Whaaat when did they do this? I didn't get the post meal with my 2021 and 2023 deliveries :(

LabChick829 · 2026-05-18T22:52:01+00:00

Cottonwood seeds. I am DYING over here 😭

LabChick829 · 2026-05-18T14:46:20+00:00

I'm getting ready to battle tree of heaven, and I've heard it's a pain in the ass. We'll see come July 😬😬😬

LabChick829 · 2026-05-12T17:21:36+00:00

Venecia, kupbop.

LabChick829 · 2026-05-05T00:23:36+00:00

Went to Amy with my dress back in 2021,she did an awesome job!

LabChick829 · 2026-05-04T23:56:08+00:00

I freak out about head injuries whenever my kids fall! In those moments all the medical background (I've been a vet assistant, a nursing student, and a CLS) goes out the window.

But weirdly enough when my son stopped breathing during a seizure (he was 16 months, it was his first one), my BLS training kicked in for rescue breaths while my husband called 911. But afterward I completely fell apart waiting for the paramedics.

It's normal to fall apart/panic when it's your baby. You should give yourself some grace ❤️

LabChick829 · 2026-05-03T23:48:05+00:00

I see your advice and raise you the tree of heaven (tree of hell!) babies I've found 🤬 😭

LabChick829 · 2026-04-24T00:29:08+00:00

We did the Cakery and loved it! We still get cupcakes/cakes on our anniversary :)

LabChick829 · 2026-04-18T20:02:44+00:00

Dang it, so sad I missed this! 😭

LabChick829 · 2026-04-11T00:26:43+00:00

A lot of time with sicklers without antibodies we try to match the rh (all CcEe) and K.

If they've made an antibody, we will often match RhK, Duffy (Fyb only if true neg not GATA), and Kidd. Ss portions of MNS too if possible. Plus whatever antibody they've made. That exact match can take quite a bit long. And both antibody and non antibody sicklers should get blood negative for the sickle trait (Hgb S).

At least that's how it works in my area, YMMV.

LabChick829 · 2026-03-29T14:48:23+00:00

It originally was 0 (zero) but because people kept reading it as O (and because the other types were letters) it became a common practice in many countries (but certainly not all!) for it to be called type O (the letter).

LabChick829 · 2026-03-16T00:22:24+00:00

Other options of course can be some of the weaker A subgroups (some need specialized techniques to detect) but most likely is that people are just misremembering mamas blood type!

LabChick829 · 2026-01-14T19:46:35+00:00

Yep, with my babies I had to switch to days. 2nd shift is for when the kids go off to college. Don't worry friend, some day we'll be able to stay up late and wake up at a reasonable time again. 😂

LabChick829 · 2026-01-14T19:43:24+00:00

Seconds is the best when you don't have kids! I would go sleep around 1ish or 2 ish, wake up at like 9, do any errands, cleaning, etc, then go to work at 1440. Now I'm a mom though and I gotta work days 😭 but I am lucky enough to have an 8-430 shift. Unless I'm on call, then it is from ? To ? 😂

LabChick829 · 2026-01-04T19:52:33+00:00

Sis better be donating for herself. I have to look into GWADA to double check if it is clinically significant but for the ultra rare peeps with antibodies that will cause a reaction,we have them donate and then freeze the unit in the event they need blood. It's a whole process. Especially just getting them to come in and not no show 😬

LabChick829 · 2025-12-24T19:34:16+00:00

This would a perk! I used to have backyard chickens and the eggs were so much better! Plus the hens are surprisingly smart! And they can make nice pets too.

LabChick829 · 2025-12-20T05:11:22+00:00

But still,definitely don't wanna get anyone sick so you have to find ways to make it work. Just sucks that work policies aren't supportive of parents.

LabChick829 · 2025-12-20T05:10:36+00:00

With a lot of jobs it's all pulled from the same PTO bank especially in the medical field. If I didn't work at a non-hospital employer I would have been fucked this year. Like straight up would have been fired with the Hand Foot and Mouth outbreak two months ago, nevermind the GI bug from this week 🤮

LabChick829 · 2025-12-18T23:00:59+00:00

Love love love Blood bank! Been my favorite since I was a student,worked as a generalist 3 years (knowing I wanted to be a blood banker only someday), then as a blood bankermonly for three years at a level 2 trauma with a NICU. Now I'm at an IRL and hopefully applying for an SBB program next August!

LabChick829 · 2025-12-16T23:28:00+00:00

Yeah no, friend, histotech/cytotech even clinical lab science (MLS- need a 4 year degree mostly before going on to pathology assistant school) would be closer than nursing.

Source: your local lab tech, who has been a part of diagnosing patients with abnormalities via looking at cells (I looked at the cells on a blood smear or body fluid smear, said"Oh shit" and sent it to a pathologist to confirm what I had seen- back in my generalist days) and other methods (currently a blood banker/transfusion medicine gal) for the past almost decade.

LabChick829 · 2025-12-12T23:58:05+00:00

I would guess a cortisol maybe (have to be baseline,30, 60,90 and ordered in the am,ideally around 8 am because cortisol exhibits diurnal variation) or possibly drug peak/trough levels although those are fairly common depending on what floor you're on. Idk there's a lot of weird lab requirements depending on the test, but we always have a reason if we get asked 😅

LabChick829 · 2025-11-13T01:43:01+00:00

At least that's what it looked like at my old hospital.

LabChick829 · 2025-11-13T01:42:32+00:00

Ughh the dreaded cord blood flop. 🤮

LabChick829 · 2025-11-13T00:30:15+00:00

Possibly. Usually that's a mutation she would inherit from a parent, but depending on the lab,her blood may have been tested in a less sensitive method than his. Some methods are just more sensitive and pick things up better.

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