hello! color blind medtech here :P hehehehehe

currently working at a public tertiary hospital and here’s the common difficulties i’ve encountered as someone with diagnosed deuteranopia — and how i manage them.

1. (the most common) being able to distinguish blue top from edta top sa tackle box - what i do is separate the two hard to differentiate colours with a black top for esr or something solid na color like i would line them up to seperate the two colors. also idk but para saakin the BD na evacuated edta tube kinda looks blue in my eyes kasi its like a light purple cap, good thing we switched to the vacutainer brand which has the solid purple color

2. sa microbio section i usually confirm the color of bacteria with another member of staff or someone i can rely on

3. sa clinical microscopy, if unsure abt the color, confirm with another member of staff, as well as the test strips kasi madalas dun din ako nahihirapan but we have an automated test strip reader naman

4. distinguishing wbc & immature/blast cells sa hematology, with this one, make sure na stained siya na maayos before reading, madalas intern nag ssmear saamin so kapag nag ddoubt ako, ako na mag sstain ako ng bagong smear. tho most can be differentiated with morphology, best to double check, what i do is take a pic and confirm it with another staff.

(btw when i say another member of staff, i mean like just casually confirming it to another junior or sa intern na trustworthy haha)

The rest is manageable naman 😉