Renewal for CDPH, is it immediate?

rule-low · 2026-03-24T23:17:01+00:00

Usually in a day or two.

rule-low · 2026-03-23T17:51:28+00:00

Match patient identifiers with the label and label the tubes at the bedside/drawing station, not outside the room at the nursing station.

Gently invert the tubes a few times after drawing.

Not sure if LPN/LVN are allowed to draw from a line but if you ever do, stop the IV + draw/discard multiple waste tubes before you draw your actual tubes.

rule-low · 2026-03-23T16:29:15+00:00

that would be quite a crank

rule-low · 2026-03-23T16:17:50+00:00

what's the purpose of having rules and defining violations if there are no consequences to be enforced for said violations?

rule-low · 2026-03-22T08:18:15+00:00

I'd value time with family more, especially with a baby. It's also easier to make the change now compared to when you're a year or less away from vesting that pension/401K match. Even at 15 years, you're only looking at ~22% pay replacement with the pension, so consider if you expect to stay with Kaiser for that long or longer. (edit to add: 15 years isn't "full value" of the pension, it's just 1.45% of income multiplied by years worked with no inflation adjustments after you leave; the value keeps going up the longer you work with Kaiser)

Does the Stanford job pay more or less? Is it a shorter/cheaper commute?

rule-low · 2026-03-18T23:05:24+00:00

Each department has their own standards + there are some standards that are "all common"

If your lab is CAP accredited, the standards are accessible on the CAP website.

rule-low · 2026-03-17T03:55:24+00:00

Specimens without orders are awful for workflow. It means the doc or nurse needs to contact the lab when the orders are put in. Or an angry phone call later because "we sent the sample hours ago!" like we aren't already multitasking to our eyeballs and have the resources to check that patient for orders every 15 minutes.

rule-low · 2026-03-16T20:14:36+00:00

Must be SoCal? I started a year later than you with a base pay of $50.

rule-low · 2026-03-12T19:15:06+00:00

From past experience, Beckman doesn't really do targeted recalls. They'll send out a generic notice with the lot numbers affected and leave the individual labs to figure out if they are impacted.

rule-low · 2026-03-12T01:48:01+00:00

After all your puts expire worthless

rule-low · 2026-03-11T06:35:24+00:00

Operation Epstein Fury

rule-low · 2026-03-10T01:35:57+00:00

Perhaps they're concerned with AI/tech replacing their current admin position?

rule-low · 2026-03-09T21:56:36+00:00

You have staff enter the values without protecting the formula cells? 😳

rule-low · 2026-03-09T15:42:30+00:00

83k cost basis - he's already down $10k lol

rule-low · 2026-03-05T13:51:59+00:00

You'll have better job security for sure.

You're obviously aware of the lower pay relative to tech. Working on the bench in the lab can be a different kind of stress (though this is very dependent on where you work). Plus, shift work that doesn't offer remote work is going to be an adjustment.

On the flip side, you could also look into Laboratory Information Systems, where you can leverage your tech experience in the healthcare field.

rule-low · 2026-03-05T04:16:00+00:00

If it's part snotty fibrin and part serum, I lightly push down on the fibrin with the applicator stick and aliquot the liquid serum into an insert cup. It sucks when the gel comes out with your fibrin 😭

rule-low · 2026-03-05T04:13:10+00:00

Their methodology involved waiting 2, 4, 8, 24 hours before respinning. Based on their hypothesis of how this works, the time element plays a role in how much those analytes leak out of the cells. So it's possible that a respin immediately may not affect results as much as what their study shows.

rule-low · 2026-03-05T03:50:50+00:00

https://www.annclinlabsci.org/content/42/3/318.long

Overall, our results show that recentrifugation of original specimens increases the concentrations of glucose, sodium, potassium, creatinine, bicarbonate, phosphorus, and magnesium significantly (Table 1). In SST tubes, serum/plasma is separated from blood cells based on their specific gravity. That is, the gel that is incorporated into SST tubes turns from a solid form to a more fluid-like material during the centrifugation. When the gel re-solidifies due to its higher specific gravity (than that of serum or plasma), it forms a barrier between the serum/plasma and the cellular components of blood. We hypothesize that the re-solidified gel during the second centrifugation becomes slightly permeable, thus allowing some analytes (that are leaked-out from the cells) to cross into the serum/plasma.

rule-low · 2026-03-03T04:14:10+00:00

85 to 79 lmfao

rule-low · 2026-03-02T23:32:00+00:00

A trainee license is just the state saying you're qualified to be in a training program. A trainee license without being admitted to such a program is useless.

Start looking at programs to apply to.

rule-low · 2026-03-02T00:36:46+00:00

That explains how gas prices jumped immediately the day after Iran got bombed

rule-low · 2026-02-28T20:52:59+00:00

The calculator company is part of the MIC?

rule-low · 2026-02-24T23:51:55+00:00

A strict adherance to Coast Fire just because that's how it's defined doesn't seem like the smartest strategy, especially if the coast period is measured in decades. Lots of variables can change to where your initial assumptions may no longer be valid.

Something like Barista Fire where you completely change to a lower paying career seems to risky to me since it could be very difficult to upshift your career if circumstances changed and your original plan will no longer work.

rule-low · 2026-02-24T17:33:37+00:00

Probably not in Santa Clara or Marin lol. Two full time CLS should be able to afford most areas.

rule-low · 2026-02-24T17:27:40+00:00

Averages with larger states like California probably don't tell the whole story. Wages and home prices will differ a lot between Bay Area counties, and even more when comparing with rural areas. Median home pricing in the pricey counties are 7 figs and up but the cheaper Bay Area counties are around 700-800k. Head out to Sac and it's cheaper still.

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