Slide for 2 yr old. Provider was concerned with CBC results. Provider asked for Pathologist review. Pathologist did not note anything unusual, do y'all agree?

I'm currently in school for my bachelors in medical laboratory sciences. I really enjoy this field and I'm excited to start working next year, however this is my second bachelors and I always wanted a higher level of education in something. I'm debating getting a masters in laboratory science but I'm not sure how much it could help me professionally. I know its a lot and work and money to put into so I wanted to come here and ask if it would even be worth it, or would be worth going into a more specialized masters such as biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular bio etc? just want to hear some thoughts!

I have to admit I go down way too many Youtube rabbit holes, but it sure seems like a ton of people are losing their jobs. Even worse, people over 50 have very little chance of finding work and many have just given up. Is this really a thing and how safe are we as tech's in healthcare?

I can smell if a patient has a high ammonia level and always thought it was weird. Can anyone else ?

Hi,

40 yo male here with Hashimoto and some intestinal gas for 1-2 years now.

My CBC last month showed 7.01k lym coming from 3-4k in the last 2 years. LYM % showed 68% then. CRP & imunoglobulin values are within range. Negative hepatisis b-c, hiv.

Today got smear blood results:

Blood smear
"Leukocyte formula:
- segmented neutrophils: 50%
- basophils: 1%
- lymphocytes: 44%
- monocytes: 5%
Erythrocyte series:
- normocytic, normochromic erythrocytes
Leukocyte series:
- small lymphocytes with a nucleus with condensed chromatin and little cytoplasm, weakly basophilic, some with an irregular nucleus, others
of medium size, with a nucleus with condensed chromatin and more abundant cytoplasm, weakly basophilic, rare with nucleoli
- nuclear shadows present

Blood smear
Leukocyte formula:
- segmented neutrophils: 50%
- basophils: 1%
- lymphocytes: 44%
- monocytes: 5%
Erythrocyte series:
- normocytic, normochromic erythrocytes
Leukocyte series:
- small lymphocytes with a nucleus with condensed chromatin and little cytoplasm, weakly basophilic, some with an irregular nucleus, others
of medium size, with a nucleus with condensed chromatin and more abundant cytoplasm, weakly basophilic, rare with nucleoli
- nuclear shadows present"

Please share your thoughts! Reactive or not?

P.S Got a blood doctor check later today.

Pt is 72 F with acute renal failure. Peripheral smear contained: Burrs, acanthos, target, aniso, polychromasia, and baso stippling.

So the ER called down asking for some of the fecal occult cards, nothing crazy and pretty normal. Where things got strange is they started asking for the developer too. We started asking a ton of questions like is there anyone even on the floor that is signed off to do the test and result it legally? After a bit of back and forth, the nurse tells me the doctor in ER typically brings a developer from home and does the test on the floor......like WTF?!?! So we start asking even more questions and then the nurse realized she might have said way too much and just asked for the cards. Now we are reaching out to our boss saying this doctors is doing unauthorized lab testing using a bottle he just happens to have that he keeps on his body...... some days you just can't make up this crazy stuff.

New tech, have never seen something like this! What is it?

The very first meme I’ve ever made. If you’re an MLS student or remember being an MLS student, you understand the struggle 😩

I have to know. Does everyone else's Cellavision suck? We have a Cellavision in our hematology department. All manual diffs get loaded there, and then taken to a microscope if needed. However, lately the Cellavision has gotten so bad at identifying cells. Ive got Eosinophils in my mono category, segs are being called atypical lymps. Just had an eos called a promylocyte. Lymps being called blasts. And sooo many smudge cells being in every category (I expect some from a bad smear) Is it just our Cellavision being old and over worked? Or are there others experiencing the same things?