This week is National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week!

And we got gifts from our company! Last year we got t-shirts; this year is tote bags, cups, and buttons. XD

Anyway, this week is to celebrate the lab personnel who deal with your bodily fluids (and excrement... *shudder*) everyday. Sure, it sounds disgusting, but we're the first to see your results. If something really bad comes up, we immediately tell the doctor (who informs the nurses to call you for a follow-up appointment).

Also, I recommend looking around Quest Diagnostics' Test Menu if you're curious as to why your doctor orders certain tests. "What's that test for?" actually comes up pretty often when we draw patients, eh-heh. ^ ^; (Any tests that we don't do in our lil' lab is sent out to Quest. Another lab we also send out to is LabCorp, which is done if your insurance doesn't cover for Quest.)

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Gosh, last week went by so fast...