cellularbabe | Micro MLS

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This is not a drill 🤯😭‼️ Many years in the making, and I finally did it! Accepted to my top school, first application cycle. I couldn't have done it without the support of so many, and the many people who believed in me. I am so grateful for my time and experience in the lab, and I can't wait to use my lab knowledge as I move forward into PA school & into a patient-facing role! 🩺👩🏼‍⚕️🦠🧫🔬 #paschool #physicianassistant #pastudent #medicallaboratoryscience #mls

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Using the pictures from the fancy machine instead of from the microscope... call me old school but for learning purposes, I still prefer the microscope! But for regular differentials, I'll take the automated system 😂 *disclaimer that first band neutrophil could make a solid case for being a meta. This is a general overview and it went kind of fast! A more in depth one might be coming in the future... ✨🔬 #medicallaboratoryscience #infectiousdisease #emergencyroom #hematology #whitebloodcell

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it's true 🤷🏼‍♀️ also when you have a big stack you're finally ready to streak out after all the prep... you kind of reach a flow state. #medicallaboratoryscience #microbiology #infectiousdisease #nursing #emergencyroom

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I have spent the last 2 years taking prerequisites, retaking classes, working full time, studying & taking tests like the GRE, shadowing, volunteering and sooo much more all while doing regular life!!! And it's so rewarding to see it paying off!!! Applying to PA school was actually a really big trust exercise with God and I learned sooo much about myself & my relationship with him through it. Now it's just a countdown until I hang up my lab coat for good 😊 🔬🩺🧫🦠💗 #physicianassistant #paschool #pastudent #medicallaboratoryscience #mls

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A glimpse into my journey from MLS ➡️ PA student !! 🔬🩺❤️ In retrospect, I am thankful for every single part of my journey. If my plan A or B or C had worked out perfectly, there's so much I would've missed out on!! Including meeting my husband while working in Hawaii!! 💗🌺 Whatever you want to do, you can do it. Find the people who support you, submit your plans to the Lord, and as cheesy as it sounds - don't give up. #physicianassistant #paschool #medicallaboratoryscience #pastudent #physicianassociate

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Positive blood culture ASMR 🩸 #microbiology #nursingstudent #medicaltiktok #medicallaboratory #medicallaboratorytechnician MLT mls er icu medtech

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Mold from a lung sample! 🫁 did you recognize the ID? #medicallaboratorytechnician #mold #microbiology #medicaltiktok #nursingstudent lab medical scientist

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Last week was a doozey! #lab #mlt #mls #microbiologylab #microbiology #microbiologytiktok #medicallaboratorytechnician #medicaltechnologiststudent #ernurse #icunurse #medsurgenurse #nursing #medschool #infectiousdisease #woundculture

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia & sepsis 🩸🔬🦠 Notice how we can easily see the gram negative rods on the blood culture stain, but we don't see any bacteria on the peripheral stain. This is important to note. Blood cultures are drawn and the blood in the bottle is incubated for days, until the clock runs out or it turns positive. During that time if there is any bacteria in the blood stream, we hope to catch it and grow it to a quantity that allows us to see it on the gram stain, culture it to growth, and run PCR on it ASAP. Not seeing bacteria on a peripheral smear of blood is a GOOD thing for someone with bacteremia. I have personally never seen a peripheral smear of someone with bacteremia show the bacteria, although I know techs who have, and they have all said it was too late by that time. (Talking strictly about bacteria, not histo, crypto, etc.) In this case you see a slightly elevated WBC, and an increase in some immature forms alongside mature WBCs floating around in circulation. Also some dohle bodies! Did you spot them? #nursing #medicallaboratoryscience #sepsis #bacteremia #emergencyroom

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I think sometimes people actually don't know so this is for everyone who is just out there smacking them on any which way & no one has told you yet 😃 #phlebotomy #medicallaboratoryscience #emergencyroom #nursing #mls

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Sickle Cell Disease 🩸🔬 September is SCD awareness month. SCD is estimated to affect nearly 7.7-8 million people worldwide (CDC). It's characterized by the replacement of the amino acid glutamic acid with valine at the sixth position of the beta chain in hemoglobin. Turns out that one mistake is very noticeable! On the slide you will see sickled red blood cells alongside more normal looking red cells, target cells, acanthocytes, echinocytes, elliptocytes, and various poikilocytosis and anisocytosis throughout. There are also Howell-Jolly bodies AND Pappenheimer bodies present - so look closely!! #hematology #medicallaboratoryscience #mls #mlt #sicklecell

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I'm notttttt talking about the hard sticks okay 😀😀😀😀😀 She was onto something with theranos we've all also been trying to figure out how to do that for like 30 years #medicallaboratoryscience #nursing #emergencyroom #mls #mlt