A lab tech builds up a multitude of rather magical skills in the course of his or her professional career. Sometimes they are very useful in everyday life. What is your superpower?
You can unscrew the toothpaste cap with one hand…
Among the many qualities of the technician, dexterity is certainly the most essential! Technicians must be dexterous with both hands! On the right, he or she must hold the pipette and on the left, he or she must hold a tube. And, of course, to access the contents of the tube, it is essential to open it. It is at this point that the technician must show flexibility and perfect coordination to unscrew the cap without spilling anything or contaminating the sample!
You can talk about really disgusting things even while eating…
All day long the lab technician handles biological samples, and those two words, biological samples, are not scary in themselves. But in fact, we are talking about urine, blood, sputum, stool, etc. The general public tends to grimace at these words, but not the technician. Indeed, one of the first analyses consists of a visual observation leading to the first essential analytical findings. This allows the right diagnosis to be made. Observation of the colours, turbidity and consistency of the biological sample provides the basis for the diagnosis, almost at first sight.
Nobody understands what you are doing…
Your job involves a scientific lexicon that you think is accessible to everyone. And yet, coproculture, cytobacteriological examination, blood culture, molecular diagnosis are not very common words even in games of scrabble…
Tu entends le mot « Arc-en-ciel », tu penses à des tubes de prélèvement sanguin…
The laboratory technician sees a large quantity of tubes of all colours pass by every day… This brightens up the laboratory benches, but above all he knows how to associate each colour with the right analysis!
You think of something other than flowers when you hear the word “Tulip”…
The lab tech can also be a sampler… another expertise! And in his lexicon, we find a bit of poetry with a bucolic term allocated to tube holders: tulips.
You scratch your nose with your arm…
The laboratory technician often has his or her hands tied. They also sometimes handle products that can be dangerous and not recommended for inhalation or contact with the skin. So what better way to relieve an itch than with your arm!
You wash your hands BEFORE and AFTER you go to the toilet…
The lab tech knows what the world around him is made of. That’s why he doesn’t necessarily want to put all those little things that are around him in contact with his body. So there’s nothing better than a hand wash to eliminate all those living things that might be invading where he doesn’t want them.
