2026 LAB STORY CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 2. Buzz Lightyear’s "Light Emitting" tool used for flow cytometry testing
  2. 4. "I’m ________!" (Forky’s favorite place for mislabeled samples)
  3. 9. "You've got a ______ in me" (What a tech says to their favorite coworker)
  4. 10. The strawberry-scented bear; the "mean" inspector during accreditation.
  5. 11. Bo Peep’s lost flock, commonly found in Blood Agar plates (SBA).
  6. 13. "To ________ and beyond!" (The result of a serial dilution that never seems to end).
  7. 15. The Evil Emperor of the lab; usually the broken chemistry analyzer.
  8. 17. Where the samples go when they are sent to a Reference Lab.
Down
  1. 1. "Howdy, ________!" (How the phlebotomist greets their favorite patient).
  2. 3. Woody’s horse; also what you hit when you get blood on the first stick.
  3. 5. A flexible pup who "stretches" to cover three different benches when the lab is short-staffed.
  4. 6. Doing this “in style” is the basic principle behind the SED rate
  5. 7. The Yodeling cowgirl who celebrates every successful QC run.
  6. 8. Mr. Potato Head's "Angry ____"; also used by techs to visualize cells under high power.
  7. 12. The "Planet" where the lab manager orders lunch from for Lab Week.
  8. 14. "You are a ____!" (What we call a routine test that thinks it's a STAT).
  9. 16. "I’m a nervous wreck!" (The dinosaur who perfectly represents us during a CAP inspection).