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The Hospital Shift Survival Kit: 8 Things That Keep Me Sane During 12-Hour Lab Days (From a Registered MLT)
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items Honestly? My first year as an MLT at Hospital Kangar nearly broke me. 12-hour shifts, constant AC drying out my skin, and that awful hospital lighting that makes everyone look like zombies. I used to go home crying some days - until my senior lab tec...
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Hospital Skin SOS: 6 Products That Saved My Hands and Face from 12-Hour Shift Destruction
MLT Foot Rescue: The 4 Shoes & Things That Keep Us Standing Through Monsoon Floods
3AM Shift Survival: Energy Hacks That Don't Make You Crash Like Hospital Coffee
The Emotional Survival Kit: 4 Non-Medical Items That Keep Malaysian Healthcare Workers Sane
Hospital Skin SOS: 6 Products That Saved My Hands and Face from 12-Hour Shift Destruction
Three months into my MLT job at my 1st attachment in hospital, my hands cracked so badly I couldn't even open test tubes without wincing. Kak Yan, my 15-year veteran lab sister, took one look and emptied her locker into my arms. These five products s...
Kak Yan’s #1 rule: "Dik, if you wash your hands 30 times a day, use what won’t murder your skin." This plain white bottle lives in my locker at hospital. Hospital sanitizer turns hands into cracked leather by 3PM, but this stuff rinses clean without ...
Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser (500ml)
Kak Yan keeps a bottle hidden in the lab fridge "for when the hospital soap tries to kill your face." During my first month, I'd wash my hands so often that by evening, my face felt tight and stung from accidental sanitizer splashes. She caught me ru...
Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water (500ml)
Kak Yan calls this her "emergency skin ambulance." When my hands started bleeding between the fingers during dengue outbreak season, she caught me trying to bandage them with lab tape and said, "Dik, this isn't a wound—it's a war zone." This thick, w...
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5
Kak Yan’s final rule: "Dik, when everything else fails, bring out the big guns." During last year’s haze season, my hands got so raw from constant sanitizing that even CeraVe couldn’t save them. She caught me picking at cracked skin during lunch brea...
Aquaphor Healing Ointment (14oz Tub)
Piqah noticed me picking at my ragged cuticles during a slow Monday shift and said, "Niq, your hands tell the story of this job, let's not make it a horror story." She pulled this little yellow tube from her uniform pocket, "This is my secret weapon ...
Burt's Bees Cuticle Cream
Kak Yan caught me skipping gloves during a routine urine test one slow Tuesday (don't judge, I was rushing) and nearly flipped the lab bench. "Dik, listen carefully," she said, shoving this bottle at me. "This isn't a glove replacement, it's what you...
Gloves in a Bottle Hand Protector
MLT Foot Rescue: The 4 Shoes & Things That Keep Us Standing Through Monsoon Floods
Okay real talk, after my first month as an MLT, I could barely walk to my car after shifts. My feet felt like they'd been run over by the lab trolley. Hospital floors are brutal concrete, monsoon season turns corridors into ankle-deep rivers, and don...
The day I had to tape my thumb with medical tape during a critical blood analysis, Piqah just shook her head and tossed me this little orange pack. "Niq, we don't fix blisters—we prevent them." These aren't bandaids; they're gel cushions that turn sh...
Compeed Blister Plasters (10-pack)
Kak yan whispered this secret during my first night shift orientation: "Dik, day shifts? Leather shoes, full cover, hospital rules. But nights? When the admin staff go home and only us warriors remain? That’s when we slip into our survival gear." She...
Crocs Specialist Vent Clog (Black)
PIqah caught my ankles swelling during a 12-hour shift and shoved these Bombas socks at me. "Niq, hospital floors don't care about day or night shifts—your blood pools like KL floods after 8 hours standing." The compression felt tight at first ("Wear...
Bombas Performance Compression Socks
My Boss tapped her own polished Rockports during my first day-shift inspection. " Hospital rules demand leather shoes, but they don't say they must break your feet." These slip-on loafers survived 10-hour shifts through monsoon floods. Genuine leathe...
Rockport Loafers & Slip-Ons
3AM Shift Survival: Energy Hacks That Don't Make You Crash Like Hospital Coffee
Let's be honest, I used to mainline that burnt hospital coffee like it was oxygen. Third cup at 2AM, fourth by 3:30AM, then wondering why I'd be shaking and staring at the same blood sample for 20 minutes straight. The crash hits harder than a monsoo...
Miss Tan caught me chugging hospital coffee at 3AM during a critical blood analysis and snatched the cup away. "Hey, that stuff makes you crash harder than KL traffic at 5PM." She pulled these little matcha shots from her cooler. "Real energy doesn't...
MatchaBar Hustle Energy Shots (Unsweetened)
Miss Tan saw me crashing hard after my third hospital coffee at 2AM and tossed me this chewy bar. " Real energy comes from nuts and dates, not burnt beans that make you crash like KL traffic." These bars give steady fuel without the sugar rush, just ...
Kind Protein Bar
The Emotional Survival Kit: 4 Non-Medical Items That Keep Malaysian Healthcare Workers Sane
Look, I'm not going to lie. That time during that Covid surge, I cried in the supply closet after losing a 50-year-old patient. We don't talk about this stuff much, but the emotional weight of this job is heavier than any lab equipment. You can't jus...
Kak Yan saw me staring blankly at blood test results during my night shift after a particularly tough week, and quietly slid this little frame across the lab bench. "Dik, when the machines scream and patients fade, you need to remember why you starte...
Wallet Size Photo Frame
My Colleague saw me drinking lukewarm water at 4AM during a night shift and handed me her dented Stanley bottle. " Your body needs warmth when your soul feels cold." Her husband gave it to her after their son was born, 15 years of night shifts, monso...
Stanley Classic Vacuum Bottle (1.1L)
This little book lives in my lab coat pocket, my secret weapon against 3AM breakdowns. When patient losses or back-to-back shifts get heavy, I scribble quick notes: "Inform critical result to Ward B. We tried. I'm tired but I'm here." No one sees the...
Spiral Notebook
I keep a stress ball in my locker for those moments when the hospital feels like it's closing in 3AM codes, back-to-back shifts, or when you just need to squeeze something instead of losing your cool. When machine monitors won't stop beeping or I'm w...
No batteries, no noise, just instant relief when you can't step away from your station. Sometimes the smallest things hold you together when the weight feels too heavy.
No batteries, no noise, just instant relief when you can't step away from your station. Sometimes the smallest things hold you together when the weight feels too heavy.
Stress Balls