24050:URINALYSIS CHEMICAL REACTIONS
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| Methodology: |
Automated Urine Chemistry (dipstick) Analyzer |
| Edit Date: |
10/29/2008 |
| Performed: |
Daily |
| Released: |
Same day |
| CPT Code: |
81002 |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
Clean catch/midstream, catheter, cystoscopic, or suprapubic urine in a sterile plastic container. A clean, non-sterile container may be used, but will not be suitable for culture. Do not submit syringes with needles attached. |
| Handling: |
Keep refrigerated. Send to laboratory within 24 hours. If delayed, submit specimen in a urinalysis preservative tube, available from Client Services. These special tubes are not designed for use with urine for urine culture. |
| Stability: |
24 hours refrigerated or 72 hours in preservative tube. |
| Standard Volume: |
10 mL urine. |
| Minimum Volume: |
1 mL urine. |
| Transport: |
Refrigerated or in urinalysis preservative tube. |
| Comments: |
Includes color, clarity, specific gravity, pH, blood, protein, glucose, ketones, bilirubin and uribilinogen, leukocyte esterase, and nitrite. |
| Rejection Criteria: |
Frozen specimen; fecal contamination; specimen submitted with needle attached; unpreserved specimen held longer than 24 hours. |
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Specific Gravity |
1.003-1.035 |
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pH |
5.0-8.0 |
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Leukocyte Esterase, Nitrite, Protein, Glucose, Ketone, Urobilinogin, Bilirubin, Blood |
Negative |
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