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Test Code URNC URINE CULTURE

Specimen Type

Urine in sterile container.  Prefer Urine Collection Kit and submit gray top (preservative)

 

Specimen Collection

Acceptable specimens:

   > Clean Catch

   > Urine specimen collected by medical personnel via Catheter (quick cath, or collected from tubing), supra pubic aspiration or surgically obtained from ureters, bladder, kidneys.

 

Rejected specimens: Void, Midstream, urine from catheter bags

 

If possible, please use urine Collection Kit and submit the gray top tube (preservative) for culture.

 

Clean Catch Urine Collection Instructions

Specimen Volume

5 ml

 

0.5 ml minimum

Specimen Stability

Unpreserved urine: 30 minutes - room temperature; 8 hours - refrigerated

 

Preserved urine (gray top tube with preservative): 72 hours - room temperature

Performing Laboratory

Great Plains Health