You have instructed Jim Pratt to collect a first-voided morning urine specimen, which is to be brought to the medical office for testing. Mr. Pratt asks the following questions. Respond to them in the spaces provided. 1. Why is a first-voided specimen desired? 2. Why must the specimen be preserved until it is brought to the medical office?
1) First voided specimen is the desired specimen because it is easiest to identify any abnormality in the concentrated urine.Morning urine is formed when the person has not drunk water for last 8 hours so it is the most concentrated specimen.So it is easier to find RBCs ( hematuria), WBCs ( pyuria) and pathogens in this specimen.
2)The specimen should be preserved so the the microorganisms,if present should be viable and not die due to the unfavorable conditions,giving false negative results and they should also not multiply giving falsely high results.
You have instructed Jim Pratt to collect a first-voided morning urine specimen, which is to be...
vv A. First-Voided Specimen You have instructed Jim Pratt to collect a first-voided morning urine specimen, which is to be brought to the medical office for testing. Mr. Pratt asks the following questions. Respond to them in the spaces provided. 1. Why is a first-voided specimen desired? 2. Why must the specimen be preserved until it is brought to the medical office?
Consider this case study for your discussions: An outpatient brings a first morning urine specimen to the laboratory at 1:00pm. a. Is this urine specimen acceptable? Why or why not? b. What urine component(s) would be affected as a result of this late submission, if any? c. If the specimen is unacceptable for testing, what information could the patient provide upon submission of the specimen that would make the specimen satisfactory for urinalysis testing?
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