What are the precautions for urine examination?

Urine test is one of the three major routine examinations. Any problems with the kidneys can be detected through urine test. When doing urine test, the hospital will provide disposable urine cups. The urine left cannot be too little. Women should miss their menstrual period when doing urine test to avoid secretions mixing into the urine.

1. During the routine urine test, collect no less than 10 ml of urine.

2. Women are generally required to avoid collecting urine samples during their menstrual period to prevent vaginal secretions from mixing into the urine and affecting the test results.

3. It is best to collect midstream urine.

Many kidney patients have asked why they should consciously collect midstream urine during routine urine tests? According to the order of urination, urine can be divided into the front section, middle section and back section. Because the first and second stream urine are easily contaminated, midstream urine is generally collected when doing urine routine and urine bacteriological examinations.

4. Urine should be collected in clean and dry containers, such as the disposable urine cup and urine test tube provided by the hospital.

5. The retained urine should be sent to the laboratory for examination as soon as possible, because if it is left for too long, problems such as glucose being decomposed by bacteria, tubular destruction, and cell lysis may occur, affecting the accuracy of the test results.

Therefore, when doing a routine urine test, paying attention to the correct standards for collecting urine samples is the key to ensuring the accuracy of the urine test results.