how to get a urine sample for a woman
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- Urine Sample – Female (Clean Catch) This test is done to check for bladder or urinary tract infections. Follow these steps: 1. Wash your hands with soap and water. Rinse and dry your. hands well. 2. Use the urine sample kit. The kit includes a cup and 2. wipes. 3. Put a clean paper towel or cloth on a place you can. reach from the toilet. 4. Open the wipes and place them on the towel.
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Urine culture How the Test is Performed. Most of the time, the sample will be collected as a clean catch urine sample in your health care provider's office or your home. You will use a special kit to collect the urine. A urine sample can also be taken by inserting a thin rubber tube (catheter) through the urethra into the bladder. This is done by someone in your provider's office or at the hospital. The urine drains into a sterile container, and the catheter is removed.
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Urine Culture Start to urinate, let some urine fall into the toilet, then collect one to two ounces of urine in the sterile container provided, then void the rest into the toilet. This type of collection is called a mid-stream clean catch urine.
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Medical Dictionary How To Prepare. A chlamydia test is done on either a urine sample or fluid (direct sample) collected from the area of the body that is most likely to be infected. If your chlamydia test is being done on a: 1  Urine sample: Do not urinate for 2 hours before a urine sample is collected. 2  Direct sample (usually from the cervix): A woman should not douche or use vaginal creams or medicines for 24 hours before having a chlamydia test.
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Urine PH Test Urine 24-hour volume. A “clean-catch” urine sample is performed by collecting the sample of urine in midstream. Men or boys should wipe clean the head of the penis. Women or girls need to wash the area between the lips of the vagina with soapy water and rinse well.
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Clean catch urine sample BOYS AND MEN. Clean the head of the penis with a sterile wipe. If you are not circumcised, you will need to pull back (retract) the foreskin first. 1  Urinate a small amount into the toilet bowl, and then stop the flow of urine.  Then collect a sample of urine into the clean or sterile cup, until it is half full.
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Random Urine Collection for Urinalysis 1 Urine for urinalysis may be collected at any time, at the lab or in your home. You do not need to schedule an appointment at the lab.  It is preferred that you collect a specimen first thing in the morning, because the first morning urination is more concentrated and likely to yield the best results.
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Protein Electrophoresis Urinalysis To complete a UPEP test, you will need to collect a small amount of urine in the container provided. Make sure your genital area is clean. Men should wipe the head of their penis. Women should use soap and water or an antibacterial wipe to clean their vulva.
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Checking for Ketones Here's how most urine tests go: 1  Get a sample of your urine in a clean container. 2  Place the strip in the sample (you can also pass the strip through the urine stream). 3  Gently shake excess urine off the strip. 4  Wait for the strip pad to change color. The directions will tell you how long to wait.
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Collecting a Semen Sample Most doctors recommend you ejaculate directly into a provided sample cup and not use a condom. If you must use a condom, your lab will provide a special semen collection condom. Before collecting a semen sample: 1  Shower and wash your hands with soap and water. 2  Refrain from using lubricant, saliva, or any product that may contain spermicidal agents. 3  Ejaculate directly into the sterile sample cup. 4  Cap the container as soon as you have finished.
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URINE COLLECTION To reduce contamination, the specimen submitted for urinalysis should be a clean catch “mid-stream” sample. Submit a first morning voided specimen whenever possible. Urine for pregnancy testing should be first morning void, or a random specimen with a specific gravity of at least 1.010. Note the time of collection of the specimen on the test requisition and on the label of the container. For urine chemistry tests, the 24-hour urine collection is the usual standard.
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Medical Dictionary Timed urine collection (24 hours) 1  You start collecting your urine in the morning. 2  For the next 24 hours, collect all your urine. 3  Keep the large container in the refrigerator for the 24 hours.  Empty your bladder for the final time at or just before the end of the 24-hour period.
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- after the urine has flowed for several seconds place the collection container in the stream and collect about 60 ml 2 fl oz of this midstream urine without stopping the flow do not touch the rim of the container to your genital area do not get toilet paper hair feces or menstrual blood in the urine sample
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Albumin (Urine) You may have to give a urine sample at a specific time. This test may also use a 24-hour urine sample. For this type of sample, you must collect all the urine you produce for 24 hours. Empty your bladder completely first thing in the morning without collecting it and note the time. Then collect your urine every time you go to the bathroom for the next 24 hours.
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- Check with the laboratory to verify that a sample is not needed. 7. After hours please call 317-491-6000. Specimen Preparation and Collection Section 3 Reviewed March 2010 - 3 - PATIENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR RANDOM CLEAN CATCH MID STREAM URINE COLLECTION Female Collection 1. Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water.heck with the laboratory to verify that a sample is not needed. 7. After hours please call 317-491-6000. Specimen Preparation and Collection Section 3 Reviewed March 2010 - 3 - PATIENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR RANDOM CLEAN CATCH MID STREAM URINE COLLECTION Female Collection 1. Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water.
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Urine culture How the Test is Performed. Most of the time, the sample will be collected as a clean catch urine sample in your health care provider's office or your home. You will use a special kit to collect the urine. A urine sample can also be taken by inserting a thin rubber tube (catheter) through the urethra into the bladder.
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What you can expect What you can expect. During the microalbumin test, you simply need to provide a fresh urine sample. 24-hour urine test. Your doctor may ask you to collect all of your urine in a special container over a 24-hour period and submit it for analysis. Timed urine test. Your doctor may ask you to provide a urine sample first thing in the morning or after a four-hour period of not urinating.
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So how DO you collect that sample for the doctor? Experts reveal the best way for those too embarrassed to ask... Your doctor or the hospital will provide you with a plastic (specimen) container to use, although you can use any clean container as long as you can seal it. Try not to collect urine or water (from the toilet) with the stool sample but don’t worry if you do. If you need to urinate, do this first, and then collect the stool sample. To collect a stool sample: • Label the container with your name, date of birth and the date. • Place something in the toilet to catch the stool, such as a potty or an empty plastic food container, or spread clean newspaper or plastic wrap over the rim of the toilet.
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So how DO you collect that sample for the doctor? Experts reveal the best way for those too embarrassed to ask... Collecting a stool sample. Your GP or another healthcare professional such as a nurse should explain to you how to collect the stool sample. The stool sample should be collected in a clean, dry screw-top container.
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How does a woman provide a urine sample for testing? In order to get an uncontaminated specimen, your doctor may ask you to provide a “midstream” urine sample. Here’s what you’ll have to do: 1. Spread your labia (the lips of your vagina) with your fingers. 2. Use the moist towelette that is provided and carefully wipe from front. to back.
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- How to Prepare for Urinalysis. One of the best ways to prepare for giving a urine sample is to make sure you drink enough water to provide an adequate sample. Prior to the test, tell your doctor about any medications or supplements you take as these may affect the results.
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Medical Dictionary 1 Wash your hands to make sure they are clean before collecting the urine. 2  If the collection cup has a lid, remove it carefully and set it down with the inner surface up. 3  Do not touch the inside of the cup with your fingers. 4  Clean the area around your genitals. To check for a disease or infection of the urinary tract. 2  Symptoms of a urine infection may include colored or bad-smelling urine, pain when urinating, finding it hard to urinate, flank pain, blood in the urine (hematuria), or fever.
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Medical Dictionary For men. To collect a sample from the urethra or rectum, your doctor will insert a swab into the opening of your urethra or rectum. A sample from the urethra is more likely to detect chlamydia if a man has not urinated for at least 2 hours before the sample is taken.
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How do you do a urine sample test (women)? Ideally, you wipe yourself off before you start to urinate. Let a little urine run into the toilet; stop, use cup to catch mid-stream sample (cleaner than the first pass), fill the cup enough, and finish peeing into the toilet. If you get anything on the outside of the cup, wipe it off with toilet paper. The nurse will know how to handle the sample safely from there.