Safety
This is the first thing to grab after a spill in the lab
What is a spill kit?
This is used during routine screenings.
What is Random?
This is the most common clinical sample.
What is Midstream “Clean Catch”?
This is the pH for urine
What is 4.0 to 8.0?
This is a document that includes hazard and safety information about certain chemicals
What is a safety data sheet (SDS)?
This is the most concentrated specimen type.
What is first morning?
Specimen from indwelling catheters collected at port sites of tubing not the bag, is this specimen
What is Catheterized Specimen?
Urine creatinine concentrations are this many times higher than that of plasma
What is 50 times higher?
Requires each facility to have a Chemical Hygiene Plan defining safety policies and procedures for all hazardous chemicals
What is OSHA?
This can be affected by excess fluid intake or exercise.
What is Random?
Puncture of abdominal wall and distended bladder by using needle and syringe, sample aspirated directly from bladder.
What is Suprapubic Aspiration?
The physiologic range for urine specific gravity is this range:
What is 1.002 to 1.035?
Laboratory surfaces and equipment must be
decontaminated daily with this disinfectant:
What is 10% bleach? (or phenolic disinfectant)
This is used for quantitative urine tests.
These two specimens are mostly used on infants/pediatrics.
What is Suprapubic Aspiration and Bagged Collections?
Urine from healthy persons does not contain these two substances
What is protein and glucose?
This material mimics patient samples in
physical and chemical characteristics
What is QC?
This can be a random or first morning specimen
What is Routine Void?
This is for bacterial cultures or to prevent vaginal contamination.
What is Midstream “Clean Catch”?
These 3 substances are higher in urine than in other body fluids.
What is urea, sodium and chloride?