Urine sample

Recommendations for Urine Microscopy and Culture

Please follow these steps:

• Have a meticulous wash (of the vulva area for female, of the glans for male) with a cotton pad soaked in disinfectant solution provided by the laboratory (after use, throw the cotton pad out in the garbage, not in the toilet).
• As you start to urinate, eliminate some urine into the toilet pan.
• Then collect some urine in the sterile container provided by the laboratory and close it carefully.

Recommendations for collecting urine sample for Addis count

Please follow these steps :

• Get up in the morning 3 hours before habitual time:
• Empty your bladder in the toilet.
• Then drink a big glass of water.
• Label an appropriate container (the one provided by the laboratory or an empty bottle of water) with your name, date and time of urine collecting
• Go back to bed and lay down for 3 hours.
• After these 3 hours (be as accurate as possible): empty your bladder in the container.
• Bring all of the urine collected to the laboratory as soon as possible (maximum 2 hours after urinate); otherwise keep the sample in the fridge.

Recommendations for collecting a 24-hour urine sample

Please follow these steps :

• After getting up in the morning, empty your bladder in the toilet.
• Label an appropriated container (the one provided by the laboratory or an empty bottle of water) with your name, date and time of eliminating the urine on the toilet
• Collect all the urine in the container during 24 hours after the beginning of the collect.
• Example: beginning of the collect on Tuesday at 7am
• end of the collect on Wednesday at 7am
• Bring all of the urine collected to the laboratory as soon as possible (maximum 2 hours after the end of the 24h period); otherwise keep the sample in the fridge.