Urinalysis - The Carter Center

centrifugation and examination. This include:
• Clean dry plastic or Glass containers, which enable to collect
at least up to 15 ml of urine for routine urinalysis.
• Hand (manual), or electrical centrifuge.
• Conical centrifuge tubes, or regular test tubes.
• Pasture pipette with rubber fit or automatic pipettes if possible.
• Slides and cover slides 20 x 20 mm.
• Electrical or solar microscope, which has 10x and 40 x
objectives.
2. Preparation of patient
• Explain the purpose of the test by using simple language. Do
not use medical terms or try to explain details of the
procedure.
• Advise the patient how to collect the specimen. The first
morning urine or mid-stream urine specimen is more
preferable, because it is more concentrated.
• If the patient is female, advice her to wash her genital organ
before giving the specimen. This is because bacteria that are
normally found on the genital tract may contaminate the
sample and affect the result.
• Advise the patient to collect at least 15 ml of urine in to the
clean, sterilize and dry urine cup that is supplied from the
laboratory.
3. The collected urine sample should arrive at a diagnostic laboratory
as soon as possible.
• If the urine sample is delayed by more than 2 hours, without
preservation, urine sediment appearance and constituent may
be changed and false results may be obtained and reported.
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