Urine

Midstream or Clean-Catch Urine:

• Assist or allow patient to independently cleanse perineum and collect specimen.
• Clean the urethral opening (and vaginal vestibule in females) with soap and water or wipes included in collection kit. In males, retract the foreskin before micturation.
• Open specimen container and do not touch inside of container.
• After the patient has initiated urine stream, pass urine specimen container into stream and collect midstream portion of urine.
• Replace cap securely on specimen container.
• Transport to laboratory immediately or refrigerate and transport at 2 - 8°C.

First – Void Urine:

• The patient should have not urinated for at least 1 hour prior to specimen collection.
• Collect specimen in a sterile, plastic, preservative- free specimen collection cup.
• The patient should collect 15 – 20mL of voided urine, maximum of 60 ML
  (the first part of the stream- NOT midstream).
• Label with patient identification, collection time and date.
• Store and transport urine specimen refrigerated.