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Urinalysis Dipstick Only

Important Note

*This test is orderable in Cerner as Urinalysis Dipstick Only

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Urine, random collection
Container/Tube: Sterile container

Specimen Volume: 10 mL
Specimen Minimum Volume: 5 mL
Collection Instructions:

1. No preservative.

2. Refrigerate specimen after collection.

Clean catch specimen preferred. First morning voided urine preferred. Samples greater than 8 hours old may be unreliable.

Stability

2 hours at Room Temp or 24 hours Refrigerated

Reference Range

pH: 5.0-8.0

Specific gravity: 1.005-1.030

Leukocyte esterase: negative

Protein: negative

Glucose: negative

Nitrite: negative

Ketones: negative

Urobilinogen: 0.2-1.0 mg/dL

Bilirubin: negative

Blood: negative

Instrumentation

Siemens Clinitek Advantus

Methodology

Colorimetric Reflectance

Test Schedule/Analytical Time/ Test Priority

Daily / Same day / Available STAT

CPT (s)

81002