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is a general urine collection guideline when a patient collects urine at home
Tell patients to refrigerate the labeled collection container or keep it in a cooler or pail filled with ice
what urine specimen is used to complete a quantitative and qualitative analysis of one or more substances such as sodium, chloride, or calcium
24-hour specimen
The procedure of a inserting a sterile plastic tube into the kidney, ureter, or bladder to provide urinary drainage is __________.
catheterization
What amount of residual urine is considered abnormal
70 mL
A pregnant patient who is having pain during urination or pain in the kidney area may be experiencing _________
a urinary tract infection (UTI) or kidney stones
Abnormally high levels of glucose in the urine may indicate __________.
diabetes mellitus
Normal urine color ranges from __________
pale yellow to yellow
Hematuria is _________
blood in the urine
The best urine specimen to test for nitrates is a _______
first morning specimen
When the practitioner suspects that a patient has a protozoal or parasitic infection, what is the minimum number of stool specimens that need to be examined
3
Chemical and microscopic changes that invalidate a urine specimen occur if the urine is kept at room temperature for more than _________
1 hour
When instructing a patient about how to collect a 24-hour urine specimen, which patient should be asked about possible urine leakage when laughing or coughing
60-year-old female patient
Withdrawing blood from a vein is called ________
phlebotomy
the liquid or fluid portion of the blood
plasma
refers to the rupturing of red blood cells
hemolysis
In tests for which the use of alcohol may result in inaccurate test results, which of the following chemicals may be used to prepare the skin before venipuncture
povidone-iodine
