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Equipment
1. Large bottle or container
2. Funnel if available and necessary
3. format for recording
4. Label for
5. bottle
6. Glove

Procedures
1. Explain the procedure
2. Wash hands
3. Assemble the necessary equipment

4. Label container with correct information
5. Take a clean chamber with a cover or a large bottle.
6. Attach the label with the patient's name and keep it in a safe place, marked-"24 hours
specimen." Or prescribed duration.
7. Instruct the sweeper and patient's relative not to empty it.
8. Tell the patient that all urine for the full 24 hours/prescribed duration must be saved, after
passing it separate from the stool.
9. If at any time the urine is not saved the procedure must be started all over again.
10. Preferably start at 6 a.m. by having the patient void and throw the first specimen away,
because it was secreted during the night.
11. After that, each time the patient voids, pour the urine into the same container, and keep it
covered.
12. After 6 a.m. the next mornings have the patient again void and add this as the last
specimen to the previous amount.
13. Measure the total amount and then take to the laboratory, properly labeled.
14. Comfort the client
15. Return used equipment and wash hands.
16. Document

13.1.3 Mid-stream (clean-voided) urine specimen
Definition: Mead stream urine specimen is the method of collecting part of the urine
stream by avoiding the first and last part of the urine in the receptor.
Purpose
To take the specimen for culture and sensitivity
To identify possible microorganism in the urine
To detect and measure the presence of abnormalities in the urine like RBC, WBC, PH,
and albumin

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