Preparation for urine analysis

General recommendations

Selection of material is recommended in the morning, immediately after sleep. 12 hours before the analysis, you need to abandon the use of spicy and salty dishes, as well as any alcohol, you can not eat carrots, beets and other products that change the shade of urine, you can drink water, but no more than usual.

If a person takes drugs, this point should be discussed with a doctor, perhaps he will recommend abandoning them before analysis, it is better not to take diuretics. It is forbidden to give urine to women with menstruation, if this is not required by urgent need, which requires the permission of a doctor. For the reliability of the result immediately before delivery, the following requirements must be met:

• Vacuum tubes should be kept closed.
• Before surrender, you need to wash your genitals and hands.
• Unscrew the container and put it with a device for receiving urine upwards, while you can not touch the sterile straw, the interior of the container or the lid.
• The first portion of urine goes down to the toilet, after which the average portion is collected in the container.
• The container must be tightly closed, holding the edges, and then bend the sticker located on its lid.
• Turn the tube lid down and place in a recess located on the cover of the container. Carefully press on the bottom of the test tube, doing this until the rubber plug punctured and the urine poured into the test tube, after which you need to wait until it is filled. After that, it is removed from the container and, if necessary, attached another.
• Turn the tube carefully 10 times so that its contents are mixed.
• Pour the remaining urine into the toilet and dispose of the container.

Preparation and collection of daily urine

The rules for diet and abstinence from certain foods are similar to the usual urine analysis, taking medications is necessarily agreed with the doctor. Women during menstruation do not pass the analysis. For the correct collection of material, you need to adhere to these rules:

• The first morning urination is not selected, but the time when it occurred is noted.
• During the day, urine is collected in a container, and the last urination should be as close as possible to the initial, but after one day.
• The container is stored in the refrigerator at a temperature not higher than +8°C, you can not leave it where there are direct sunlight.

The rules for placing daily urine in test tubes are the same as for the usual analysis described above.