Urineanalysis

Question 1

What should you initially check before starting anything?

Answer 1

Patients name on the sample
Date of sample
Expiry of reagent strips

Question 2

After checks are done, what next?

Answer 2

Hand hygiene

Gloves

Question 3

What do you do after gloves are on?

Answer 3

Look at urine for:

• colour
• clarity (is it cloudy or clear)
• does it have an odour

Make sure you place the lid top down to maintain hygiene of work surface

Question 4

How do we dip the strip?

Answer 4

• Open and remove a strip WITHOUT touching the regent pads - recap bottle immediately
• Dip briefly and immerse fully
• Run urine strip along the edge to get rid of excess
• Note the time/start timer

Question 5

Once time is noted, what do you do?

Answer 5

Hold strip against the regent bottle, compare the results as time progresses (the bottle should have “30s” or something like that next to the result telling you how long you wait for)

Question 6

Once results have been noted, what must you do?

Answer 6

Recap urine
Dispose of strip and gloves
Hand hygiene
Document and analyse