RT Book, Section
A1 Gomella, Leonard G.
A1 Haist, Steven A.
SR Print(0)
ID 2700536
T1 Chapter 6. Laboratory Diagnosis: Urine Studies
T2 Clinician's Pocket Reference: The Scut Monkey, 11e
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-145428-5
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2700536
RD 2024/04/24
AB For  routine  urinalysis,  a  fresh  (less  than  1-h  old),  clean-catch  urine  sample  is  acceptable.  If  the  analysis  cannot  be  performed  immediately,  refrigerate  the  sample.  (When  urine  stands  at  room  temperature  for  a  long  time,  casts  and  red  cells  undergo  lysis,  and  the  urine  becomes  alkalinized  with  precipitation  of  salts.)  See  Chapter  13,  Urinary  Tract  Procedures,  for  sample  collection.