Urine Collection - Practical Rules

Urine Collection Instructions for Urine Culture

If the biological sample is intended for urine culture procedures, the preventive hygiene of the hands and external genitalia plays an even more important role. So let's see in detail the procedures to be followed for proper intimate hygiene in the phase preceding the collection.

Female sex

1. Wash your hands with soap and water, and dry yourself.
2. Keeping the labia majora slightly apart, carefully wash the orifice of the urethra (the point where the urine comes out) and the surrounding area * thoroughly with soap and water, rinse with water and dry with a clean cloth or tissue; to to prevent vaginal discharge from contaminating the urine, it is advisable to carefully clean the vagina internally, possibly by placing a cotton swab in the vaginal opening.
3. With one hand, slightly spread the labia majora of the vagina, then emit the first part of the urine in the toilet without collecting it, in order to empty about half of the contents of the bladder.
4. Collect the second part directly in the sterile container, without stopping urinating and avoiding touching it internally with your hands
5. Close the container carefully so that urine does not escape during transport. Avoid touching the caps internally.

* if you are unable to use running water, it is a good idea to regularly resort to the special cleaning wipes soaked in refreshing liquid, using them to properly clean the genitals from "forward to", using a new tissue for each step, repeat the maneuver at least 3 times and proceed with step 3

Male sex

1. Wash your hands with soap and water and dry.
2. Retract the foreskin in order to free the tip of the glans, keeping it uncovered; Thoroughly wash the orifice of the urethra (where urine comes out) and the surrounding area with soap and water *. Dry the genitals with a clean cloth or tissue
3. Keeping the foreskin retracted, emit the first part of the urine into the toilet without collecting it, in order to empty about half of the contents of the bladder
4. Collect the second part directly in the sterile container, without stopping urinating and avoiding touching it internally with your hands
5. Close the container carefully so that urine does not escape during transport. Avoid touching the caps internally.

* if you are unable to use running water, it is a good idea to regularly resort to the special cleaning wipes soaked in refreshing liquid, using them to properly clean the tip of the glans, using a new tissue for each step, repeat the maneuver at least 3 times and proceed with point 3

PLEASE NOTE: do not touch the container or the cap with your hands in the internal parts; Antibiotic and chemotherapeutic therapies can affect the outcome of the examination and must be suspended for at least 5 days and / or reported in admission.

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