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Micro chapter 46
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is 1st morning specimen used for? | Pregnancy |
| Why is the 1st morning specimen best? | Most concentrated |
| What are the guidelines for midstream clean-catch specimen? | Partial voiding before specimen is collected |
| What is a midstream clean-catch used for? | Cx, pregnancy, microscopic evaluation |
| Name 3 things a 24 hour catch is use for: | glucose, protein, infection |
| who is a pediatric specimen used for? | children only |
| What is a catheterization? | sterile tube is inserted into the bladder through the urethra |
| What is a urinary Catheterization used for? | Pt. unable to void, Med installed into the bladder |
| What is chain of custody? | inform pt. the reason of test |
| what hormone is a pregnancy test used to detect? | hCG |
| When is the pregnancy hormone showing a steady increase? | 14 to 15 weeks |
| most important question to ask a female (b4 urinalysis) at time of visit? | when was your last LMP |
| What is complete urinalysis? | physical, chemical, microscopic |
| describe color and clarity | pale yellow, dark yellow, light yellow, yellow, brown/black, pink/red, amber, brown/green; 2)clear, light hazy, hazy, cloudy and turbid |
| what is volume | amount of urine in one void |
| describe odor? | ammonia smell, fruity smell |
| Name the components of chemical urinalysis: | reassert strips |
| what is normal ph? | 5.0 to 7.0 |
| what is specific gravity? | weight of a substance dissolved in a substance as composed to that found in distilled water |
| normal specific gravity? | 1.005 to 1.030 |
| what is the confirmatory test for ketones? | Ace test |
| what are leukocyte esterases? When are they present? | Enzymes released by WBC'S (when a significant amount of these cells are present) |
| What is glucosuria? | sugar in urine |
| What is bilirubin? | yellow to orange pigment, results of livers breakdown of RBC'S |
| what is urobilinogen? | Normal product of the degradation of RBC'S in the intestines by normal flora (color) |
| List as many CC as you can, think of that would require urinalysis: | dysuria, heamaturia, lower back/abdominal pain, fever, sore throat, Rx, pregnancy |
| Protein in urine discovered on a microalbumin test may often be the earliest sign of | diabetic kidney damage. |
| Pregnancy test measures | Human Chorionic Gonadotropic |