Your doctor has ordered a 24 hour urine test. This means you must save all of your child’s urine for 24 hours. You Will Need
How to Label the Specimen
It can be helpful to do steps 1 and 2 before starting the collection.
Nationwide Children’s clinics may give you an EPIC registration label to put on the large container. How to Collect the 24-hour Urine Specimen
Other Information
Drop-off OptionsDuring the day:
In the evening:
Please do not drop off urine specimens at the Emergency Department. If you have any questions, ask your health care provider or call the lab at (800) 934-6575. 24-Hour Urine Specimen Collection Guidelines (PDF), Spanish (PDF), Somali (PDF) HH-III-20 24 6/79 Revised 2/21 Copyright 1979 Nationwide Children’s Hospital You Might Also Be Interested InWhich action would be appropriate to implement it with collecting a 24 hour urine test?For a 24-hour urine specimen, the nurse should discard the first voiding, then collect all urine voided for the next 24 hours.
When collecting a 24 hour urine specimen nursing responsibilities include which action?When collecting a 24 hour urine specimen, nursing responsibilities should include with action? Starting the timing of the collection after the first voided urine.
Which action would the nurse perform when collecting in midstream urine specimen?Instruct the patient to void a small amount of urine into the toilet to rinse out the urethra, void the midstream urine into the specimen cup, and the last of the stream into the toilet. The midstream urine is considered to be bladder and kidney washings; the portion that the physician wants tested.
Which is the test that would provide an accurate measurement of the kidney's excretion of creatinine?Creatinine clearance test compares the creatinine in a 24-hour sample of urine to the creatinine level in your blood to show how much waste products the kidneys are filtering out each minute.
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