Collection (COLL) | | | |
EPIC Test Name
COLLECTION, SPECIMENEPIC Code
LAB2808Specimen Requirements
Urine |
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Collection: | Empty your bladder by voiding completely at a specified early morning time and discard this urine. Collect and save all future specimens over the next 24 hours, until the next morning at the specified early morning time, at which time you empty your bladder by voiding for the final time and save this specimen with the rest of the collection. Urine upon collection should be emptied into the 2 quart plastic container provided and refrigerated. Patient's name, address, date and starting and ending time of the collection should be printed on the container. |
Transport: | Room Temperature ASAP |
Stability: | Room Temperature: 2 days at 20-25 degrees C
Refrigerated: 6 days at 2-8 degrees C
Frozen: 6 months at -15 to -25 degrees C |
Container: | 2 quart plastic container |
Processing/Storage: | Aliquot from a fresh well mixed 24 hour urine collection. Blood must be collected for a serum creatinine within 24 hours of the start time or end time of the urine collection in order to calculate a creatinine clearance. |
Methods
documented
MeasuredTurnaround Time
Specimen | Turnaround Time | Frequency |
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Urine | 2 days | daily |
Reference Ranges
Begin Date Collection - documented
End Date Collection - documented
Hr Collected - documented
Begin Time Collection - documented
Volume - Measured
Common Synonyms
Urine 24 hour CollectionContact Information
Chemistry - Downtown: (315)464-4460