Specimens should arrive from the unit already collected within the cytology fixative.
If received fresh, laboratory triage staff is to add equal volumes of the cytology fixative immediately.
Specimens should be stored in the refrigerator..
Specimens should arrive from the unit already collected within the cytology fixative.
If received fresh, laboratory triage staff is to add equal volumes of the cytology fixative immediately.
Specimens should be stored in the refrigerator..
To prepare for this test, males must wipe the head of their penis with a sterile wipe.
Females should use a sterile wipe or soapy water to wash and rinse the vaginal area.
It can be done in the bathroom of your doctor's office.
Any urine, except the first of the day, can be used..
Pass a small amount of urine into the toilet.
Midway through urination, fill the container to half full.
Finish voiding into the toilet.
Open the second container (with preservative) and pour an amount of urine equivalent to preservative into the container..
Specimens should arrive from the unit already collected within the cytology fixative.
If received fresh, laboratory triage staff is to add equal volumes of the cytology fixative immediately.
Specimens should be stored in the refrigerator..
For your convenience you may collect the urine specimen initially into a clean plastic disposable container (such as:
On the day of the collection, discard the first morning urine void, and begin the collection after this void.
Collect all urine for the next 24 hours so that the morning urine void on the second day is the final collection.
Measure and record this volume on the test request form and on the urine transport vial (see Pediatric Specimen Tubes below).
There are four general steps involved in a urine cytology test, including:.
1) Collecting the urine sample.
2) Processing the urine sample cells.
3) Examining the urine sample cells.
4) Sharing the results.
Here’s an explanation of the steps of a urine cytology test.
Collecting the urine sample Most urine cytology test samples are collected by the p.
Patient Instructions Urine Collection for Cytology Your doctor has requested that you provide 3 urine specimens for a cytology examination.
The first urine of the day is unsuitable for cytology and should not be collected.
A mid- morning urine should be collected (sometime between breakfast and lunch).
Urine for Cytology- Patient Instructions This is a midstream urine collection requiring a specimen of urine to be collected on 3 consecutive days with approximately 50mls of urine per sample.
The pathology collection centre will provide you with the containers.
It may take a while to get your test results.
Since there are limitations to urine analysis tests, your healthcare provider will likely ask you to have other tests or procedures to look for urinary system cancer.
Because of this, your provider may want to get the results of all the tests before they share the results with you.
Your provider will le.
