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ROUTINE URINALYSIS
Test CodeLAB348
CPT Codes
81001
Includes
Color, Character, Specific Gravity, pH, Protein, Nitrite, Glucose, Leukocyte, Ketones, Blood, Urobilinogen, and Bilirubin. Microscopic analysis is performed.
Preferred Specimen
Urine, random specimen in a clean plastic sterile collection cup
Ruby only- Transfer urine into a non-additive yellow top BD vacutainer tube, if available. A BD UA preservative Tiger top tube may also be used but is not preferred. Submit both the cup and BD tube for testing.
Ruby only- Transfer urine into a non-additive yellow top BD vacutainer tube, if available. A BD UA preservative Tiger top tube may also be used but is not preferred. Submit both the cup and BD tube for testing.
Minimum Volume
6 mL urine(Adult)
Pediatric: 3mL urine
Pediatric: 3mL urine
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Specimen Stability
Ambient: 2 hours
Refrigerated: 24 hours
Refrigerated: 24 hours
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Reject Due to: Contaminated sample or a samplethat has been at room temperature more than 2 hours.
Methodology
Iris
Setup Schedule
Sunday-Saturday
Reference Range
| Normal Macroscopic Values | Normal Microscopic Values | ||
| Color | Normal (e.g. Yellows) | RBC | <6-10/hpf |
| Appearance | Clear | WBC | <6-10/hpf |
| Specific Gravity | 1.005-1.030 | ||
| pH | 5.0-8.0 | ||
| Protein | Negative | Bacteria | < few |
| Ketone | Negative | Squamous Epithelial Cells | < few |
| Bilirubin | Negative | Hyaline Casts | < moderate |
| Blood | Negative | ||
| Leukocytes | Negative | RBC, WBC | None |
| Glucose | Negative | Waxy, Broad, Granualar, Cellular, Fatty, Squamous | None |
| Nitrite | Negative | Mucous | < Light |
| Urobilinogen | Negative | ||
| Miscellaneous Urinalysis Values | |
| Crystals (Oxalate, Triple phosphate, uric acid, other crystals (Cystine, Leucine, Tyrosine) | Absent |
| Amorphous crystals | <Light |
| Oval fat bodies, Renal epithelial cells, Transitional epithelial cells | < rare |
| Trichomonas, Sperm, Yeast | Absent |
Performing Laboratory
West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.
Braxton County Memorial Hospital
Camden Clark Medical Center
