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MICROSCOPIC URINALYSIS
MessageMorgantown: Automated testing is primary source, on occasion a manual microscopic review is needed.
Fairmont: Only Manual microscopic review is performed
Fairmont: Only Manual microscopic review is performed
Test Code
LAB304757
CPT Codes
81015
Includes
RBC, WBC, bacteria, and any additional elements as observed.
Preferred Specimen
Urine, random specimen in a clean plastic collection cup
Minimum Volume
6 mL urine(Adult)
Other Acceptable Specimens
BD 16 X 100mm X 8ml vacutainers conical plastic UA preservative tube, cherry red/yellow stopper: product # 364992 is also acceptable for the Iris system according to studies done by the company. This tube type is stable for 72 hours unrefrigerated at room temperature due to a bacterial inhibiting preservative.
Transport Temperature
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
Specimen Stability
Ambient: 2 hours Refrigerated: 12-24 hours
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Contaminated samples or samples kept at room temperature more than 2 hours.
Methodology
Morgantown: Automated testing is primary source, on occasion a manual microscopic review is needed. Fairmont: Only Manual microscopic review is performed
Setup Schedule
Sunday-Saturday
Reference Range
Normal Macroscopic Values | Normal Microscopic Values | ||
Color | Normal (e.g. yellows) | RBC | < 6/hpf |
Appearance | Clear | WBC Men | <4/ hpf |
Specific Gravity | 1.005-1.030 | WBC Women | <11/hpf |
pH | 5.0-8.0 | Bacteria | Occasional or less/ hpf |
Protein | Negative | Squamous epithelial cells | Occasional or less/ hpf |
Ketone | Negative | Hyaline Casts | <4/ hpf |
Bilirubin | Negative | Other Casts | |
Blood | Negative | RBC, WBC | 0 |
Leukocytes | Negative | Waxy, Broad, Granular, Cellular Fatty, Squamous |
0 |
Glucose | Negative | Mucous | Light |
Urobilinogen | Negative |
Miscellaneous Urinalysis Values | |
Crystals (Calcium phosphate/ carbonate/ oxalate, Triple phosphate, uric acid) | Few or less |
Amorphous crystals | Light |
Oval fat bodies, Fat, Budding yeast, Hyphae yeast, Renal epithelial Cells, Transitional epithelial cells | Occasional or less |
Trichomonas, Renal Caudate, Sperm, Cystine/Leucine/ Tyrosine Crystals | None |
Performing Laboratory
West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.
Bluefield Pavilion Campus Berkeley Medical Center Barnesville Hospital Braxton County Memorial Camden Clark Medical Center Camden Clark Medical Center Fairmont Medical Center Garrett Regional Medical Center Harrison Community Hospital Jackson General Hospital Jefferson Medical Center Princeton Community Hospital Potomac Valley Hospital Reynolds Memorial Hospital Summersville Regional Medical Center St. Joseph’s Hospital United Hospital Center Uniontown Hospital Wetzel County Hospital Wheeling Hospital