Medical Assistant Urinalysis Flashcards
What urine test is for pregnancy tests
First morning
What do you do if you can’t analyze the urine specimen?
Refrigerate
What do you find in cloudy urine?
Crystals
Where do you put a urine specimen that your testing for bilirubin in?
Dark room
Urine PH has alkaline you could have
Bacteriuria
Female who takes a clean catch specimen uses
3 wiped
Range of specific gravity
1.010-1.025
Urine that smells fruity could have
Ketones
Uti might see if positive
Nitirites and lithocytesestorites
Normal ph
4.2-8.0
Random specimen
Can be taken at any time
Turbid means
Cloudy
Normal urine color
Pale straw yellow to amber
What can affect urine color
Diet, disease and medication
What is an indicator of infection
Urine smells like ammonia and petrid
What is common with cystitis and kidney stones
Hematuria
Uriachrome
Responsible for urine and plasma color
Clinitis
Test for sugar in urine
Average person produces how much urine a day?
2 liters
Most accurate results are if you analyze
Immediately or an hour later
Hematuria
Attack red blood cells
Supernatant
Clear liquid above the sediment of the centrifuge urine
Don’t place label on the
Lid of container
Routine urinalysis
Chemical, physical, microscopic
What will multiple if urine left in room temp
Bacteria will multiple
You can read the chemical reagent strip
Starting at 30 seconds
Examine sediment with
Microscopic urinalysis
Medical assistant can
Prepare the microscopic test but can’t read results
Chain of custody
Don’t let patient leave right after collecting specimen
