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