Page 2 (Urine Sediment Reporting)

Question 1

Urine sediment microscope type

Answer 1

Bright Field Microscope

Question 2

Which is larger, urinary sediments or artifacts?

Answer 2

Artifacts

Question 3

Microscopic Sediment Report

Answer 3

LPF
: Cast

HPF
: RBC, WBC

Semi-quantitative Terms
: Epithelial cells
: Crystals
: Other elements

either 1+ to 4+ or rare/occasional, few, moderate, many, TNTC

Question 4

Urine Sediment Comments

Answer 4

0-1, 0-3/HPF at 10 fields
0-4, 2-5
3-5, 8-10
>10
Abundant
Loaded

Question 5

Urine Sediment Manner of Reporting

Answer 5

Occasional
Few
Some
Moderate
Many
TNTC