URINE

Question 1

REAGENT STRIP TESTING TEMPERATURE

Answer 1

ROOM TEMPERATURE

Question 2

PROPER WAY TO PRESERVATION AND TRANSPORT

Answer 2

KEPT REFRIGERATED UNTIL CULTURE FOR UP TO 24 HOURS ONLY

Question 3

SUBSTANCE RESPONSIBLE FOR URINE COLOR

Answer 3

UROCHROME

Question 4

WHAT CHANGES TEND TO INCREASE OCCUR IN UNPRESERVED URINE

Answer 4

“COP Ni Bact Increases”
Color
Odor
pH
NItrite
BACTeria

Question 5

WHAT CHANGES TEND TO DECREASE OCCUR IN UNPRESERVED URINE

Answer 5

“CKG BUCT”
Clarity
Ketones
Glucose

Bilirubin
Urobilinogen
Cells (RBC, WBC and Casts)
Tricomonas

Question 6

LEAST AFFECTED COMPONENT IN UNPRESERVED URINE

Answer 6

PROTEIN

Question 7

pH INDICATION OF IMPROPRLY PRESERVED URINE

Answer 7

> 9.0

Question 8

PATHOLOGIC CAUSE/S OF DARK/AMBER/ORANGE URINE

Answer 8

BILIRUBIN AND UROBILIN

Question 9

HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE URINE BILIRUBIN TO UROBILIN

Answer 9

YELLO FOAM :
BILIRUBIN - “POSITIVE”
UROBILIN - “NEGATIVE”

OXIDATION PRODUCT:
BILIRUBIN - “BILIVERDIN
UROBILIN - “UROBILINOGEN”

REAGENT STRIP:
BILIRUBIN - “POSITIVE”
UROBILIN - “NEGATIVE”
(It’s UROBILINOGEN - “POSITIVE”)

CLINICAL INDICATION:
BILIRUBIN - LIVER DSE & Bile Duct ObsTRUCTION(BDO)
UROBILIN - LIVER DSE & HDN

Question 10

TYPE OF BILIRUBIN SEEN IN ROUTINE AND WHY?

Answer 10

CONJUGATED BILIRUBIN
REMEMBER: water INsoluble