Collection of a Urin Sample Using a Sample Container with a Sampling Controller

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Sampling kit:

• • • • • • • Sample container. There is a sampling controller and needle placed underneath the tape on the blue lid.

            • Sample tube (1 – 2 tubes with yellowish green stoppers). The tube(s) contains preservative. Do not open the stopper(s) of the sample tube(s), as the vacuum in the sample tube(s) must be preserved.

            • A sticker for recording your personal details. Write your name, identity number, and the sampling date and time on the sticker.

 

 

Collection of the urine sample.

• If possible, refrain from urination 4 hours prior sampling.

• Wash your hands thoroughly.

• Wash your genital area with warm water and dry with toilet paper.

• Open the blue lid of the container.

• Let a small amount of urine fall in the toilet bowl first. Fill about 2/3 of the sample container with urine without breaking the stream.

• Close the lid of the sample container tightly.

• Do not touch the inner surface of the sample container or the blue lid. Transfer the urine immediatly to the tube(s).

 

Transferring the sample into the sample tube(s)

• • • • • • • Remove the sticker from the lid.

            • Put the sampling container on a table. Press the sample tube against the needle, stopper first, until the urine streams into the sample tube.

            • Let the tube fill properly with urine.

            • Once the urine stream is finished, remove the sample tube by gently pulling it upwards.

            • If you have received two sample tubes, fill also the second tube, by repeating the instructions above.

 

Handling and storing the sample tube(s)

• • • • • • • Turn the tube upside down 8-10 times.

            • Attach the sticker with your name, identity number, and sampling date and time on the sample tube(s).

            • Take the sample tube(s) to the laboratory as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the sample tube(s) must be stored in room temperature.

            • The sample tube(s) can be stored at roomtemperature for 8 hours or 1 day in + 4°C. Dispose of the sample container appropriately.