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What should you not do before a urine sample?
Before the test, don’t eat foods that can change the colour of your urine. Examples of these include blackberries, beets, and rhubarb. Don’t do heavy exercise before the test. Tell your doctor ALL the medicines and natural health products you take.
Does urine concentration affect drug test?
In these cases, the urine will test positive for the drug—often at a high concentration—but not for its metabolite….Adulterants Used to Prevent Detection of Drugs in Urine Samples.
| Adulterant | Composition | Mode of action |
|---|---|---|
| Water plus diuretics | — | Dilution to below cutoff level |
Can you contaminate a urine sample?
If the urine is not collected in a sterile manner the urine sample may be ‘contaminated’ by bacteria that originate from the skin or genital area, and not from the urinary tract. This is often described by the clinical laboratory as ‘mixed growth bacteria’.
Does urinalysis have to be clean catch?
It’s important to follow the clean catch process to have accurate results from an uncontaminated sample. The most common reason to get a clean catch urine sample is to test for a urinary tract infection (UTI). Symptoms of a UTI include pain or burning and a constant urge to urinate.
Is mixed growth in urine an infection?
Urine cultures that contain more than one organism are usually considered contaminated. The frequency with which such growth truly represents mixed infection is unknown. Surprisingly few studies have evaluated the clinical significance of polymicrobial growth from urine.
What types of bacteria can be found in urine?
Escherichia coli strains are the most common isolate, founded in 80%of the urine samples of patients with a simple UTI (cystitis), followed by Staphylococcus saprophyticus (5-15%), whereas Klebsiella, Enterobacter or Proteus rarely cause infection outside the hospital (5- 10%) (6).