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Urine sample collection: issues and a solution
Author(s) -
Chinegwundoh Frank
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.615
Subject(s) - urine sample , urine , gold standard (test) , sample (material) , data collection , medicine , chromatography , chemistry , statistics , mathematics
Urine is probably the most common specimen collected for analysis every day. To the clinician, it can represent liquid gold, providing valuable evidence of myriad conditions across urology, antenatal health, STIs, diabetes and increasingly certain cancers. Despite its importance there is no standard for urine collection. In this article the author discusses the problem of inadequate samples and describes a collection system that can help.