Will morning urine test be invalid for a few hours?

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2025-05-04 02:11:40 Views: 82 times

Morning urine placed more than two hours, normal is no longer suitable for testing and detection. Because placed too long urine cells will be broken, dissolved, will interfere with the accuracy of urine detection, some patients like to stay at home first urine, take to the hospital registration waiting for a doctor, the doctor opened a good test sheet and then pay, and then sent to the laboratory for testing, this process is particularly easy to exceed 2 hours, so that urine white left the accuracy of the specimen will also be interfered. The best way is to keep fresh urine samples in the hospital for inspection, so whether it is urine routine test or urine bacteriology culture, the results are more accurate, than from home to bring too long urine is much better. If there are patients with mobility difficulties at home, it is recommended to use clean vials to keep urine, quickly sent to the hospital, so as to prevent large errors in the results.



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