Urine Collection for Adults and Toilet-trained Children

PROCEDURE

For females

• Wash hands thoroughly.
• Sit astride toilet with legs wide apart.
• Cleanse vagina from front to back twice with sterile water wipe.
• Hold labia apart and commence passing urine.
• After a few seconds and without stopping the flow, introduce the sterile container into the stream for a further 4-6 seconds, or until the container is half filled.
• Avoid contamination of inside of container with finger or by contact with vulva.
• After the urine is collected, replace the lid on the container ensuring correct threading and a secure closure.
• Write your surname, first given name and date of birth on container, label with time and date of collection.
• Refrigerate the specimen or keep in a cool place until returned to an Australian Clinical Laboratories Collection Centre.

For males

A midstream specimen of urine is required in order to minimise the degree of bacterial contamination, so that bacteria from the possible urinary tract infection can be detected.

• Wash hands thoroughly.
• If uncircumcised, retract foreskin and cleanse with sterile water wipe.
• Commence passing urine into the toilet.
• After a few seconds and without stopping the flow, introduce the sterile container into the stream for a further 4-6 seconds, or until the container is half filled.
• Replace lid on container ensuring correct threading and secure closure.
• Write your surname, first given name and date of birth on container, label with time and date of collection.
• Refrigerate specimen or keep in a cool place until returned to an Australian Clinical Laboratories Collection Centre.