Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 28

If a routine urinalysis and a culture are requested on a catheterized specimen, then:

A. Two separate containers must be collected

B. The routine urinalysis is performed first

C. The patient must be recatheterized

D. The culture is performed first

Step 1 of 2

Catheterized specimen:

• The specimen (urine) which is collected by inserting the catheter through the urethra into the bladder under sterile conditions.

Routine analysis:

• Routine analysis is a laboratory test where urine is tested with chemicals.

• It is a common test to detect the illness of the patient with the urine sample.

Culture:

• Testing the urine sample for germs by keeping the urine sample for specific hours or days in a laboratory and detecting whether it has germs in it is called culture.

The routine urine analysis is the primary analysis that is performed first in the catheterized specimen before urine culture.

Therefore, “the routine analysis is performed first” when routine urinalysis and a culture is requested on a catheterized specimen. Hence, the correct answer is option.