Specimen Requirements

15 mL from a random urine collection. Forward promptly or
refrigerate up to 4 hours, and send specimen refrigerated.

Males – Midstream Clean Catch

1. Wash and dry hands with soap.
2. Foreskin must be completely retracted and glans penis cleansed
with soapy water. Surplus soap is removed with warm, sterile
water.
3. Patient should void approximately 20 mL to 25 mL of urine into
toilet and then pass a portion of midstream urine into a
screw-capped, sterile container.
4. Label container with patient’s information, date and
actual time of collection, and type of specimen.
5. Send specimen refrigerated. Forward promptly.
Note:  Specimen collection
method is required on request form for processing.

Females – Midstream Clean Catch
1. Wash hands with soap.
2. If menstruating, insert a fresh tampon or use cotton to stop
flow.
3. With 1 hand, spread labia and keep them continuously apart until
urine is voided.
4. Taking a saturated soapy sponge, wash vulva well, passing from
front to back. Discard sponge. While vulva is still spread, repeat
the front to back wash with remaining sponges, discarding each as
its use is finished. Patient should rinse with warm sterile water
to eliminate the possibility of contaminating specimen with
soap.
5. Patient should void approximately 20 mL to 25 mL of urine into
toilet.
6. Collect midstream portion of urine into a screw-capped, sterile
container. Cup should be held in such a way that contact with legs,
vulva, or clothing is avoided.
7. Label container with patient’s information, date and
actual time of collection, and type of specimen.
8. Send specimen refrigerated. Forward promptly.
Note:  Specimen collection
method is required on request form for processing.