Return Demonstration On Urine Analysis

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Return demonstration on Urine Analysis

Nursing steps:

1. P – Prescription checking
2. P – Patient assessment
3. E – Equipment preparation
4. E – Environment assessment/preparation

Application:

1. P – Prescription on progress sheet


a. Date and time of prescription
b. Specimen & Test
2. P – Patient assessment
a. Signage
b. Patient’s cognition
c. Patient’s language
d. Patient’s vision
e. Patient’s communication ability
3. E – Equipment
a. Urine bottle with patient’s identity label (clean and empty)
b. Test strips (name, intactness, colour, expiry date)
c. Gloves
4. E – Environment
a. Sluice room setting
5. Skill
a. Urine assessment
i. Volume
ii. Colour (yellow or amber / haematuria)
iii. Clarity (clear / turbid, with precipitates)
iv. Odour
b. Analysis
i. Time frame
ii. Colour code
iii. Types
1. pH paper: acidic or alkaline (normal: 5-7)
2. Albustix: for albumin (normal: negative to trace)
3. Clinistix: for glucose (normal: negative)
4. Ketostix: for ketone (normal: negative)
5. Hemastix: for red blood cells (normal: negative)
6. Leukostix: for Leukocyte Esterase (WBC enzyme) (normal:
negative)
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7. Combistix: pH & Blood & Protein & Glucose
8. Urobilistix: for urobilinogen (normal: 0.2-1.0 mg/dL or <17
micromol/L).
9. Bilugen Test strips: for urobilinogen & bilirubin (normal: -ve)

10. Multistix 10 SG Reagent Strips:


a. PH
b. Protein: (-) / trace
c. Glucose: (-)
d. Ketone: (-)
e. Blood: (-)
f. Urobilinogen: (≦1.5)mg/dL
g. Bilirubin: (-)
h. Nitrite: (-)
i. WBC: (-)

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c. Charting & report

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