by JDJ Diagnostics

Overview

Important – Please clearly label any sample containers with your name, date and time of collection. Ensure that the container lid is closed properly to prevent any leakage. Clean the outside with a tissue and place the sample into a ziplock packet.

Please follow the instructions carefully to ensure the laboratory will be able to get an accurate result from the sample collection.

• Urine sample collection first thing in the morning is preferred. However, a specimen collected from urine passed any time of the day will be accepted.
• Please Note: Urine samples collected after drinking large amounts of liquid may result in a diluted sample and could affect the results.
• Label the specimen containers with your name, date, and time of collection prior to passing urine.
• Give any samples to the nursing staff or deliver them to the most convenient lab or depot, within 2 hours of collection. If transportation is delayed, place the sample in the fridge.
• Delivery must be within 24 hours of collection if the sample is refrigerated.

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1. Wash your hands before and after.
2. Open the specimen container, taking care not to touch the opening or insides of the container.
3. Using clean water and the wipes or gauze provided, clean the tip of the penis starting from the urethra and working away from it. Repeat using a clean wipe. If not circumcised, pull the foreskin back first.
4. Start to pass urine into the tiolet for a few seconds first, then bring the sample container into the urine stream. Collect about 25 ml (half full) of urine without allowing the penis to touch the container. Finish passing the rest of the urine into the toilet.

1. Wash your hands before and after.
2. Open the specimen container, taking care not to touch the opening or insides of the container.
3. Sit comfortably and open your legs as wide as possible. Cleanse the area on either side, wiping front to back, and around the opening using water and the wipes or gauze provided. Repeat using a clean wipe.
4. Using one hand, open the genital folds by spreading them.
5. Start to pass urine into the tiolet first, then collect about 25 ml (half full) of urine in the container provided. Hold the container in a postition so that it does not come into contact with the genital area. Any remaining urine should be passed into the toilet.

1. Wash your hands before and after.
2. Clean the baby’s genitals with clean water and dry with clean gauze.
3. Remove the bag from its packet, without touching the interior.
4. Stick the collection bag over the genitals. For girls, exclude the anal area. For boys, ensure the penis is in the bag.
5. Check every few minutes, once urine has been passed carefully remove the bag. If the sample has been contaminated, start again using a new bag.
6. Transfer the urine to the sample container without contamination. Screw the lid on tightly to prevent any leakage.
7. Give the sample to the nursing staff or deliver the sample to the most convenient lab or depot, within 2 hours of collection.

1. For accurate results, start early in the morning by completely emptying your bladder into the tiolet during your first trip to the bathroom.
2. During the next 24 hours, collect ALL urine passed into a clean container and transfer into the specimen container provided. Record the start date and time on the container label.
3. Exactly 24 hours after the start time, empty your bladder, collect the urine and transfer to the container. Do not contaminate the container. If one collection was missed, the procedure must be stopped and restarted.
4. Record the completion date and time on the container label. If more than one container is used, label them 1 and 2. Store the 24 hour urine collect in a cool place, refrigerator or on ice in a cooler.
5. When the 24 hours is completed the you have to bring the specimen to the laboratory lab for analysis yourself, as a blood sample may have to be collected as well.

The glucose tolerance test is a method to judge how well your body is able to metabolize glucose. The test takes approximately 2 hours, and may be conducted in your doctor’s office or in a hospital, clinic, or laboratory.

Patients are advised to fast overnight for 8 to 12 hours prior to the test, and advised not to restrict carbohydrate intake 3 days before the test. Smoking and chewing gum is not allowed, only small sips of water.

A phlebotomist will start by drawing a small amount of blood. After the first blood sample is taken, you will drink a liquid containing glucose. Your blood will be drawn several more times at regular intervals after drinking the glucose solution.

You should not eat or drink anything until the test is completed, and you typically will remain on site for the duration of the test. You may wish to take a snack with you for after the test.

Some blood tests (for example lipogram, fasting glucose, fasting cholesterol, PTH tests) will require you to fast beforehand.

In these cases, your doctor will instruct you not to eat or drink anything, except water, for 8 to 12 hours leading up to the test.

Smoking and chewing gum is not allowed.

Please be aware that these tests can take up to 2 hours to complete.