URINALYSIS

As a new practice nurse you may be involved in new registration health checks - apart from vital signs, blood pressure, relevant history and body mass index (BMI) you may be asked to assess the patient's urine. Clean catch urine samples are checked routinely for protein and glucose. It is cheap...

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Published in:Practice nurse : the journal for nurses in general practice 2004-02, Vol.27 (4), p.25-31
Main Author: Armstrong, Kirsty
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteria
Diabetes
Disease control
Glucose
Hematuria
Infections
Kidneys
Laboratories
Leukocytes
Medical equipment
Metabolites
Nurses
Patients
Primary care
Proteins
Surgery
Testing
Urinalysis
Urinary tract infections
Urine
Urogenital system
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Summary:As a new practice nurse you may be involved in new registration health checks - apart from vital signs, blood pressure, relevant history and body mass index (BMI) you may be asked to assess the patient's urine. Clean catch urine samples are checked routinely for protein and glucose. It is cheaper to use Uristix (Bayer Diagnostics) to check for glucose and protein for these samples. However you should have the more expensive multiple reagent strips (for example Multistix SG) in stock for other testing...
ISSN:0953-6612