Test Name
Molecular UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)
Test detection includes
- Acinetobacter baumannii
- Actinotignum schaalii
- Aerococcus urinae
- Alloscardovia omnicolens
- Candida albicans
- Candida auris
- Candida glabrata
- Candida parapsilosis
- Citrobacter freundii
- Citrobacter koseri
- Corynebacterium riegelii
- Enterobacter cloacae
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Enterococcus faecium
- Escherichia coli
- Enterobacter aerogenes
- Klebsiella oxytoca
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Morganella morganii
- Mycoplasma hominis
- Pantoea
- Proteus mirabilis
- Proteus vulgaris
- Providencia stuartii
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Serratia marcescens
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Coagulase Negative Staphylococci
- Streptococcus agalactiae
- Streptococci viridans group
- Ureaplasma urealyticum
CPT Code(s)
87801, 87640, 87641, 87653, 87481
Specimen Type
Urine
Specimen Acceptability
3 Days Room Temperature
Special Instructions
Sterile Collection with Urine cup:
1- Ensure urine container is labeled with your full name and medical record number or birthdate.
2- Wash your hands thoroughly in warm soapy water and dry with a paper towel or allow to air dry.
3- Remove the urine container cap, taking care not to touch the inside of the cap or the inside of the container.
4- Put the cap on the counter with the inside of the cap face up.
5- Open towelette.
FEMALE
6- Separate the folds of the urinary opening with fingers and clean inside using one towelette, moving from the front to the back.
7- Continue to hold the folds open and begin urinating into the toilet.
8- Bring the specimen container into the urine stream and collect a “midstream” specimen. Stop when the container is approximately half full.
MALE
6- Retract foreskin (if present) and use the towelette to clean the entire head of the penis.
7- Begin urinating into the toilet.
8- Bring the specimen container into the urine stream and collect a “midstream” specimen. Stop when the container is approximately half full.
9- Finish urinating in the toilet.
10- Tightly screw the cap on the container taking care not to touch the inside of the cap or the inside of the container.
11- Label the cup with patient’s full name and date of birth.
12- Place the cup into a biohazard bag with the appropriate requisition or computer-generated labels. NOTE: ALL SAMPLES MUST HAVE TWO UNIQU IDENTIFIERS.
13- Transport the tube to the laboratory for testing.
Transfer of Urine to BD Tubes using Urine Cup with Needle in the Lid:
1- Specimen should be placed in preservative tubes within 1 hour of collection
2- Ensure the lid is tightly closed and gently swirl the urine to achieve a well-mixed specimen. The cup should not be inverted for mixing purposes as the lid will leak.
3- Push BD C&S Preservative tube (gray top), Yellow and Red Tiger top tube with preservatives (urinalysis) and/or the Yellow top tube with no preservatives (urinalysis) into the opening recessed into the specimen lid. NOTE: THE URINE COLLECTION CUP CONTAINS A NEEDLE. Please keep fingers away from the recessed opening as a needle stick injury could occur.
4- Firmly push the tube until urine flow into the tube begins. Hold in position until the flow stops. Once the flow has stopped, remove the tube. Repeat if more tubes are needed for testing.
5- Tubes should be mixed to ensure preservatives are well mixed with the samples for optimal results.
6- Label the tube(s) with the patient’s full name and date of birth.
7- Place the tube(s) into a biohazard bag with the appropriate requisition.
8- NOTE: THE URINE COLLECTION CUP CONTAINS A NEEDLE. DO NOT SHIP THE URINE CUP WITH THE NEEDLE BACK TO THE LAB. Urine collection cup should be used to collect the sample, fill the BD Urine Vacutainer tubes and discarded according to your company/facility policy.
9- Transport the tube to the laboratory for testing.
Transfer of Urine to BD Tubes using sterile Urine Cup Urine and the BD Transfer Straw with Needle:
10- Using the Transfer Straw Kit, submerge the tip of the transfer straw in the urine specimen.
11- Push BD C&S Preservative tube (gray top), Yellow and Red Tiger top tube with preservatives (urinalysis) and/or the Yellow top tube with no preservatives (urinalysis) into the opening in the cap of the straw. NOTE: THE URINE COLLECTION STRAW CONTAINS A NEEDLE. Please keep your fingers away from the recessed opening as a needle stick injury could occur.
12- Push BD tube into the transfer straw all the way.
13- Hold in position until the flow stops. Repeat if more tubes are needed for testing.
14- Remove specimen and straw from the urine specimen container.
15- Mix tubes approximately 10-15 times to ensure preservatives are well mixed with the samples for optimal results.
16- Label the tube with patient name and the date of birth or medical record number.
17- Place the tube into the biohazard bag with pad.
18- BD Urine Straw MUST be discarded according to your company/facility policy.
Do not send the cup with the needle or the straw with the needle back to the lab. Only samples in the BD tubes should be returned to the Laboratory for testing.
Volume
2 mL
Sample Container
BD C&S Tube
Specimen Type
Brief Swab
Specimen Acceptability
Swab in Liquid Amies Tube
Special Instructions
- Open the Amies tube. Set the cap down with the inside facing up. Set the tube down so it’s standing upright.
- Ensure that the brief or diaper does not have any fecal material on it. Cut open the diaper in the center to reveal the absorbent material
- Open the Swab package from the opposite end of the swab tip. Peel the package back and grab the stick in the middle with your fingers to remove the swab from the package. It’s important that you don’t touch the end of the swab stick so you don’t spread any of your DNA there.
- Place the swab tip onto the brief or on the diaper absorbent material and press down. Rotate the swab to ensure the swab is saturated with Urine.
- Place the swab tip into the opened tube. Push on the back end of the swab stick so the swab tip comes off. Make sure if falls into the tube. Put the cap back on the tube.
Volume
2 mL
Sample Container
Liquid Amies Swab Tube