Urine Examination - Lecture Notes - TIU

Urine Examination

Dr. Shler Ghafour Raheem

BSc., MSc., PhD Medical Microbiology

shler.ghafour@tiu.edu.iq

Lab. No. 10, 11

Objectives

1. What Normal and abnormal appearance of urine. 2. Examination of urine only required in which condition? 3. Appropriate procedures for collection of specimen including suitable (time, site and

container). 4. Appropriate transportation and preservation of specimen. 5. General urine examination. 6. Urine culture. 7. Interpretation of culture Plates 8. Common pathogen related to diseases.

Examination of urine

? Is the physical, chemical, and microscopic examination of urine. It involves a number of tests to detect and measure various compounds that pass through the urine.

Normal and abnormal appearance of

the urine :

Urine amount:

? Normal:

? Abnormal:

Urinary out put is about 1200 ? 1500 ml

Urinary out put under 1200ml or

Over 1500 ml as in

-Diabetes

? Normal:

Yellow, amber, or transparent

Urine color

? Abnormal:

Pink or red urine: due to presence of blood in urine due to specific disease

Orange urine: some drugs like pyridium

Cloudy or murky urine: due to urinary tract infection or kidney stones

Dark yellow to brown: mainly it occur by decrease of fluid intake

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