Urine specimen collection
First morning urine
- You must not eat or drink anything at least 8 hours before collecting the urine specimen
- The time between last urination and collecting the urine specimen must be at least 4 hours
- Wash your hands and genitals with pure water (don’t use soap or any disinfecting liquids), before collecting the specimen
- Mark the container and collect midstream urine (begin urinating into the toilet, then place the collection container into stream and collect about 50 ml urine, finish urinating into the toilet)
- Retain the specimen between +2° and +8° C, if possible and deliver it to the collection site within 3 hours
24-hour urine specimen
- Urinate into the toilet, flush it down and mark the exact starting time on the container
- From now on, collect every drop you pass during the day and night, for 24 hours into the container
- Retain the specimen between +2° and +8° C
- Finish the collection to container by passing urine at exactly the same time the next morning