Sunday Scaries

Urine-time – Sunday Scary

What do you really know about the Urine Analysis? Daily Questions on Shift: This UA shows negative nitrites, negative leuks but TNTC bacteria. "WHAT?!" UA shows multiple epithelial cells. "okay this patient didn't listen to my request for a clean catch". (or my recent favorite) my inbox: urine culture shows "why the hell did i order a culture and now i'm the only one to respond to this!?!?" Urine has been really pissing me off lately. Things we might have forgotten about Urine: -Bedside Analysis: Color, Transparency, Odor, DipstickColor: As much as kno