24 hour urine collection bottles can be requested from your local pathology stores:
E-mail: rduh.pathologystores@nhs.net or ☏ x2906
: Pathology Supplies – Pathology North (pathologylaboratory.co.uk) or ☏ x2342
1. On waking, empty your bladder/discard your first morning void. Note the time when this occurs. This is the “starting time”. Write this time and the date in the space provided on the label of the urine container.
2. Collect all of the urine passed throughout the rest of the day and night, until the same start time the following morning. Your first void of the morning should also be collected and added to the urine container, so that a full 24 hour urine has been collected. Write this time and the date in the space provided on the label of the urine container.
3. Remember to collect any urine before opening your bowels, or you may forget and lose some of the collection in the toilet.
4. If you make a mistake, throw away all of the urine collected and start again on the following morning.
24 hour urine collection instructions for patients
Specimen Labelling Procedure
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