Study and Reference material for Medical Laboratory Sciences
Category: Urinalysis
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A urinalysis is added on to a refrigerated urine. The urine is extremely turbid with a pH of 5.5. Note that it is best practice to let the specimen come to room temp before testing. For the sake of example, this is not done. After spinning the urine sample, a layer of “brick dust” sediment…
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A patient had the following urine chemistries. Upon performing the microscopic Triple Phosphate crystals were easily identified with the alkaline pH. However, another type of crystal was noted that took the form of wheat sheaves and needles. Looking in the reference books, it looks like the crystals for medications such as ampicillin or indinavir. However,…