Study and Reference material for Medical Laboratory Sciences
Tag: Amorphous
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A urinalysis is ordered on a cloudy urine with a pH of 8.0. All other values on the urine chemistry are completely normal. Heating did nothing to clear the specimen. After spinning the urine sample, a layer of white sediment can be seen at the bottom. This sediment is filled with small granules. The brownian…
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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…