Contamination of urine specimens did not differ with collection technique in women with acute dysuria
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A novel midstream urine-collection device reduces contamination rates in urine cultures amongst women.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate a novel urine-collection device (UCD) that automatically collects a midstream urine (MSU) sample, and compare contamination rates to those of the conventional MSU sampling method, as the contamination of urine samples for microbiological analysis in women leads to diagnostic ambiguity and unnecessary costs, and may result in part from an incorrect collection procedure. P...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1356-5524
DOI: 10.1136/ebm.6.3.91