Sign in →

Test Code MACU Macroscopic, Urine

Performing Laboratory

Memorial Hospital Laboratory- Automated Procedures     304-388-5953
General Hospital Laboratory     304-388-6244
Women and Children Hospital Laboratory     304-388-2385
Teays Valley Hospital Laboratory     304-757-1770
Plateau Medical Center Laboratory     304-469-8621
Greenbrier Valley Laboratory     304-647-6060

Test Profile

Color Ketones
Clarity Bilirubin
Specific Gravity               Blood
Urine pH Nitrite
Protien Urobilinogen
Glucose Leukocytes               

Specimen Requirements

Urine BD vacutainer (no additive), Kova tube or sterile cup

8-10 mL of fresh random urine (minimum 3 mL)

A specimen cup is acceptable only if the tubes stated above are not available

Send specimen refrigerated

Specimen Rejection

  • Drugs that can cause abnormal coloring of the urine may interfere with testing
  • Improperly labeled, collection storage or transport
  • Specimen collected in tube with preservative
  • Quanitity not sufficient

Storage and Stability

Room Temperature 18-24o C             2 hours
Refrigerate 2-8o C 24 hours
Frozen Cannot be frozen                  

Reference Values

Color                                  Straw-Yellow                
Clarity Clear
Specific Gravity 1.002-1.030
pH 5.0-7.5
Protein Negative
Glucose Negative
Ketone Negative
Bilirubin Negative
Blood Negative
Nitrite Negative
Urobilinogen  <2 EU/dL
Leukocyte Esterase Negative

Critical: Positive Glucose on Newborn 

Methodology

Reagent Strip

Days Test Set Up and Turnaround

Monday through Sunday, Continuously 

AM Collection Expected by 9AM same day
Routine Expected within 24 hrs
Stat Expected within 1 hr
Timed Expected results are test dependant

CPT Coding

81003