24 Hour Urine Collection Instructions

If you are required to collect a 24 Hour Urine, you will be provided with instructions and the appropriate container for your test(s). 24 Hour Urine containers should be placed in the refrigerator during the collection period. Please ensure your name is on the urine container. If your name is not on the container, please write your name on the container.

There are certain urine tests which require the lab to draw a blood sample. When dropping off the urine container, check with the staff to see if you need a blood sample drawn.

Collection of the Specimen

The morning before you want to bring the 24 hour urine sample to the lab, follow the instructions listed below:

1. When you arise in the morning and empty your bladder. DO NOT COLLECT THIS SPECIMEN !!!!

2. Ensure that your name is on the container. If not, please write your name on the container.

3. Write the date and time (on the container) of the FIRST time you emptied your bladder into the container.

4. Collect your urine, day and night, for the next 24 hours.

5. Before bringing back the urine container to the lab, write the date and time (on the container) of the LAST time you emptied your bladder.

Helpful Hints

• Keep the urine container in the refrigerator.

• You must collect the urine over a 24 hour period, or your specimen will need to be recollected.

• Please bring your test order form with you when you drop off your specimen in the lab.

• Some 24 hour urine tests require a blood sample to be drawn. Please check with the staff in the lab when you drop off your specimen to see if you need a sample drawn.