What is a mid-stream urine sample and why do healthcare professionals request them? The mid-stream (MSU) is urine from the bladder, which carries the information clinicians need to accurately identify ...

Urologist Nick Burns-Cox from Somerset Hospitals NHS Trust and his team A hospital specialist has invented a new product that manages to reduce plastic and simplify the process of testing urine.

Getting a urine sample from a very young child may be as simple as gently rubbing their stomach with cold, wet gauze, an Australian study has shown. 'Quick-Wee,' a method developed by Dr Jonathan ...

Martina Ziegenbein, MD BOSTON—It may be possible to get accurate urine protein excretion estimates in lupus nephritis patients in three or 12 hours instead of 24, according to researchers at Johns ...

Urine analysis is a routine technique to identify and diagnose various health conditions. However, standard urine samples often fail to capture the full range of biomarkers present in the urine, as ...

Author: Dan Higgins, RGN, ENB 100, ENB 998, is senior charge nurse in critical care, University Hospital Birmingham. Urine is a body fluid frequently collected for microbiological and/or biochemical ...