Patient should avoid food high in indoles: avocado, banana, tomato, plum, walnut, pineapple, and eggplant. Patient should also avoid tobacco, tea, and coffee for 3 days before specimen collection.
10.0 mL aliquot from a well mixed 24 hour Urine Collection in a Plastic Container
7 days Ambient (preserved)
30 days Refrigerated
30 days Frozen (Unpreserved)
1. When starting the 24-hour period, urinate and discard (throw-away) this specimen. NOTE THE TIME
2. From that time on, collect all urine by urinating into a clean container and transfer into the provided container.
DO NOT URINATE DIRECTLY INTO CONTAINER.
3. Try to pass the last urine just prior to the end of the 24 hour period. Add this urine into the container.
4. Urine Specimen should be kept refrigerated during and after collection.
Printable Patient Collection Instructions
English 24 Hour Urine Collection
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5.0 mL
Please refer to interpretive results
3 to 5 days
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