Test Directory
Early morning urine for TB
Containers - Adult
150ml Sterile Urine Container
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Volume Range
Total volume of first urine sample of the day
Additive per Container
NONE |
Containers - Child
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150ml Sterile Urine Container
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Volume Range
As adult |
Laboratory Site
Old Dalkeith Road
Edinburgh
EH16 4SA
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Little France Crescent
Edinburgh EH16 4SA
Transport arrangements
Transport as soon as is practicable.
Sample storage arrangements
If delay in transporting, store in the fridge (4-6°C).
Special instructions for collection
Useful: in patients in whom disseminated or urinary TB is suspected including tuberculous epididymitis
Collect the total volume of first urine sample of the day. Send three samples on consecutive days. Do not overfill containers, and ensure there is absorbent material with the sample container in the specimen bag. If there is not an appropriate container for a whole Early Morning Urine (EMU) sample, a midstream EMU sample is an acceptable, but suboptimal alternative.
How to request
GP comms, or via Trak ("Mycobacteria TB Ix - Urine" then specify whether early morning, or where in urinary tract sample from). Alternatively request on form.
Availability
0900-1700, Monday - Friday (RIE)
Anticipated turnaround
Microscopy: 1 day. Culture: 4 - 6 weeks.
What happens if the result is positive or abnormal
Telephoned by microbiologist.
General additional information
For further information, please see Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory