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female urinary tract, male urinary tract, laboratory technique, identify proteins in urine, collect a "clean-catch", midstream, urine sample, obtain a clean-catch sample, men, boys should wipe clean the head, the penis, women, girls should wash the area between the labia, soapy water, rinse well, start to urinate, allow a small amount to fall, toilet bowl, clears the urethra of contaminants, clean container, catch, 1 to 2 ounces of urine, remove the container, urine stream, give the container, assistant, an infant, thoroughly wash the area around the urethra, open a urine collection bag, a plastic bag, an adhesive paper on one end, place it on infant, males, entire penis, in the bag, adhesive attached, skin, females, bag, over the labia, place a diaper over the infant, bag, check baby frequently, remove the bag, infant has urinated into it, active infants, take a couple of attempts, lively infants, displace the bag, causing an inability, obtain the specimen, urine is drained into a container, transport back, immunofixation, laboratory technique that, enhance the results of standard protein electrophoresis, protein electrophoresis, urine, on specially treated paper, exposed to an electric current, various proteins migrate, move on the paper, to form bands that indicate the relative proportion of each protein fraction, immunoglobulins, antibodies, appear, a "gamma" band, immunofixation, technique to separate this "gamma" band, identify the individual immunoglobulins, similar to immunoelectrophoresis, give more rapid results, more sensitive, no special preparation is necessary, collection is taken, infant, a couple of extra collection bags necessary, test involves only normal urination, no discomfort, primary use of immunofixation, identification, monitoring of monoclonal proteins, igg, igm, iga, lambda light chain, kappa light chain, present in multiple myeloma, waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia no presence of monoclonal immunoglobulins is normal, abnormal results indicate immune system disorders, multiple myeloma, waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, monoclonal immunoglobulins, no evidence of malignancy, cancer.