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what the risks are urine sample, clinitest, screening test to detect various substances, in the urine that chemically react, an indicator metallic dye, cupric sulfate, most common reducing substances examined include glucose, galactose, collect a "clean-catch", midstream, urine sample, to, men, boys should wipe clean the head, the penis, women, girls need to wash the area between the lips, the vagina, 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, a clinitest tablet, sample, the urine, urinary reducing substances, glucose, galactose, reducing substances, urine, turn blue, no special preparation is necessary, collection is taken, infant, a couple of extra collection bags necessary, test involves only normal urination, this test, quick, inexpensive way of screening, diabetes, inborn metabolic problems galactosemia, elevated level of galactose, in the blood, neither glucose nor galactose, found, in the urine, a clinitest tablet would not turn the urine blue, a reducing agent is present, clinitest tablet, turn orange then brown, greenish brown, color it changes depends on the percentage of reducing agent present, one urinary reducing substance that could be present is glucose, seen in diabetes, a simple urine dipstick test that is specific, glucose, dipstick test is positive, high level of glucose, in the blood, glucose is spilling over, urine, further testing, confirm, rule out diabetes, clinitest tablet turns colors, dipstick indicates that no glucose is present, high level of another reducing substance, galactose, blood, is spilling over, urine, further testing, performed to confirm, rule out galactosemia, sample is collected from infant, skin irritation, adhesive on the container, drugs, increase urine glucose measurements include aminosalicylic acid, cephalosporins, chloral hydrate, chloramphenicol, dextrothyroxine, diazoxide, diuretics, loop, thiazides, estrogens, isoniazid, levodopa, lithium, nafcillin, nalidixic acid, nicotinic acid, large doses, drugs, give false positive results, clinitest, the dipstick tests, acetylsalicylic acid, aminosalicylic acid, ascorbic acid, cephalothin, chloral hydrate, nitrofurantoin, streptomycin, sulfonamides, drugs, give false negative results, ascorbic acid, dipstick tests clinistix, tes-tape, levodopa, clinistix, phenothiazines, clinistix, tes-tape.



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